Archive for April 2006
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Friday 28th April 2006
Fan ‘Mail’ of the Week
7:59 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 11
The radio talk show on KMED in Oregon was lots of fun yesterday. Host Bill Meyer has thought long and hard about the problem of ignorant voters and government off the leash. Commenting on my work over the years, he said, “You are one big fat canary in the coal mine.”
I admitted that it has [...]
Wednesday 26th April 2006
Updated Review Comments on Attention Deficit Democracy
8:53 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 6
Folks occasionally ask me what sort of response ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY is generating. Here is the latest set of reviews & comments. (I don’t think the publisher is planning to put the “character assassinations” quote from the Washington Times review on the front cover of future editions). For more information on the book & links to reviews, [...]
Rockville Police Report
9:33 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 19
Having been a Boy Scout in my formative years, I was imbued with the need for obedience to law and respect for authority. But sometimes it gets a little difficult.
Last evening, I was cycling back from Wendy’s, after a hilly ride looping around Rockville. I was coming down Rockville Pike on the sidewalk southbound [...]
Tuesday 25th April 2006
On Oregon radio Thursday morning
9:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 1
I will be on KMED radio on Thursday at 7:10 a.m. Pacific time. KMED is in southern Oregon - not sure how far the station’s signal at 1440 AM reaches. I don’t think there is a Listen Live option - if somebody knows different, let me know and I will amend here.
Host will be Bill [...]
on Air America this weekend - “Ring of Fire”
4:51 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 1
Just heard from Farron Cousins, with the Air America “Ring of Fire” program:
Your interview with Mike Papantonio is scheduled to air on our show this Saturday. Ring of Fire airs 5:00-7:00 p.m. EST Saturdays and is rebroadcast from 3:00-5:00p.m. EST on Sundays in most markets.
You can find your local Air America station at airamericaradio.com or [...]
Now Online - “Defining Democracy Down”
4:48 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 0
The American Conservative just posted the full text of my “Defining Democracy Down” piece online here.
Monday 24th April 2006
Speaking at the National Press Club next Tuesday, May 2
8:12 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 2
I’ll be talking about Attention Deficit Democracy at the National Press Club on 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 2. Details here.
The Future of Freedom Foundation is putting on the event. FFF events are very pleasant - lots of fine folks and good humor. Their invitation mentions Hors d’oeuvres, so I assume that donuts will not be [...]
Saturday 22nd April 2006
The Sunni Interview now online
12:12 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 4
The April Sunni’s Salon is now up and open. Sunni Maravillosa and I had a fine ol’ time chatting and exchanging thoughts. The interview is posted here. Ah, reflecting on those golden years of peach picking….. and battles with politicians and bureaucrats in yonder years.
Sunni brings a passion to her writing & work for freedom that is very [...]
Tuesday 18th April 2006
My favorite 1987 Article…..
8:10 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | dictatorship | Comments: 4
Sunni Maravillosa is interviewing me for her Sunni’s Salon - having a good time going back and forth over the last 4 days - her questions are knocking some of the dust off my memories of long-ago times. Sunni asked about some of the factors that shaped my political views, and I mentioned the roaming I [...]
Saturday 15th April 2006
Groveling vs. Raging
10:59 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
The Washington Post has a front-page piece today sneering at angry bloggers. Here’s the lead:
In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that her president is still George W. Bush. The sun has yet to rise and her family is asleep, but no matter; [...]
Friday 14th April 2006
Another Brazen Bush Lie on 9/11
10:49 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
LewRockwell.com posted my piece today on Bush’s brazen lies on Flight 93.
This is the type of story that makes even me totter on the edge of cynicism.
ANOTHER BUSH 9/11 LIE EXPOSEDby James Bovard
The transcript the feds released this week of the final minutes of Flight 93 proves that President Bush brazenly and consistently lied to [...]
Constitutionally Clueless Americans vs. Democracy
10:45 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
The Future of Freedom Foundation is sending out my piece today on constitutionally clueless Americans. The Baltimore Chronicle also has the piece on their site.
Here’s my latest tribute to postive thinking:
Constitutional Illiteracy & Attention Deficit Democracy by James Bovard
Another poll has confirmed that most Americans are constitutionally without a clue. Americans’ political illiteracy is good [...]
Sunday 9th April 2006
My hit on “Bush’s War on Democracy”
8:46 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Messianic Democracy | Comments: 4
My piece, “Defining Democracy Down,” is in the April 24 issue of American Conservative, hitting newstands and mailboxes this weekend.
Here are some excerpts:
American Conservative April 24
DEFINING DEMOCRACY DOWN by James Bovard
George W. Bush has been more emphatic about spreading democracy than any president since Woodrow Wilson. Yet Bush’s policies have subverted elected governments, corrupted foreign [...]
Friday 7th April 2006
My op-ed: “Bush’s Bogus Theory of Boundless Power”
11:30 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 2
The Future of Freedom Foundation is launching an op-ed of mine on “Bush’s Bogus Theory of Absolute Power.” The Baltimore Chronicle is using the piece. Other links will follow.
‘Course, with the news out yesterday on Bush’s personal role in approving the leak of classified information, the motto of Lily Tomlin comes to mind: ”No matter how cynical [...]
Wednesday 5th April 2006
Thanks to Will Grigg & the New American!
8:30 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Will Grigg, who has one of the zestiest, hard-hitting political blogs anywhere, has a review of Attention Deficit Democracy in the April 17 issue of The New American. Grigg’s article, entitled “Great Leader Democracy,” starts out as follows:
“Most Americans are disinclined to think deeply about the tyrannical actions of government, but James Bovard’s Attention Deficit [...]
Another TSA Frisk Gone Awry
3:44 pm | Bovard | Comments: 6
Brian Doyle, the #2 spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, has done yeoman work in helping Americans understand how the Transportation Security Administration is protecting them. After TSA air marshals gunned down Rigoberto Alipizar outside of a plane in Miami last December, Doyle justified the killing to the media: “He threatened that he had a [...]
The Idiocy Behind the Federal Takeover of Agriculture
9:59 am | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on how the feds seized control of American agriculture in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This story is not conducive to trust in either politicians or intellectuals.
Here’s the wrapup of the piece:
Though much of the farm crisis of the early 1930s was the result [...]
Monday 3rd April 2006
Thanks to FFF and Anthony Gregory!
8:01 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
According to the Code of Ethics of the National Writers Union, I am prohibited from abstaining from quoting a positive book review.
The April issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily has a long, thorough, and generous review on Attention Deficit Democracy. The reviewer, Anthony Gregory, has been doing some of the hardest hitting [...]
Saturday 1st April 2006
on Alabama/Southeast U.S. radio Monday morning (4/3)
10:12 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 3
WRJM talk show host Joe Fondren will be interviewing me on Monday morning at 815 Central time (915 Eastern time) regarding Attention Deficit Democracy.
Mr. Fondren mentioned that since the radio station is 100,000 watts, it reaches from Alabama into northern FLA and probably other adjoining turfs. WRJM is an FM station at 93.7 on [...]