A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by Ruth Lopez

Forget about Reagan's Cadillac-driving "Welfare Queens," Bill Frist, George W. Bush, and the Republicans controlling Congress want to create a permanent class of tax exempt, "Welfare Lords and Ladies."

Two years ago, my friend Anne and I were in northern Israel, where, for the last month, Hezbollah missiles have been falling and killing. We'd just had dinner at a Chinese restaurant in the coastal town of Tiberias and were driving back to the kibbutz bed and breakfast at which we were staying for the night.

BARBARA'S DAILY BUZZFLASH MINUTE

Call it what you will, “a war on terror,” “sectarian violence,” “a civil war,” but no matter what you call it, it still means innocent people are dying every day in a preemptive unnecessary war that has no winners and a whole lot of losers!!!

Rep. Bob Ney Won't Seek Re-Election

by Tony Peyser

Some speculate
This may mean a
Chance he's gotten
A recent subpoena.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

The Washington Post often has bizarre commentaries with neo-con logic that twists itself into contortions that no pretzel could rival.

But an item by one Robert Kagan advances the preposterous notion that Lieberman is being targeted for being an honest man. Like Bush, Lieberman may think he's honest, but as we pointed out his Sunday news talk show statements indicated that he can peddle mistruths, lies and personal historical revisionism with the best of the Republicans.

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

Joe Lieberman's continued support of Iraq and Bush has led to understandable anger from the Democrats he abandoned (and praise from the ultra-conservatives he has joined, like Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter). On the verge of a vitally significant primary election Tuesday, it’s important to remember that Lieberman hasn't just been a passive follower, he has been among the most active proponents of Iraq since the beginning when he led Congress in deciding to give Bush a blank check.

BUZZFLASH MAILBAG

Subject: Circling the Wagons

Just saw an interview with Senator Chris Dodd on Hardball speaking about campaigning for his good friend, Senator Joe Lieberman. Seems that Dodd has canceled a trip to the politician’s favorite Recess spot of Iraq and the Middle East to stay home and help Joe out.

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Cindy Sheehan

A year ago today, about 100 of us marched down Prairie Chapel Road in the awful Texas heat into history. Today, with very short notice, dozens of us marched down the same road, with the same results: no meeting with the cowardly cowboy wanna-be in chief.

for The Guardian, Comment is Free

In the six years since I first began investigating the burglary ring we call "elections" in America, a new Voting Reform industry has grown up. That's good. What's worrisome is that most of the effort is focused on preventing the installation of computer voting machines. Paper ballots, we're told, will save our democracy.

Progressive Internet activists, local Democratic Party stalwarts and reformists of all stripes need to unite under the leadership of organized labor to take back our government and economy from the Republican-Corporate alliance. The coalition should include efforts to win elections, change trade policies and unionize workplaces all over America.