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Subject: No to GOP Obstructionism

People,

Finally ... someone stands up and says "no" to Republican obstructionism, and "yes" to putting the needs and expressed desires of the vast majority of ordinary Americans over those of a scant few wealthy individuals and corporations.

One of the biggest hurdles that real health care reform must overcome is the resistance of our own Senator Diane Feinstein, who continues to ignore the wishes of 83% of Americans in favor of the medical-industrial complex that's contributed so mightily to her campaigns for public office over the years, and who still hasn't come out publicly in favor of the "public option" President Obama and the Democratic Party promised us when we brought him and the Democrats so unambiguously to power this past November.

Now, with 60 members in the Senate's Democratic caucus, there's no excuse for Democrats' weak knees.

Please call Senator Feinstein (or your own senator and/or House member) now -- and several times over the next several weeks, if possible -- to demand vigorous support of a real and robust public health insurance option in health care reform legislation currently being drafted in congress:

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Senator Diane Feinstein United States Senate? 331 Hart Senate Office Building? Washington, D.C. 20510

Phone: (202) 224-3841? Fax: (202) 228-3954

Email:

http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe

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To find your own senator, click here:

http://www.senate.gov/

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To find your House member, click here:

http://www.house.gov/

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Thank you.

Pass it on.

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A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: This Military Overthrow Of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya Looks LIke The Failed 2002 Coup D'etat Against Hugo Chavez

"Based on?"

"In both instances opposition leaders met with U.S. officials prior to attempting a military coup d'etat."

"Anything else?"

"A long history of similar U.S. government involvement in the overthrow of governments that resist U.S. domination."

"The answer being?"

"That our government stop meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Tappping contributions from big name democrats

I am surprised that big name democrats are not contributing (or not tapped) to your site. People like vice president Al Gore and former president Clinton and others should be regular contributors. It is a mutually beneficial endeavor.

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Medicare For All Is Not Only A Change We Can Believe In, It's Doable

"Based on?"

"Polls showing that seventy-five percent of the public already are for it."

"And if there's Medicare for all?"

"A change we can believe in."

"How?"

"One victory being what it'll take."

"Anything else?"

"Now or never."

A BuzzFlash Reader

Subject: Paint by Numbers

If anyone is a real (paint by numbers) piece of art it surely has to be Mark Sanford. Are all of his cylinders firing in the right order? It surely doesn't seem that way.

The more this pathetic "man-person" runs his mouth, in his deluded effort to get attention, the more sloppy he gets.

Does he not comprehend that the more he shares all of his "heart-felt" feelings about his "soul mate" the more damage he is doing not only to people's perceptions of him, but also to any possibility of his trying to successfully get his life back together?

At least some of the other holier than thou Republicon moral hypocrites were smart enough to keep their mouths shut until they were outed. At least once outed they had enough brains to keep their mouths shut once they "confessed" to their human failings.

Sanford just doesn't know when to shut up. Is he anti-social, narcissitic, or suffering from a severe case of extremely deficient manly pride and self-esteem? My father always told me to never share my personal life with people.

Sanford is running his mouth too much -- too much information. Surely his wife must be about ready to kill him, as must his paramour.

What's obvious is that Sanford is a user and an abuser. And he thinks everyone should come running around and give him a group hug because he found his "soul mate."

I do not live in SC (I wouldn't choose to live anywhere in the south. Been there, done that, and didn't like it) but I truly hope the people of SC can see this scumbag for who and what he is and kick him to the curb.

Any one of us can screw up at any time. The most important thing is what we do when we screw up -- do we learn the lessons we need to learn or do we ignore the lessons and keep on doing the same thing? If we learn, then good can come of it. If we don't, then we deserve whatever happens to us.

L M Johnson
Tacoma WA

Subject: Losing His Mind

Glen Beck is losing his mind. If you look you can see gray matter escaping from every orifice on his mind.

I don't watch the man but I have seen clips of his at various websites and have a hard time stomaching just a few minutes.

Not too long ago I saw the following: Some twit named Griff Jenkins (a Fox person) attended an event trying to ambush someone. Griff even had a piece of red outdoor carpet he had set up to use as a "red carpet." When Griff appeared on Beck's show to run the clip, Beck acted positively wacked out. There was another clip in which Beck appeared on O'Reilly's show with something that appeared like a "Malibu Barbie" doll house, dolls and a toy convertible as "props" to demonstrate his point. It was very, very strange.

Just the other day, Beck has now declared that the US didn't buy Alaska until the 1950s so we could drill for oil. Only problem, we purchased Alaska from Russia over 100 years earlier. It was called Seward's Folly. In fact, Alaska was a US Territory when it was attacked and occupied by the Japanese during WW II (the Aleutian Islands).

How in the world could Fox even continue to employ him when he is so wrong in just the most basic of facts? Of course, how can Fox continue to confuse their own Republicons with Democrats, as they seem so wont to do?

Does Fox insist that all (or most) of their news people pass insanity tests? They must -- either that or the intelligence level of the Fox viewers is much less than I even thought.

L M Johnson
Tacoma WA

Subject: Since when is mental stability a GOP issue?

Dear Buzzflash:

Upon reading comments about McCain insiders and GOP pundits questioning the state of Governor Palin's mental health during the waning days of the campaign, I find that this isn't really news, is it? The GOP and its base, especially the Limbaugh Lemmings and the right wing evangelical crowd, is a plethora of ideologies and actions that makes one wonder why the sanitariums haven't filled up sooner, unless we just call the states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas state-sized booby hatches. Pity the brave Democrats who have had to endure Sam Brownback, Tom Coburn, Jim Inhofe, Tom DeLay and W. himself. Now we have Governor Sanford, who is actually nutty enough to ask permission from his wife to visit his mistress!! Ah, Southern gentlemen's manners. What I fear is that the GOP isn't learning hard lessons in embracing extremism, and, in retaliation for Barack Obama, will play nice until they get back in, which will happen sooner or later and then, look out. If you thought the inmates were already in charge of the asylum, wait until it's payback time. These are not reasonable people who vote these wack jobs in, and there's enough wishy-washy swing voters out there to allow people like George W. Bush in. I sincerely hope, but seriously doubt that the GOP will eventually self-destruct under its own hypocritical weight. I suppose time will tell. I've already seen one car with a bumper sticker that screamed "You Betcha!! Sarah Palin For President in 2012." The car had Oklahoma tags. Go figure.

Scott Fayetteville, AR.

Subject: Honduras

Central America is a blind spot in America’s consciousness, a region that can hardly be thought to matter much in the face of economic meltdown and two wars in the middle east. But few regions have as direct an impact on the USA as Central America does As trade partners, a labor source and harbinger of coming ideological trends, Central America affects us greatly, and honestly, a coup in Honduras affects us much more directly than a similar action in most European countries. A return to military rule in Central America would create many problems for the US, including floods of refugees, unstable governments and unreliable trade partners.

Paul Cheuse

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