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Archive for March 2007

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Thursday 29th March 2007

Antiwar.com Radio/ Scott Horton Interview Now Online

Scott Horton and I had a rattling good chat today about some of the latest connivings in Washington. This latest Antiwar.com Radio production is online here.
Here’s Scott’s summary of the show from Antiwar.com Blog today -
James Bovard discusses the U.S. attorney scandal, his hopes that more criminal activity will be revealed when Gonzales is forced out, [...]

Monday 26th March 2007

Finally! A Bush Appointee Who Appreciates the Bill of Rights

3:35 pm | Bovard | Comments: 19

Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment –Goodling will refuse to answer Senate questions on fired U.S. attorneys 26 Mar 2007 Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
hat tip to [...]

Sunday 25th March 2007

Help Washington, DC Choose a New Motto!

8:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 118

The District of Columbia is trying to fix its image. Thus, it is spending $150,000 to choose a new motto for the city. The Washington Post reports, “Civic leaders say they are looking for more than just a snappy line.”
The Post notes that other states and cities are seeking to rebrand themselves with slogan. The state [...]

Goyette Interview Now Online

5:14 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 5

The interview with Charles Goyette from Friday is now online here in MP3 format.
We had a good ol’ time - I hope listeners will get some laughs from the show.
Charles is one of the best informed talk show hosts on Bush scandals - it was good to hear his views on how some of these dark [...]

Thursday 22nd March 2007

LIVE ONLINE Friday (3/23) 11:30 Eastern with Goyette in AZ

9:36 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 7

I will be on the Charles Goyette show tomorrow (3/23) at 11:30 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the best talk show hosts in the biz - and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. (He has been doing interviews recently for Antiwar.com). His sense of humor helps listeners grin ‘n’ bear almost all of the Bush [...]

“Damned Proud” of Dead Lebanese Women & Children

Former US United Nations Ambassador John Bolton told the BBC today that he was “damned proud” of how the U.S. intentionally blocked efforts to achieve a ceasefire last summer when Israel was bombing Beirut and many other locales in Lebanon.
The BBC summarized Bolton’s comments: “A former top American diplomat says the US deliberately resisted calls [...]

Tuesday 20th March 2007

Gonzales’s Fall, Bush’s Impeachment?

Lew Rockwell suggested yesterday that I do a piece on the Gonzales meltdown and how it could affect Bush. Every now and then, I am not immune to good ideas, so I wrote it and he posted it on LewRockwell.com today.
I appreciate all the comments I received on the Gonzales blog entries in the past week. [...]

Monday 19th March 2007

Great Recap of Media Debacles etc. on Iraq War

6:29 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 4

The folks at Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) have a superb timeline of media duplicity, cravenness, and occasional truth before and during the war with Iraq.
[FAIR does some excellent analyses, even if they did scowl at my work in 1991. They tagged me "the media's favorite opponent of national agricultural programs" and complained, "Bovard achieved an [...]

Thanks to Bill Thompson and the Ocala Star-Banner

11:05 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 1

Bill Thompson, the assistant editorial page editor of the Ocala Star Banner, had kind words yesterday for Attention Deficit Democracy. Here is his piece:
Following a couple wannabes

In case you missed it, America has been at war in Iraq for four years, as of tomorrow. And despite more than 25,000 American casualties and a dwindling list [...]

Friday 16th March 2007

Great Torture Humor

9:39 pm | Bovard | Torture | wool | Comments: 8

Tim O’Regan has the perfect response to the Establishment media’s groveling to the tortured confession and the redacted transcript out of Gitmo.
O’Regan reveals that KSM and his look-alike, porn star Ron Jeremy, are the “Hairy Brothers of Destruction.” O’Regan reveals:
KSM supplied a type-written note that listed all of the crimes the duo is responsible for masterminding. [...]

My Editor & Publisher hit on TSA’s Miami Killing

5:25 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Transportation Security Admin. | Comments: 9

I wrote a piece for Editor & Publisher in late 2005 on TSA’s killing of a passenger in Miami. The link is no longer working, so here’s the piece….
Editor & Publisher, December 15, 2005
Media Docility & Another No Cost Federal Killing?
by James Bovard
In the weeks after the Hurricane Katrina debacle, many media commentators gushed about [...]

Gonzo’s Final Straw?

Murray Waas, one of the best investigative journalists in DC, has a new piece on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s role in derailing a Justice Department investigation of his own possible criminality. Waas notes at the National Journal:
Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice Department [...]

Wednesday 14th March 2007

Rising Odds of Impeachment

Attorney General Gonzales is dead meat. His exit is only a question of time. (I been wrong before, but….)
I think the Senate Dems will not confirm some obvious hatchet man as the replacement for Gonzales. Bush has “benefitted” from two Attorney Generals who were profoundly dishonest and demagogic. No matter what the Bush administration did, they [...]

On Texas Radio with Brian Wilson on Thursday (3/15)

10:42 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 2

Brian Wilson, one of the best talk show hosts in the country, invited me on his show tomorrow (Thursday, 3/15) at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Should be a good chance to celebrate the Ides of March for the greatest jurist in modern Texas history, Alberto Gonzales, the soon-to-be former Attorney General.
Brian will be guest hosting on [...]

Monday 12th March 2007

Feds Shaft Historic Gun Maker

8:45 pm | Bovard | Rule of Law | Comments: 9

Federal gun experts have too often suffered from a shortage of expertise and an excess of spite. Len Savage, the president of Historic Arms, a Georgia company, is being boarhawged bigtime by the G-men. He had an excellent commentary piece posted recently by the fine folks at Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. Claire Wolfe has been [...]

Tuesday 6th March 2007

BRAVO! One Down, More to Go

1:37 pm | Bovard | Comments: 22

It is encouraging that the jury found Scooter Libby guilty on most charges.
It will be amusing to watch the conservative elite howl that the verdict is a violation of their sacred right to rule by deceit.
If Libby turns state’s evidence to reduce his prison sentence, the White House could need roof repair real quick. Libby [...]

Monday 5th March 2007

Portentous or Just Gloomy?

9:04 am | Bovard | Comments: 5

I snapped this along the C & O Canal yesterday.
I realized it was too cold when I saw a crowd of Wiccans marching along wearing thermal bras.
Ten more days to the Ides of March.

Friday 2nd March 2007

My Time in the Tower of London

The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online an article of mine from the December Freedom Daily. I posted an excerpt of this piece here earlier; here is the full text.
MY TIME IN THE TOWER OF LONDON
by James Bovard
I visited the Tower of London in May on an overcast, dreary Friday afternoon. The home of [...]

Thursday 1st March 2007

Attention Deficit Democracy a Finalist for Spooner Book of the Year

8:21 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 6

Kathleen Nelson, the president of Laissez-Faire Books (LFB), notified me today that Attention Deficit Democracy is a finalist for the Spooner Award. The award, for the Best Book on Liberty in the prior year, is given by LFB and the Center for Libertarian Thought.
I’m very pleased to have made the final cut. Since the 1970s, LFB [...]

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