Archive for March 2011
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Thursday 31st March 2011
Rebels Running Libya Yet?
8:16 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
Obama, March 28, 2011: “And tonight, I can report that we have stopped Gaddafi’s deadly advance.”
This is from Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles’ sketchbook.
This would have been a great illustration to use for Obama’s speech on Monday. Too bad that historic address was out of date faster than a dead fish begins to [...]
Wednesday 30th March 2011
Speech on Middle East “Fell Short, Lacked Substance”
1:34 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Obama | Comments: 0
No, this is not a judgment on Obama’s gas-bagging on Monday night.
Instead, that is the State Department’s verdict on a speech today by Syria’s “President” Bashar al-Assad.
After all the BS the Obama administration has shoveled, one would think that U.S. officials would be a bit circumspect before snipping about other leaders’ tripe.
Monday 28th March 2011
Libya Speech: Obama’s Biggest Buncombe Yet?
1:40 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Obama | Comments: 9
Will Obama break all his past records for BS tonight when he gives his speech on Libya at 7:30 pm? (Eastern)
He will be speaking to the most servile audience he could find - uniformed military officers at the National Defense University. The room will be full of people who are owned lock, stock, [...]
Friday 25th March 2011
Obama’s Unlimited Right to Kill?
12:03 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Clinton | Lying | War crimes | Comments: 10
Is there any limit to the killing that a U.S. president can initiate as long as he claims benevolent motives? Over the past dozen years, three presidents commenced bombing nations that posed no threat to the U.S. The only “restraint” seems to be whether presidential speechwriters can stitch together phrases to portray [...]
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Operation Odyssey Dawn Jokes
11:21 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 10
Which wiz kid came up with Operation Odyssey Dawn, the formal name for the bombing of Libya?
The sad thing is that they probably spent more effort naming it than figuring out the strategy.
Following are some good quips on that name:
STEPHEN COLBERT: “Odyssey Dawn? That’s not a military operation. That’s a Carnival Cruise ship.” [...]
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
Obama’s Immaculate Killing of Libyans
10:18 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 6
[photo by George Robert Newcomb antiwar rally by the White House on March 19, 2011]
According to some Obama supporters, the U.S. bombing of Libya is a self-evident triumph of good over evil.
Why? Because we’re the good guys, and Obama said the people the U.S. is killing are bad guys.
Defense Secretary Gates has become [...]
Monday 21st March 2011
MP3 of Interview on Libyan War with Katherine Albrecht
9:00 pm | Congress | Elective Dictatorship | Lying | Obama | War crimes | Comments: 2
Katherine Albrecht and I had a fine time thrashing Obama & crew for their Libyan fiasco.
You can listen to the @ 20 minute interview by clicking on the following:
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It was great to hear Katherine in such high spirits and full of vim and vigor today. She is going through some very [...]
On Katherine Albrecht Show Today (3/21) at 5:05 pm
3:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
I will be on the Katherine Albrecht Show today at 5:05 pm, paying my respects to Obama’s Libyan debacle. You can listen live by clicking on the Radio link here.
Katherine, the author of SpyChips, is a great host. She is a rarity because of her ability to present pro-freedom [...]
Obama’s Mushroom Cloud Legacy
10:57 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Obama | War crimes | Comments: 15
For years, we have heard that Obama is different than other politicians - wiser, more compassionate, more prudent.
Bull.
Blowing the hell out of Libya settles any doubts about whether Obama is simply another deluded ruler who will use power however he pleases to burnish his reputation.
Obama is simply a high-falutin’ version of George W. Bush. [...]
Saturday 19th March 2011
“Police Are Out of Control…”
8:57 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Justice Department | Police | Rule of Law | Comments: 6
My two cents on police brutality, from an interview yesterday on police brutality with Press TV
Bovard: “Police are often out of control and local governments do a very poor job of protecting people from their protectors. Almost across the board, you have law enforcement officers who don’t feel obliged to obey the law.”
Bovard: “The entire [...]
Friday 18th March 2011
Defining Coercion Down
1:37 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Democracy | Freedom | Rule of Law | dictatorship | Comments: 3
from the Future of Freedom Foundation, posted online today…
Freedom Daily December 2010
DEFINING COERCION DOWN
by James Bovard
Coercion is the essence of government in the same way that profit is the essence of private businesses. The state can impose new prohibitions and restrictions, create new penalties, or impose taxes in order to finance benefits. It is [...]
Thursday 17th March 2011
Needed: A No-Bullshit Zone at the United Nations
10:01 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Abra-Cadabra! The UN proclaims a No-Fly Zone - and Libya is paradise on earth.
We need a No-Bullshit Zone at the United Nations.
There is no massive military force or air force or whatever all ready to make Libya “safe” for one side in that nation’s civil war.
Another benefit of making the UN [...]
Friday 11th March 2011
MP3 of Interview on Patriot Act & Teacher Unions with Brian Wilson
9:13 pm | Patriot Act | Surveillance | War crimes | Wiretapping | Comments: 0
Brian Wilson and I had fun trouncing the Patriot Act and Teacher Unions on the WSPD radio yesterday.
Click on the highlighted text below to hear the MP3:
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Tuesday 8th March 2011
How to Spot Liars (at least Amateurs)
3:22 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 11
I wish this great graphic had special sections for politicians and for government officials testifying in court. But its clues can help detect non-professional liars of many types. Kudos to Forensic Psychology.
How To Spot A Liar by Forensic Psychology
Sunday 6th March 2011
Needed: A Congressional Air Force
6:15 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 10
…. so that the advocates of imposing a “No Fly” zone over Libya will be the first to perish for their arrogance and folly.
Friday 4th March 2011
Google’s Unrecognized Peril?
9:51 am | wool | Comments: 0
.. another great cartoon from Bob Thaves
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Teacher Unions 24-Karat Hokum
4:27 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 29
[photo from the New York Times]
“First They Came for the Teachers… and I Didn’t Speak Up.”
Does it get any deeper?
Hell, if you went to public school, you probably can’t string together ten lines of coherent points on why teacher unions are not a pox on the school.
Here is a link to [...]