BuzzFlash and Greg Palast go back a long way, right back to the stolen 2000 election.

Palast was the only journalist who did the hard work of proving how the Bushevik felon purge in Florida stole tens of thousands votes from Gore. You see, Palast is University of Chicago trained and knows statistics. He was dead on accurate about the theft of the 2000 election from Gore -- and he's been on the heels of the corrupt Republicans, robber barons, and Enron-inspired corporate thieves, among others, throughout the seven year history of BuzzFlash.

No mainstream media in America will give Palast a position, because he's a threat to the corporate owners of our national media megaphone for multinational business companies who bankroll the Republican Party (and certain parts of the Democratic Party).

If you didn't read the hardcover version of "Armed Madhouse," pre-order the paperback edition. It has some expanded material to boot.

We only rarely offer the paperback versions of books we have sold in hardcover, but for Greg we're delighted to make an exception.

For one thing, everyone should read his work. And for another, this is how he makes his living, since he isn't going to be offered a lavish salary by any American press outfit. In fact, his salaried income comes from the work he does for the British press. They aren't as threatened by his sleuthing.

We've probably interviewed Greg more than any other person in the celebrated BuzzFlash interview series.

He's got a lot to say and not many routes of distribution for his findings. His most recent documentary on New Orleans and Katrina foretold, among other things, the closure of inhabitable public housing because the real estate moguls coveted the land, even though there is a dire shortage of low income housing in New Orleans.

Greg, fedora and all, is a true persona for progressive journalism.