Archive for May 2009
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Friday 29th May 2009
Obama’s Torture Coverup
9:37 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Torture | Comments: 2
Does President Obama have a vested interest in covering up the crimes of the Bush administration?
His decision to block the release of photos of U.S. troops abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan is a reminder that the nation may still be running on “Cheney time.” As long as the photos are not released, former Bush [...]
Thursday 28th May 2009
The Campaign Reform Scam/Crime/Damn Outrage - Parts 1 and 2
11:59 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Congress | Comments: 3
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the second part of my analysis of the McCain Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act hokum. (This is from the February issue of Freedom Daily). I am reposting it here, along with the first part of the article (posted on this blog yesterday).
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The Campaign Reform Scam Part [...]
Wednesday 27th May 2009
The Campaign Reform Crime (or Scam?)
12:49 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Congress | Elective Dictatorship | Uncategorized | wool | Comments: 0
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the January issue of Freedom Daily on campaign reform scams. This is the first part of a two-part series on the McCain-Feingold act and related hokum.
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The Campaign Reform Scam Part 1 [...]
Sunday 24th May 2009
Politicians and Memorial Day: The Guy Fawkes Solution
4:37 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
I stopped by the Visitors Center at Manassas Battlefield Park last month and was struck by a quote capturing Georgia private B. M. Zettler’s reaction to being enmeshed in the battle of Bull Run:
“I felt that I was in the presence of death. My first thought was, ‘This is unfair - someone is to [...]
Saturday 23rd May 2009
Put Your Faith in Bat ****
8:52 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Scott Adams has paying tribute to MBAs this week. Here is his “bottom line” strip:
It is good that more folks are recognizing the BS of Business wiz kids.
Now if only people would recognize that political charlatans are even more dangerous….
Thursday 21st May 2009
Obama Economic Recovery Official Email Notification
3:27 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
[from the Wall Street Examiner :]
From: TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER (us.treasury.adminoffice@us.gov)
Subject: I am Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the United States National Treasury.
Date: May 21, 2009 11:41:27 AM CDT
Reply-To: apx-deliverycoltd@live.com
Good day to you, I am Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the United States National Treasury. President Obama nominated me to be the 75th Secretary of the [...]
Torture Masterminds & the Prosecution of Michael Vick
10:50 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
So Michael Vick has been released from federal prison after serving 19 months for dog abuse.
Vick was prosecuted by an organization - the U.S. Justice Department - renowned for crafting legal rationales for torture.
Maybe if Vick had claimed that he was talking to the dogs - trying to get information out of them about Saddam [...]
Monday 11th May 2009
“Thus Ended Capitalism”
10:11 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has a wonderful strip on the real credit crisis - the fact that so few people can trust each other any more.
The only thing that was missing from the strip was a final square or two reassuring people that Washington will intervene and make honesty the law of the land.
Friday 8th May 2009
The Real Victims of the Torture Scandal
10:22 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Torture | Uncategorized | Comments: 7
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds debunks the torture scandal once and for all. In a post entitled “PELOSI LIED, THE WATERBOARDING ISSUE DIED,” Reynolds declares that “the torture issue was mostly a political tool designed to cow right-leaning members of the punditocracy by calling them Nazis. Now that it’s not needed so much, it can [...]
AmeriCorps Vindicated in Baltimore Sun
9:49 am | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
From today’s Baltimore Sun:
In his recent Op-Ed criticizing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (”AmeriCorps boondoggle grows, April 28), James Bovard missed the boat on the essence of AmeriCorps and its engagement of professional volunteers to implement sustainable social change in America.
By allocating increased funds to AmeriCorps, the federal government places resources [...]
Wednesday 6th May 2009
Flu-Induced Insanity from the Obama Team
2:26 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | wool | Comments: 3
The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is considering pushing for all Americans to get 3 flu shots this Fall - “one to combat annual seasonal influenza and two targeted at the new swine flu virus spreading across the globe.”
So is this part of a stimulus package for autism treatment centers, or what?
It is [...]
Tuesday 5th May 2009
My 2 Cents on Ron Paul, Surveillance, and the Republican Party’s Future
7:13 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Elective Dictatorship | Ron Paul | Rule of Law | Torture | Wiretapping | Comments: 5
David Weigel has a good piece in the Washington Independent today on Ron Paul ’s rising influence in Washington. The articles mentions that Ron Paul has been bringing in some folks to have lunch and discuss ideas with some of his Republican colleagues. The article includes a quote from me: “There’s a [...]
Monday 4th May 2009
“Audit the Fed” Surging - 110+ Co-Sponsors
3:41 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill now has more than 110 co-sponsors. Paul’s legislation and the widespread support it is garnering is one of the silver linings to the financial crisis.
If the legislation continues gaining supporters, I expect the Obama administration, the Treasury Department, and others to start hammering the legislation as dangerous or [...]