Archive for May 2008
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Thursday 29th May 2008
Ron Paul’s Good News
10:08 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Antiwar.com Radio yesterday posted a very informative interview between Charles Goyette and Ron Paul. At about 10 minutes into the interview, Goyette asked Congressman Paul about my comment on the blog regarding negotiations with the Republican party for a speaking slot at the Republican Convention in September convention.
Congressman Paul replied: “I don’t know where he [...]
Tuesday 27th May 2008
Ron Paul Goes “Respectful”
1:36 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 10
The Washington Post has an article today on the number of Ron Paul’s relatives who worked for his presidential campaign.
I will be curious if there are other analyses of how the Paul campaign spent $30 million.
The Post article quoted Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton saying that Paul would be “continuing a positive, respectful [...]
Monday 26th May 2008
FFF Conference Next Week
9:50 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 0
The Future of Freedom Foundation will hold their second annual foreign policy/civil liberties conference next week in Reston, Va. The conference runs from June 6 to June 8. The $495 fee cover all meals and 20 speakers.
I will be speaking on Friday around 1:30 on “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties.” Tricky to find enough material [...]
No Justice on Memorial Day
11:03 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 6
Here is a great Washington Post photo of Bush strutting at the White House as he receives visitors from the Rolling Thunder veterans motorcycle group.
It is obscene how the same politicians who send Americans to die in unnecessary wars are treated like heroes on Memorial Day.
One would hope that this day, above all others, would be a time [...]
Saturday 24th May 2008
The Democratic-Peace Fraud
10:27 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 4
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online my piece from the March 2008 Freedom Daily on why democracy is no cure for war. Here’s my 2 cents on the topic -
The Democratic-Peace Fraud
by James Bovard
The doctrine of “democratic peace” now provides vital camouflage for the American war machine. Michael Novak, a theologian with the pro-war [...]
Wednesday 14th May 2008
Now Online: Podcast of BMW Horse**** Interview!
8:37 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Terrorism | wool | Comments: 1
Talk show host Brian Wilson and I had a rattlin’ good chat on WSPD in Toledo today. We kicked hell out of the Homegrown Terrorism and Violent Radicalization BS Act now before the Senate. There were wine, beer, and cigar jokes, as well as expressions of condolence to the Israeli Prime Minister who might be [...]
Sunday 11th May 2008
Terrorist Cabal on the Potomac?
4:56 pm | Bovard | Terrorism | Comments: 2
I don’t know for sure that those two were with Hezbollah - or maybe Hamas - but you can’t be too careful in an area perfect for launching kayak attacks on the DC bridges. Unless of course the kayakers drowned before getting that far (as often happens in these waters).
Seems like half the people that throng [...]
Ellsberg’s Excellent Memoir
4:24 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
My latest article in Freedom Daily is “Ellsberg’s Lesson for Our Time.” I should have read Daniel Ellsberg’s excellent memoirs - SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers - long ago. But better late than never.
Here is the lead of the article:
Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive a Medal [...]
Thursday 8th May 2008
GoLeft TV Interview Now Online -Radio Broadcast on Saturday
5:31 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Comments: 0
Mike Papantonio of the “Ring of Fire” nationally-syndicated radio program “Ring of Fire” recently interviewed me regarding article on “The 9/11 Servility Reflex.” I just heard from his producer Farron Cousins: “Your interview is going to run on this Saturday’s program, at the top of the second hour. We air from 3p - 6p Eastern [...]
Tuesday 6th May 2008
AmeriCorps’ Latest Triumphs
7:58 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
The current issue of Ripon Forum includes a piece I wrote on the case against AmeriCorps and other national service boondoggles. The Forum is published by the Ripon Society, an organization of liberal Republicans founded in 1965. The same issue of the magazine features articles by Bob Dole, George HW Bush, and Chris Shays. I [...]
Monday 5th May 2008
Warring as Lying
1:54 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | Comments: 4
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the February issue of Freedom Daily on lying & warring. Amazing to see how much hokum politicians get away with when they commence killing foreigners…..
Warring as Lying Throughout American History
by James Bovard Freedom Daily February 2008
Americans are taught to expect their elected leaders to [...]
Thursday 1st May 2008
NOW ONLINE Mp3 of the Interview with Brian Wilson
5:53 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 0
The zippety interview from last Friday with talk show host Brian Wilson is now online here. (The MP3 list is on the left side).
The same page has surprising background on Brian. I was not aware of the two weeks he teamed up with Seigfried and Roy.
That explains why he dislikes beer.