Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 6:07pm.Alerts
On Sunday, March 9, 2008, BuzzFlash sponsored an afternoon talk with David Cay Johnston, who discussed his latest book: “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill).”
BuzzFlash taped the presentation -- and on this page, BuzzFlash is offering his remarks to our readers as You-Tube segments.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 2:02pm.Alerts
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Washington, DC - On the Today Show this morning, Cindy McCain defended the McCain campaign's decision to withhold her tax returns, saying they would never make her tax returns public -- not even if she becomes First Lady. [See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXDV2kZX_MU] Despite the accountability Americans expect from their elected officials and McCain's own calls for openness and transparency in government, John McCain has only released two years of his tax returns. No nominee from either party since Ronald Reagan in 1980 has disclosed that little information.
By failing to release Cindy McCain's returns, the McCain campaign is raising serious concerns about his own credibility, about how McCain's position as a U.S. Senator may have benefited John and Cindy McCain's business ventures, and about how McCain's political career has benefited from her personal wealth.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:07am.Alerts
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May 1, 2008
Updated
Hey, Buzz, thanks for posting the "deleted blog" -- seems to have gotten some traction here and there.
But now for today's update: It's simply amazing -- Ms. Reynolds has now deleted all posts from her blog (http://reynoldsworldnews.blogspot.com) back to January 21, 2008 -- this would include the very detailed and lengthy post about Rev. Wright that has been quoted and linked to all over the place. Again, thank you Google cache for not allowing the leaders of Animal Farm to paint over the words on the barn.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 2:18pm.Alerts
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Thom Hartmann interviews Governor Don Siegelman, 29 April 2008
Editor's note: We want to send a huge thanks to Thom Hartmann for letting us publish the entire transcript of his interview with Alabama Governor Don Siegelman about Republican partisan prosecutions and the theft of his re-election. This was transcribed by Sue Nethercott from Thom's Air America program of April 29.
[Thom Hartmann]: Joe Wilson, the husband of Valerie Plame, the former US ambassador once issued, once laid out a sentiment that I think many of us share: "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs. And trust me, when I use that name, I measure my words." 1
In other words, he knew something was up. He knew something was up. And the evidence is mounting. Don Siegelman is with us. Donald Eugene Siegelman, he was the only person in the history of Alabama to be elected to serve in all four of Alabama's top state wide elected offices; Secretary of State, Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor. And Don Siegelman, welcome to the program.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 04/29/2008 - 11:10am.Alerts
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DNC Statement on Indiana Voter ID Law Ruling By the Supreme Court
Washington, DC - This morning, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling upholding Indiana's undemocratic and restrictive voter identification law. The Supreme Court acknowledged that "The record contains no evidence of any such [impersonation] fraud actually occurring in Indiana at any time in its history," and acknowledged the law's burden on the elderly, low-income voters and other classes of voters covering hundreds of thousands of Indiana citizens. Yet this Court, ignoring the realities of life for the less affluent and powerful of the state's citizens, shrugged off these burdens and found that the law should stand. [New Republic Blog, 4/28/08]
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 3:27am.Alerts
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CONVOY ON DC GAINS MOMENTUM
Truckers and Citizens United, a grass-roots organization devoted to reducing fuel prices, announced today that they have upgraded their initial estimates for their planned April 28 protest in Washington, DC.
Chief organizer Mark Kirsch said, "We're now looking at participation from at least 26 states, with an estimated five thousand trucks and an additional two to five thousand protesters."
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 04/22/2008 - 6:39pm.Alerts
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Ohio Democratic Party
"The Paris Hilton of Politics"
McCain Compares Campaign's Early Money Struggles to the Economic Problems Facing Youngstown
Today in Youngstown, a city hit hard by unfair trade agreements, economic downturns, and the mortgage crisis, John McCain actually compared his campaign's early money struggles due to wasteful and extravagant spending to the economic challenges facing residents of Youngstown.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 5:57am.Alerts
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DNC Press
Washington, DC - With reports indicating John McCain has begun the process of applying for public funds in the general election, the Democratic National Committee today announced that it will file suit Monday with the U.S. District Court in D.C. seeking to compel the Federal Election Commission to conduct an investigation into McCain's decision to unilaterally withdraw from FEC's matching funds program. McCain's campaign is also breaking the spending limits to which they agreed when they applied for the matching funds.
Since the FEC lacks a quorum, it has not been able to begin an investigation into the complaint the DNC filed against McCain in February. Where the FEC fails to act, the law permits a complaining party to file a suit asking the Court to compel the Commission to act on the complaint. If the FEC still lacks a quorum when the time comes for the Court to direct the FEC to act, the DNC will ask the Court to authorize the DNC itself to bring a suit against Senator McCain and his campaign to remedy their violations of the law.
AP is reporting this morning: "Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad ... said a long-term agreement the U.S. is now negotiating with Iraq will give a needed legal framework for the continued presence of U.S. troops. Many in Congress have raised alarm about the agreement, and Democrats have accused the White House of trying to set troop levels or other elements of the Bush policy in stone ahead of the U.S. presidential election."
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:22pm.Alerts
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DNC Press
Washington, DC -- John McCain today brought his effort to reinvent himself for the general election to a new low by misleading the voters on his full record on a holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King. McCain tried to suggest that his opposition to a holiday honoring Dr. King was limited to his 1983 vote against a federal holiday. In reality, McCain maintained his opposition to it until at least 1989, voted against funding for the commission working to promote the King Holiday in 1994, and used divisive language about state's rights to defend himself. McCain even supported Republican efforts to repeal a holiday in his state in 1987.
"It's frankly disingenuous for John McCain to try and reinvent himself for the general election by distorting his record of opposing a holiday honoring Dr. King," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. "John McCain should be honest about his full record of opposing the federal holiday, opposing a state holiday four years later, using divisive language to defend himself, and voting to cut off funding for the commission working to promote the King holiday as recently as 1994."
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