Archive for May 2007
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Wednesday 30th May 2007
Speaking Friday at FFF Conference
10:08 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 13
On Friday morning at 9 a.m. [redacted], I will be giving a spiel on “How Foreign Warring Subverts Freedom at Home” at a Future of Freedom Foundation confab in Reston, Va. The conference, “Restoring the Republic: Foreign Policy & Civil Liberties,” will feature an array of liberal, conservative, and libertarian speakers - including a number [...]
Sunday 27th May 2007
Great Memorial Day Cartoon - Opus Today
11:52 am | Bovard | Comments: 196
The Opus cartoon in today’s Sunday paper is one of the finest Memorial Day tributes I have seen anywhere. (the cartoon itself is a FEW INCHES BELOW HERE - because of how the @#$@#$# blog software works.).
Opus and his dandelions - what a perfect illustration for this day. (The full size drawing in the newspaper is [...]
Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Police Rampage Update & Contact Info
8:31 am | Bovard | Comments: 48
I received an email comment last night from the lady who courageously videotaped many police abuses during the National Police Week festivities. It is comment # 72 on the prior blog entry. I think it deserves more visibility, so I am highlighting it here. She mentions, ”Any input, help, support or even a few kind words at [...]
Monday 21st May 2007
Another Police Rampage in DC
12:09 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 93
(the full size of this photo is available here.)
Mobs of cops were in Washington, DC last week for National Police Week. Their behavior was so bad that the DC police chief formally notified them that their public drunkenness would not be tolerated.
Many of the cops were bicycling around to draw attention to their campaign for [...]
Saturday 19th May 2007
New York Times Calls Me an “Anti-Czar Czar”
9:23 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 9
The New York Times’ Mark Leibovich has a zesty piece in Sunday’s Times, “The Tin-Star Title for the Too-Tough Job.” He starts out:
IN 19th-century Russia, Czar Nicolas I commissioned an official national anthem known as “God Save the Czar.”
In 21st-century Washington, the anthem would be more suitably titled “God Help the Czar.”
It’s not good to be [...]
Thursday 17th May 2007
LIVE ONLINE Friday Morning 10 AM Eastern - Charles Goyette Radio Show
1:16 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 7
I will be on the Charles Goyette show tomorrow (Friday - 5/18) at 10:05 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the best talk show hosts in the biz - and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. We will be chatting about Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy and about Bush’s revelation at the press conference today that he is a [...]
Now Online - MP3 /Podcast of Interview about Ron Paul
9:47 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 5
Talk show host Brian Wilson and I had a rattlin’ good chat yesterday about Ron Paul and the Republican presidential race. WSPD just placed the MP3/podcast of the interview online, so you can access it at this site.
(I literally got a bit tangled in my headset at the end of the interview, and since this was long [...]
Wednesday 16th May 2007
LIVE ONLINE RADIO today at 3:30 pm Eastern Discussing Ron Paul
12:07 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 3
I will be on the Brian Wilson show today (5/16) at 3:30 pm Eastern time discussing Ron Paul’s debate performance last night and the backlash against him in the media and elsewhere.
Brian is one of the finest talk show hosts in the country and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. The show will be on the air [...]
Ron Paul’s Radical Mix: Truth & Politics
7:38 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 82
Hats off to Ron Paul for another great performance in the Republican presidential debate in South Carolina last night.
For almost six years, politicians have acted as if it is federal crime to speak bluntly about 9/11. On the day of the attacks, George Bush proclaimed that the hijackers attacked because they hate America for its [...]
Sunday 13th May 2007
What Would Martial Law Look Like?
4:04 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Congress | dictatorship | lese majeste | Comments: 27
If they put a sign saying “Rule of Law” on the front of the howitzer, people might not notice any difference between this and other post 9/11 ornaments in DC.
“Nothing to see here, folks - move along….”
The full size photo for the above is at http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=495676211&size=l
The new Patriot System in DC:
Just another harmless decoration on [...]
Friday 11th May 2007
Bush’s Bizarre Bombast - & Slandering Texas
10:35 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Comments: 10
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the piece I did for them early this year on the anniversary of Bush’s second inaugural address.
Flying to Dallas on a packed plane a few days after Bush’s second inauguration was memorable. I have not been immersed among so many true believers since the Pledge of Allegiance recitation [...]
Wednesday 9th May 2007
Another Award for a Tyrant Apologist
3:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | wool | Comments: 29
Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield gave the esteemed Jefferson lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities last night in Washington.
According to the NEH website, “The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities recognizes an individual who has made significant scholarly contributions to the humanities and who has the ability to communicate the knowledge and wisdom of the [...]
Tuesday 8th May 2007
Which Think Tank for Wolfowitz?
9:08 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 16
Paul Wolfowitz is now almost certain to get booted from the World Bank. Unfortunately, the World Bank itself will probably survive. (The Washington Post frets today that the Wolfowitz scandal could “jeopardize” efforts to squeeze more bucks out of foreign governments to bankroll more World Bank boondoggles).
So what will Wolfowitz do with himself now that he [...]
Monday 7th May 2007
LIVE ONLINE Today - St. Louis Radio - 6:35 PM Eastern (5/7)
12:58 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 3
I will be on the Sloan Ranger Report radio show today at 6:35 pm Eastern through the top of the hour. The program, hosted by Lloyd Sloan, can be heard on WGNU at AM 920 in the St. Louis area. You can listen live online here.
We will talk about how Congress recently rubberstamped martial law (the [...]
Saturday 5th May 2007
YouTube Video of Ron Paul’s Triumph in the GOP Debate
10:54 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 8
Here is a link to Ron Paul’s triumph in the Republican party presidential debate.
It is so refreshing to have a principled, honest champion of freedom running for president with one of the major parties.
Ron Paul will be in the South Carolina candidates’ debate on May 15. I expect he will make the leading contenders once again [...]
Thursday 3rd May 2007
POSTPONED Live Online on St. Louis Radio Today (5/3) at 6:35 PM Eastern
12:09 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 2
Today’s show has been postponed till Monday due to the host being hit by the flu.
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I will be on the Sloan Ranger Report radio show today at 6:35 pm Eastern through the top of the hour. The program, hosted by Lloyd Sloan, can be heard on WGNU at AM 920 in the St. Louis area. You [...]