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Archive for October 2008

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Thursday 30th October 2008

My 2 Cents on the 2008 Elections

Reason magazine posted yesterday their responses from various libertarians they sent a set of questions on the 2008 election. Following is the response I sent them last week. (Their initial article did not include my responses, but they added them in after I sent a YO DUDE! email their way.)
** I will [...]

Friday 24th October 2008

Podcast now online of Antiwar/Scott Horton Radio Interview

8:08 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 11

The podcast of Wednesday’s radio interview with Scott Horton is now online here.
We had a rattlin’ good discussion, covering a heap of topics and clobbering politicians left and right.
Thus far, I have not been contacted by the lawyers for the West Virginia Anti-Defamation League.

Thursday 23rd October 2008

Did the Marines Die in Beirut for Absolute Power?

8:42 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 6

This is the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the barracks in Beirut that killed 241 Marines. President Reagan sent in U.S. troops to try to help stabilize Lebanon after the Israeli invasion (and massacres by Israeli proxies in Palestinian refugee camps) the prior year. This was Reagan’s biggest antiterrorism debacle. [...]

Wednesday 22nd October 2008

I’m on Antiwar.com Radio/KAOS Radio Today (Wed.) at 1:15 pm Eastern Time

10:02 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0

Scott Horton and I will be bantering about Bush and other disasters today (Wed., 10/22) at 1:15 pm Eastern.
I think you can listen live either here (Listen Live link is on left hand side) or here. (I’m not sure on the latter link.)
The program should be available as a podcast within [...]

Saturday 18th October 2008

Libertarians Still Lusting for Palin?

Is anyone closely tracking Sarah Palin’s continued popularity with libertarians?
Charles Murray, one of the Beltway’s favorite libertarians (ensconced at the manically pro-war American Enterprise Institute), told the New York Times that he is “truly and deeply in love” with Palin.
Joe Bast, the head of the Heartland Institute, said that Palin “was a great choice [...]

Sunday 12th October 2008

My 2 Cents on Palin, Obama, Dumb Voters, & the 2008 Election

3:55 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 9

Robert Zullo of the Houma Courier (of Houma, Louisiana, in Terrebonne parish, near New Orleans) interviewed me on Thursday on the 2008 election. His article in today’s paper very nicely captures how voters are making decisions as they head towards the voting booth.
He kindly included a number of quotes from me [...]

Friday 10th October 2008

YouTube version of my “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties” speech now online

10:09 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the YouTube version of my “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties” spiel from their June conference.
You can see all the video clips here.
The speech did not include any Hillary jokes.

Wednesday 8th October 2008

McCain Jumps the Gun with “My Fellow Prisoners”

5:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 8

In a speech today, John McCain told the audience: “Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners.”
Here is a 13 second YouTube clip from the speech.
I thought McCain had been in politics long enough to know not to notify people that he was nullifying all their rights until [...]

Friday 3rd October 2008

Freedom is Still the Preeminent Issue

2:21 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | dictatorship | Comments: 13

The Foundation for Economic Education posted online my piece from the current issue of their Freeman magazine responding to David Brooks’s call to devalue freedom in American poiltics.
Freedom Is Not the Issue? It Just Ain’t So! The Freeman September 2008
By James Bovard
The Friends of Leviathan are once again encouraging people [...]

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