Archive for September 2008
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Tuesday 30th September 2008
Bush’s Forgotten Iraqi Sovereignty Sham
7:58 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
The Future of Freedom Foundation just posted online my article from the July issue of Freedom Daily on Bush’s sovereignty shenanigans on Iraq.
It continues to amaze me how easily Bush and team got away with the Empire-State-Building-sized farces regarding Iraq. Unfortunately, “Bush re-subjugated Americans by claiming to have liberated Iraqis.”
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The Forgotten [...]
Saturday 27th September 2008
McCain’s Great Betrayal of Fellow POWs
7:42 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | Comments: 17
In last night’s debate, McCain again strutted out the fact of his POW status during the Vietnam war.
A servile media has long allowed this to be the primary part of McCain’s halo.
But instead, it should raise questions that go to the heart of McCain’s willingness to betray his fellow soldiers and countrymen in pursuit of [...]
Friday 26th September 2008
Intro chapter from Feeling Your Pain (2000)
12:41 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
Here is the introduction chapter of Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years (St. Martin’s/Palgrave, 2000).
This was my parting bouquet to the Clinton White House. The book went to three printings within the first month of its release but slowed down afterwards. (It did not contain [...]
Thursday 25th September 2008
Intro chapter to ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY (2006)
2:25 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
Here’s the introduction from Attention Deficit Democracy (2006).
This book may have struck more of a nerve with reviewers et al. if it had come out a year later. It was considered too cynical by many folks back in ‘06. Rather ironic, given subsequent American history….
For instance, Bush’s television address last night epitomized [...]
Wednesday 24th September 2008
The Highway Robber State
10:41 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Congress | Elective Dictatorship | wool | Comments: 11
The Night Watchman State has been replaced by Highway Robber States - governments in which no asset, no contract, no domain is safe from marauding bands of politicians. (from Freedom in Chains, 1999)
If you voted in the congressional elections two years ago, were you ceding the right to the [...]
Sunday 21st September 2008
Bush Teams Seeks Financial Dictatorial Powers
10:57 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 20
In order to save the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Bush administration seeks boundless power that cannot be reviewed by federal courts.
Didn’t we try this already at Gitmo, and it didn’t work out so well?
from Bloomberg:
Treasury Seeks Asset-Buying Power Unchecked by Courts (Update2)
By Alison Fitzgerald and John Brinsley
Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — The Bush administration [...]
Introduction to Bush Betrayal (2004)
9:30 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Continuing with the parade of Introductions, here’s the lead chapter from Bush Betrayal (2004).
This book generated a lot of vituperative fan mail. Here is a collection of the highlights: ”Bush Supporters Vindicate the President.” I began to wonder if supporting George W. Bush automatically depraved people’s ability to spell.
It is unfortunate that more Americans did not catch on sooner [...]
Saturday 20th September 2008
Ron Paul Supporters Vindicated?
8:40 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Congress | Elective Dictatorship | Rule of Law | wool | Comments: 10
[full size photo at my Flickr site here ]
And to think that many people thought that the Ron Paul supporters were too cynical about the Fed….
This monster bank/stock market bailout shaping up in Washington will probably be one of the greatest cons of the new century. This is simply letting politicians give themselves a blank check - or a [...]
Thursday 18th September 2008
My FFF Speech on “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties” is Now Online
12:14 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
The Future of Freedom Foundation put online today the speeches from their June conference. You can watch them here.
My topic was “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties.” I had wanted to do an even-handed treatment of the issue but there were time limitations, so…
The same webpage has links to the videos of the other 20+ speakers. [...]
Tuesday 16th September 2008
269 And Trying Harder
10:10 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I want to heartily thank all the folks who have perused here or linked here in the past few months.
Wikio compiles a ranking of English language political blogs. The latest Wikio ranking is now posted on the upper left hand corner of this blog. Thanks to y’all, this blog came in at 269 in the latest tally, [...]
Sunday 14th September 2008
Introduction from TERRORISM & TYRANNY (2003)
10:51 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
Since September is “Book Introduction” month, I figure I should send this chapter for another lap around the track.
The final paragraph of the chapter asks: “What are the prospects for the survival of American liberty from an endless war against an elusive, often ill-defined enemy?”
Funny to think back how some people reacted in 2003 to that question [...]
Friday 12th September 2008
Palin Revives Bush’s Most Lethal Lie
11:37 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Iraq | Comments: 24
In a speech yesterday to U.S. troops departing for Iraq, Alaska Governor and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin declared that the soldiers would “defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans.”
Even George W. Bush finally admitted that this justification for attacking Iraq was [...]
Sunday 7th September 2008
Introduction from FREEDOM IN CHAINS (1999)
9:49 am | Bovard | Elective Dictatorship | Rule of Law | dictatorship | Comments: 9
Here’s another flash from the past. Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen was hell on my moderate image.
Curious how the intellectual battle lines have shifted in the decade since I wrote this book. I recall some reviewers denouncing me as an extremist for focusing on government abuses such as [...]
Thursday 4th September 2008
McCain Achieves a Miracle
10:27 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 7
John McCain performed a miracle tonight.
He made Bob Dole’s 1996 Republican presidential acceptance speech look downright eloquent.
Shizam, McCain’s performance - at least for the first 40 minutes of the speech - made Bob Dole sound the combination of Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy, and Cicero thrown in for good measure.
McCain seemed to be reciting lame [...]