BUZZFLASH MAILBAG

Subject: War opposition grows

Five years after Pearl Harbor,the US was victorious in WWII. Five years after 9-11, the US still has no coherent response.

Polls show opposition to Iraq war at all-time high (Christian Science Monitor)

"Bush's newest effort to rebuild eroding support for the war in Iraq features a distinct shift in approach: he and his top aides are beginning to lay out the grim consequences of failure." As if that's going to change the outcome! It's just a little late for truth telling. Why would anyone want to send their child to fight in a preemptive unnecessary war? We now know it was "unnecessary," and we know it was the choice of madmen laying the groundwork for world domination. To continue this folly would only support the lies and continue to undermine our freedom and democracy. George Bush is a loser -- always has been, always will be -- and the sooner IMPEACHMENT proceedings begin, the better off we'll be!

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Michael Winship

Everyone always says it was a picture-perfect day, and true, the sun was shining and the sky was bright and blue, but the morning felt humid to me.

After Donors Protest, Senator George Allen Declines Honor Tied To Minority Scholarship

by Tony Peyser

The chances this would happen actually
Were good:
The award is named for that justice named
Thurgood.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Even the Christian Science Monitor, which tends to cover the news with relatively less administration bias than other mainstream papers, couldn’t help falling for the bait, yet again.

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

I think gun rights people need to recognize that gun control is also as American as venison pie, if you will. Gun regulation is just as American as gun ownership. -- Saul Cornell

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

Bush "conquers" Afghanistan and it shoots up to become the all-time leader in producing opium, as in more heroin on our streets.

Bush "invades" Iraq and precipitates a civil war and creates a magnet for terrorists, where none had the ability to function before.

Subject: Biggest Threat to America

Even Frank Zappa knew what a danger the Republican Party right-wing is to American Democracy.

Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are leading America as fascists --
- the merger of the state with the corporation,
- rampant nationalism,
- wars of aggression,
- scapegoating minorities
- control the media, propaganda

video from CROSSFIRE program 1986
http://www.youtube.com

"The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving
America toward a fascist theocracy. And everything that's happened
during the Reagan administration is steering us right down that pike."

-- Frank Zappa, "Crossfire," 1986

NEWS RELEASE

Veterans and Military Families to Open Camp Democracy September 5th

September 5th in Washington DC will witness the opening of a 17-day event called Camp Democracy, a non-partisan camp for peace, democracy, and the restoration of the rule of law. Camp Casey will move from Crawford , Texas , to Washington, D.C., to create a larger camp focused not only on ending the war but also on righting injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush Administration and Congress.

When Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, invited President Bush to engage in a "direct television debate" a few days ago, the White House predictably responded by calling the offer "a diversion." But even though this debate will never happen, it's worth contemplating.