Archive for October 2009
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Friday 30th October 2009
Shocking! 400 Members of Congress Not Suspected of Wrongdoing
10:46 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Congress | Uncategorized | Comments: 6
An online “security breach” yesterday disclosed a confidential House Ethics Committee document which revealed that dozens of members of Congress are under investigation for ethical lapses - i.e., being crooks, weasels, etc.
That means that more than 400 members are not being actively investigated by their peers for wrongdoing or all-round conniving.
This is the [...]
Tuesday 27th October 2009
The Ellsberg “Most Dangerous Man” Film in DC on Thursday (10/29)
2:16 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
The new film, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS, will be shown in Washington at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center this Thursday (10/29) at 7 pm. Details here. Ellsberg will take part in panel discussion after the film is shown.
The film, which is getting great reviews, [...]
Sunday 25th October 2009
Dilbert’s Blasphemy Against AmeriCorps
8:51 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
If people lose faith in bogus good deeds, then how will AmeriCorps be able to redeem America?
That “RRRRR” above the lawn mower reminded me of summer jobs as a 14-year-old. Gasoline lawn mowers never worked unless you cussed the hell out of them. And even then, they weren’t very reliable.
Now Online: Freedom Watch Interview on the Patriot Act
8:45 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
My Friday interview with Fox News’s Judge Napolitano on Patriot Act outrages is now online here.
Thursday 22nd October 2009
Karzai Gets 2nd Chance to Steal the Election
9:58 pm | Afghanistan | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Messianic Democracy | Comments: 8
So what am I missing in Afghanistan?
Isn’t this like catching a really dumb bank robber in the act (stealing almost a million votes) - and then, instead of booking him on charges, giving him another chance to rob the same bank?
The U.S. government and NATO are going to let Karzai take another swing at [...]
On Fox News “Freedom Watch” Friday (10/23) at @ 12:15 pm
9:39 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Patriot Act | Surveillance | Comments: 0
Fox News’ Judge Napolitano interviewed me today regarding how the Patriot Act allows the feds to plunder the cash of innocent Americans. This is a damned outrage that Congress is definitely not fixing with the current Patriot Act “reform” legislation.
You can watch the program online here tomorrow (Friday). It airs between [...]
Tuesday 20th October 2009
Where do we Report the Terrorist Cops???
2:36 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Terrorism | wool | Comments: 2
The Los Angeles Police Department has a new video out encouraging people to run squealing to the police practically every time some stranger asks directions to City Hall.
This is part of an orchestrated effort to keep people jumpy and clamoring for government to save them.
But where do we report terrorist cops? Los Angeles [...]
Monday 19th October 2009
The Feds and the Great Wall Street Heist
9:10 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Ron Paul | Comments: 3
Here’s a great cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker:
Fortune columnist Allan Sloan explains how the feds are creating vast windfalls for Wall Street firms with its artificial suppression of interest rates - the same policy that is brutally punishing anyone who put their savings in Certificates of Deposit or other interest-rate sensitive [...]
Thursday 15th October 2009
The National Endowment for Democracy’s Forgotten Sordid History
11:26 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Congress | Lying | Comments: 2
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my piece from their July Freedom Daily issue on one of the biggest shams of modern American history…
THE EARLY HISTORY OF A WORLDWIDE NUISANCE
by James Bovard
Few federal agencies have as much bipartisan support as the National Endowment for Democracy. Created in 1983, NED’s stated mission is to [...]
Wednesday 14th October 2009
Dilbert Nails Washington Ethics
3:02 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Congress | Elective Dictatorship | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
I suppose for this cartoon to perfectly capture contemporary Washington ethics, the senator would insist on a conjugal visit with the lobbyist’s wife. Or maybe that is only how Nevada senators operate.
Scott Adams has again laid out political reality far more cleanly than the vast majority of the nation’s editorial pages.
It is [...]
Friday 9th October 2009
8 Years of Big Lies on Afghanistan
11:08 am | Afghanistan | Attention Deficit Democracy | Lying | wool | Comments: 8
And so now the Pentagon and the White House are going to tell the truth about Afghanistan?
Pshaw!
Here’s my 2 cents on the issue - distributed by the Future of Freedom Foundation and also appearing on Counterpunch today.
** I have a ‘reader survey’ question at the bottom regarding a specific line in the piece.
EIGHT YEARS [...]
Tuesday 6th October 2009
My Fox News Freedom Watch Interview on the Second Amendment
11:35 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
… with Judge Napalitano is now available at the Fox News Freedom Watch page.
Monday 5th October 2009
Afghan 24-Karat BS: Throwing Away American Troops’ Lives
11:33 am | Afghanistan | Comments: 2
The Washington Post article on this weekend’s attack on a remote US military base in Afghanistan notes:
It is really hard to interdict the enemy,” said the base’s company commander in an interview with The Washington Post in late September. “There are literally thousands of trails around here. We just don’t have the numbers of [...]
Sunday 4th October 2009
YouTube version of the Glenn Beck interview
10:13 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | wool | Comments: 0
I finally came across a YouTube clip of the Glenn Beck interview on AmeriCorps.
You can watch it here.
I forgot the cigar.
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