Archive for August 2008
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Saturday 30th August 2008
Flemishly Damned Again?
4:48 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Torture | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I much appreciate the Belgian website In Flanders Fields posting the text of the Freeman article on torture. I was amused at some of the comments, though I’d be prevaricating if I said I was more fluent in Flemish than in Swahili.
Here are the comments the piece has so far generated on this European blog. [...]
Torture & Liberty
4:41 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Central Intelligence Agency | Cheney | Torture | Comments: 4
This piece from the July issue of The Freeman is now online here (in PDF) and here (in ASCII - paragraph breaks amended slightly in the version below).
TORTURE & LIBERTY Freeman July 2008
by James Bovard
Is torture compatible with liberty?
Unfortunately, this is no longer a hypothetical question. Many Americans who claim to support individual freedom also [...]
Wednesday 27th August 2008
Federal Attitude Police
1:20 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Rule of Law | Transportation Security Admin. | Comments: 5
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the June issue of Freedom Daily.
TSA is an agency that never gets enough of what it deserves. But it’s fun to try anyhow.
FEDERAL ATTITUDE POLICE
by James Bovard
The Transportation Security Administration has created more gantlets at American airports than most travelers realize. It has continually [...]
Sunday 24th August 2008
Washington Headline of the Year!
9:28 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
“CIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq” - in yesterday’s Washington Post.
The subhead should have read: “This Time We Are Not Lying Like Weasels - We Swear!”
The Post article on the CIA’s reaction to Ron Suskind’s revelations included this tidbit from the CIA’s prepared statement:
“To state what should be obvious, it is not the [...]
Saturday 23rd August 2008
Introduction Chapter from Lost Rights (1994)
5:05 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 12
This is a flash from the past. I enjoyed the challenge when I was writing this chapter back in @ 1993 to try to frame the issues and ideas in a way that would awake people to the rising political peril.
Unfortunately, the book is not out of date.
I noticed on the Amazon page for this [...]
Friday 22nd August 2008
MP3 of Today’s Surveillance-Bashing Interview Now Online
3:34 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
The interview with Brian Wilson is now online here. You can listen there or download an MP3. (It is the second interview on the left).
Homeland Security took a thrashing. What a bunch of hooligans!
And who was that government apologist who called up and urged everybody not to worry???
On the Radio/Internet Today (8/22) at 1 pm with Brian Wilson
10:49 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I will be on the Brian Wilson program on WHFS (105.7 FM) in Baltimore at 1:05 pm today (Friday, 8/22). You can listen live here. (The listen live link is in the upper right hand corner of the page).
We will be whupping up on the latest federal surveillance outrages.
Monday 18th August 2008
Watching for Russian Bears
9:06 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
Since the American media seems to think that Russia is the new peril, I figured I should practice stalking bears.
Here’s another angle of the same lake. Looks suspiciously tranquil, if you ask me. Plus, alcohol was banned in the area - a classic warning sign of an Islamist conspiracy. (Another warning sign: I didn’t see any [...]
Tuesday 12th August 2008
McCain’s World Warring Lunacy On Display
5:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 7
The clash between Russia and Georgia is the conflict of two thuggish, authoritarian governments. The American media seems to usually forget that it was Georgia that launched the attack.
The conflict is highlighting the lunacy of McCain’s warmongering instincts. Mr. McCain’s top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was until recently a lobbyist for the government of [...]