Archive for June 2010
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Monday 28th June 2010
Ron Paul Celebrates Justice Department’s 140th Anniversary
7:40 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Justice Department | Ron Paul | Rule of Law | dictatorship | Comments: 2
It’s almost always a shock when truth surfaces in the Congressional Record.
Madam Speaker, the House of Representatives recently considered H. Res. 1422, honoring the 140th anniversary of the Department of Justice. I voted against this resolution because of the Justice Department’s history of violating individual rights.
It is the Justice Department that leads the ongoing [...]
Friday 25th June 2010
Washington Post Drops One of its Best Reporters: Dave Weigel out
2:54 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Washington Post blogger David Weigel is out after someone exposed some emails he sent to a private group in DC criticizing Matt Drudge, the Washington Examiner, etc. Weigel reportedly offered to resign last night and the Post accepted today.
I don’t always agree with Weigel, but he is one of the hardest working journalists [...]
Thursday 24th June 2010
Towards a More Honest Afghan Policy
2:07 pm | Afghanistan | Obama | Comments: 6
Good riddance to McChrystal. His role in the coverup of the killing of Pat Tillman alone was enough to qualify him for the Pentagon Rogues Gallery of the new Millennium.
Petreaus is better than McChrystal because at least we get to sometimes watch him get overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the BS he shovels [...]
Monday 21st June 2010
Supreme Court’s Latest Constitutional Disaster of Biblical Proportions
3:11 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Democracy | dictatorship | Comments: 15
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision upholding a federal law banning “material support” to terrorist organizations is a disaster for preserving free speech or limiting federal power.
Once again, the Obama administration proudly championed repression, and the court agreed with the Obama team.
Raw Story has a good collection of quotes bashing the decision here.
David Cole, the [...]
Friday 18th June 2010
Medical Freedom Fighters: The Arnetts of West Virginia
12:09 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
At the Competitive Enterprise Institute dinner in DC last night, I caught up with Dr. Jerome Arnett and met his daughter, Dr. Brenda Arnett. Jerry is a prolific writer - he has done great work on the bogus threat of secondhand smoke and on other abuses of science. He is a [...]
Thursday 17th June 2010
Congratulations, Ron Paul - Audit the Fed Triumph
2:12 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Ron Paul | Comments: 0
The House-Senate conferees on the financial reform bill have significantly tightened the bill’s mandate to audit the Federal Reserve.
This is a huge triumph for Ron Paul - and another vindication of his 2008 presidential campaign.
The bill’s provisions do not go nearly far enough - but they are a seachange in official Washington. It was [...]
How the Senate Makes Afghan Policy
9:04 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Obama Administration: Don’t Question Sincerity of Torturers
1:58 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Supreme Court | Torture | Comments: 9
The Supreme Court disgraced itself on Monday by torpedoing the appeal of Maher Arar, the Canadian who was kidnapped at John F. Kennedy International Airport and sent by the U.S. government to Syria for torturing.
The Canadian government has publicly apologized to Arar for providing false information to the U.S. government about Arar’s suspicious connections. [...]
Tuesday 8th June 2010
43rd Anniversary of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty… and the Coverup Continues
5:53 pm | Lying | Uncategorized | Comments: 44
On June 8, 1967, Israeli forces knowingly attacked an American intelligence ship off the coast of Egypt. Thirty-four Americans were killed.
Here is a new YouTube video that captures the spirit of the attack.
The Johnson administration responded by rushing to coverup the facts.
James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, has unearthed massive evidence proving [...]
My Greatest Culinary Fear
1:36 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
[from the New Yorker]
Monday 7th June 2010
Obama’s Latest Assault on the Truth
2:23 pm | Iraq | Secrecy | War crimes | Comments: 10
From A Tiny Revolution:
The feds have arrested Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, for allegedly leaking the classified video footage of a US helicopter slaughtering Iraqi civilians in 2007. Manning allegedly leaked other information to WikiLeaks.
This follows the indictment of a National Security Agency official who allegedly leaked information on Bush’s illegal wiretap [...]
Friday 4th June 2010
How Democracy Breeds Political Idioicy
9:29 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 9
from the March issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily…
The Folly of Blindly Trusting Government
by James Bovard
Democracy breeds gullibility. Lord Bryce observed in 1921, “State action became less distrusted the more the State itself was seen to be passing under popular control.” The rise of democracy made it much easier for politicians to [...]
Thursday 3rd June 2010
Max Blumenthal’s Excellent Analysis of Israeli Attack on the Flotilla
9:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Gee, I can’t understand why the Washington Post missed all the key details that Max Blumenthal rounded up from Israeli published sources (in Hebrew and English).
The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.” The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance.
The Israeli military broadcast its plan for violence, inciting the Israeli public and the soldiers [...]
Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Podcast: Brian Wilson Interview on Worldwide Downfall of Democracy
7:31 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Bush | Congress | Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Freedom | Obama | Uncategorized | Wiretapping | Comments: 2
Talk Show mastermind Brian Wilson and I had fun today discussing the worldwide downfall of democracy.
This trend has gone so far that it might even affect Toledo.
Brian took the high road - preferring to discuss Berlusconi’s Italian corruption rather than Singapore culinary prohibitions.
You can download or listen to the @ 15 minute interview by clicking [...]
Ernest Hancock Concession Speech for LNC Chairman
4:05 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
Ernie Hancock gave a great speech this past weekend - capturing his vision for fighting for liberty.
Ernie’s motto: “Those of you who have not been in the trenches - on the corners… challenging the state -– you’re not having enough fun – you’re doing it wrong.”
Watch his speech here.
A Great Israeli Saying….
10:56 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
From Counterpunch’s Patrick Cockburn: An old Israeli saying describing various less-than-esteemed military leaders says: “He was so stupid that even the other generals noticed.”
Too bad this is not also an American saying…. or maybe it will be after McChrystal does Kandahar….
Tuesday 1st June 2010
From the Libertarian Convention: An Interview & Speeches (hopefully)
10:28 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Under the terms of my parole, I’m not allowed to travel west of the Mississippi. Thus, I could not attend the national Libertarian Party convention in St. Louis this past weekend. But here are a couple highlights.
Corey Moore, the producer of the Voice of Radical Dissent, taped a lively sparring match between Wayne Allyn [...]
Campaign for Liberty’s Review of Attention Deficit Democracy
10:08 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Democracy | Messianic Democracy | Rule of Law | Torture | War crimes | Comments: 0
Anthony Gregory has a generous review of Attention Deficit Democracy posted today at the Campaign for Liberty website:
There are few writers who pay more attention to the political follies of our time and who provide their readers with more meticulously documented reasons to be outraged than James Bovard, whose new book, Attention Deficit Democracy, presents [...]
Most Sycophantic Apology for Israeli Attack?
11:38 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 11
The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people.
Naturally, Israel is the victim.
As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some of the best reporting and analysis here. Gideon Levy of Haaretz also has an excellent piece.
Mossad chief Meir Dagan admitted to a committee of the Knesset today [...]