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Let's embarrass the real Glenn Beck by making his vegetable effigy more popular on Facebook.

Not only will Squash Glenn Beck be bigger, exposing the fragility of Glenn Beck's popularity, but Squash Glenn Beck's Facebook Page will help share information about the offenses of the real Glenn Beck.

Now is the time. Glenn Beck is weakened by lack of advertising. We need to organize and act to stop him.

So please, go to the Squash Glenn Beck page, become a fan, and suggest it to your friends with the link below his picture.

We will Squash Glenn Beck together.

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Here at BuzzFlash, we wanted to celebrate the sweetness of Valentine's Day with the approbation of Presidents' Day. Our customer service director Katy came up with the excellent idea to write love letters to U.S. presidents. Below you'll find our humble missives to former leaders of this great nation.

And feel free to add your own love letter to former a president by commenting below.

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This Wednesday, we announced we would give away one $50 gift certificate to a randomly selected patron who donated to BuzzFlash or purchased any item from the BuzzFlash Progressive Marketplace between then and Thursday night.

And now, the winner! Drum roll, please... ...

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BuzzFlash has been working to create a truly progressive marketplace, a site you can go to and be confident that the items sold within reflect progressive principles,  promote progressive causes, including economic justice goods that directly help people and items that help build a sustainable, ecological economy.

It takes time and energy to personally vet items for you, but the re ...

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Today is the anniversary of Obama's innauguration. And whether you think it's been a productive year or not, you've got somethiung to say about it.

So say it in haiku.

Yes, haiku, the ancient Japanses poem of 3 lines: the first with 5 sylables, the second with 7, and the third with 5. An example:

Obama, the Pres / Eyes bigger than his stomach / Always the "nice guy"

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Support the Public Option, and get a free book. Our only request is that you lend the book to everyone you know after you're finished reading it to help spread the word about the need for a public option.

BuzzFlash thanks Chelsea Green Publishers for donating copies of Howard Dean's book to help pass a robust public option.

Here's how to win a copy ot the book.

1. Find your favorite BuzzFlash article from the past week.

2. At 3pm EDT, tweet that article using the Twitter button on the top right hand side. Feel free to personalize the message, as long as you retain the @BuzzFlash and the link to the article.

That's it. Every third Twitterer will win a copy of the Howard Dean book until we're out of 10 copies. You will be alerted via Direct Message, so make sure you're following @BuzzFlash and keep your eyes open. You can enter multiple times as long as you are tweeting different articles.

Good luck!

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BuzzFlash has vastly enjoyed interacting with the members of our progressive Twitter community at http://www.twitter.com/buzzflash, where we have reached more than 17,400 followers in just a few months!

But making our nation better shouldn't always be hard work; sometimes we need to celebrate and offer our thanks to all of you who work to ensure the promise of our democracy.

So enjoy, the BuzzFlash Twitter Premium Giveaway!

We'll try to do it on Mondays, when the opportunity arises. ...

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This was a tough one to decide. There were so many fine and humorous entries which you can read at the original contest site.  There were long ones about W's fate were his last name Smith; there were short ones.

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