Hey George,

I came across the below exchange that you had with Matt Lauer on the Today Show. I would like to respond to you as an American.

WORLD MEDIA WATCH

1//The Daily Times, Pakistan--WEST RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTREMISM: MUSHARRAF (President General Pervez Musharraf has blamed the West for breeding terrorism in his country by bringing in thousands of mujahideen to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and then leaving Pakistan alone a decade later to face the armed warriors. Musharraf told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee on Tuesday that Pakistan was not the intolerant, extremist country often portrayed by the West, and terrorism and extremism were not inherent in Pakistani society. "Whatever extremism or terrorism is in Pakistan is a direct fallout of the 26 years of warfare and militancy around us. It gets back to 1979 when the West, the United States and Pakistan waged a war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan," Musharraf told EU lawmakers.)

On 9/11 Anniversary, An Aggressive Bush Gets In Matt Lauer's Face

by Tony Peyser

For people with doubts about the president
This was a jamboree and a bonanza:
The most powerful man in the world acted
Like Frank "You wanna piece of me?" Costanza.

Battle Cry For Billionaires, Broadcasters, and Bloggers: November Is The Gulf Of Tonkin For The Next War And The One Party State.

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Brent Budowsky

NEWS RELEASE

News from the DNC:

MUST READ: President Bush's Reality

Washington, DC - Instead of using the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as an opportunity to unify the country, President Bush instead marked the solemn occasion by using divisive and misleading rhetoric once again falsely conflating the war in Iraq and the war on terror. An editorial in today's New York Times notes that "Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror until the Bush administration decided to invade it." The President claims that America is safer today because of the Iraq War. Unfortunately, the opposite is true.

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION

by Greg Palast

It's true. It's weird. It's nuts. The Department of Homeland Security, after a five-year hunt for Osama, has finally brought charges against ... Greg Palast. I kid you not. Send your cakes with files to the Air America wing at Guantanamo.

MS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

BuzzFlash,

This is the passion that we should have heard long ago from our DLC leadership in Congress. We hear it everywhere but there. What do we have to do in this country to make Bush and his treasonous administration accountable?

"You didn't care about your son and you're a phony," the irate and probably inebriated man screamed at me as he followed me and my 20 year old daughter and two of her friends out of the store we had been shopping at in our old home town of Vacaville, Ca. My months of activism, and life in general, have taught me a few lessons; one of which is: never argue with a drunk person -- that's a life lesson. My activism has taught me a few more lessons that have been learned the hard way.

VERSE-CASE SCENARIO

Hold The Phone: Cheney Makes Sense!

by Tony Peyser

"We have no intention of ignoring history's ...
Latest gang of fanatics," he said with a glower
And then he accused these folks of simply
"Trying to murder their way to power."

I couldn't agree with you more, big guy!
But the one difference in my point of view
Is the gang of fanatics who must be stopped
Is Mr. Bush, Mr. Rumsfeld and you.

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT

Five years ago, the amicable meeting of the leaders of Iran and Iraq would have been unimaginable. After a bitter war in the 1980s, their national feud remained one of the strongest in the world. Before we meddled in their affairs, this conflict kept them both in check and prevented them both from growing too strong or problematic.