Archive for August 2011
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Wednesday 31st August 2011
Speaking Next Wed. (9/7) at George Mason Univ: FREE PIZZA!
1:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
I will be speaking at George Mason University next Wednesday, September 7, on “Obama’s War on Prosperity and Freedom.”
This is part of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Economic Liberty lecture series.
Here’s the basic info - Email me if you need directions.
George Mason University - Johnson Center Cinema
5:30 p.m. — Pizza
6:00 p.m. — [...]
Another FBI Terrorist Trainer Bites the Dust
12:49 pm | FBI | Terrorism | wool | Comments: 3
Today’s Washington Post reports details on a guy who the FBI hired to provide expert anti-terrorism training:
William G. Hillar billed himself as a hero and a patriot, a 28-year veteran of the Army Special Forces who shared his knowledge of counterterrorism by holding training sessions for federal agents and local police.
The 66-year-old Millersville man told [...]
Wednesday 24th August 2011
ACLU Denounces My Work as “Galling” and Vicious
4:23 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 14
Tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal has 4 letters in response to last week’s “Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing” article.
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James Bovard’s piece criticizing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 housing (”Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing,” Aug. 18) viciously scapegoats families who receive housing subsidies. His condemnation of survivors of domestic violence as “troublesome tenants” [...]
FULL TEXT of Wall Street Journal: “Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing”
4:12 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
The full text of last week’s article is now online here -
WALL STREET JOURNAL AUGUST 18 2001
Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing
Section 8 rental subsidies have long helped ruin neighborhoods. Obama administration policies are making things worse.
By JAMES BOVARD
Section 8 rental subsidies have long been one of the most controversial federal social programs. [...]
Monday 22nd August 2011
The FBI and Antiwar.com
6:17 pm | FBI | Justice Department | Surveillance | Comments: 3
Justin Raimondo has an excellent report today on the FBI’s internal documents on Antiwar.com.
A blogger filed a Freedom of Information Act request and received a trove of FBI documents, some of which detailed official curiosity regarding Antiwar.com.
One of the FBI documents states: ““There are several unanswered questions regarding www.antiwar.com. It describes itself as [...]
Wednesday 17th August 2011
Wall Street Jrn: Raising Hell in Subsidzed Housing
6:46 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE HERE (except for last sentence & tagline)
Wall Street Journal editorial page:
OPINION AUGUST 18, 2011
Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing
Section 8 rental subsidies have long helped ruin neighborhoods. Obama administration policies are making things worse. .Article Comments more in Opinion ».
BY JAMES BOVARD
Section 8 rental subsidies [...]
Tuesday 16th August 2011
Military Spending is No Ticket to Prosperity
4:39 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Press TV interviewed me today on the folly of seeking prosperity via military spending.
My rambling spiel can be heard here.
Some ideas are so dumb that it is difficult to kick them hard enough.
Monday 15th August 2011
Mainstream Media to Ron Paul: Just Disappear, Dammit!
8:46 pm | Ron Paul | Comments: 5
The media is doing backflips to vaporize Ron Paul after his near-win in the Iowa Straw Poll.
The Washington Post’s front-page article on the Iowa results had only a single parenthetical mention of Ron Paul.
Politico columnist Roger Simon has an excellent column today entitled “Ron Paul Remains Media Poison.”
WSPD’s Brian Wilson did an [...]
Saturday 13th August 2011
BRAVO Ron Paul in Iowa!
6:09 pm | Ron Paul | Comments: 9
Ron Paul finished a very close second to Michele Bachmann in today’s Iowa straw poll - and far ahead of all the other Republican presidential candidates.
After all the ‘dissing Ron Paul has received from the media and other candidates, his stalwart finish in the Hawkeye state puts him in great position moving forward. [...]
Friday 12th August 2011
Latest Patriot Act Frauds and Follies
1:14 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Congress | Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | FBI | Justice Department | Obama | Patriot Act | Rule of Law | Surveillance | Comments: 2
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the following piece from the May issue of Freedom Daily -
The PATRIOT Act in the Crosshairs Again
by James Bovard
The most controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act are coming up for renewal this year. There is hope that Americans will finally learn more about how the [...]
Wednesday 10th August 2011
Three Cheers for the Credit Downgrade
10:06 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
Here are some outtakes from a couple more interviews earlier this week with Press TV:
Bovard: “what is happening right now is people are recognizing that governments do not have a magic wand. Doesn’tt matter what the politicians say, the government and the Federal Reserve runs out of ammunition. Perhaps the clearest measure of the loss [...]
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Federal Reserve Sabotaging Dollar & Economy
1:49 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 9
That’s the gist of my comments today during a Press TV interview available here.
I made the following comment during this mid-morning interview - - prior to the Fed’s latest announcement: “People don’t know what kind of wrenches the Federal Reseve is going to throw into the market or what the Federal Reseve is [...]
Monday 8th August 2011
Monday Morning Muckraker’s Muse
7:49 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
another great cartoon from PC Vey in the New Yorker
Thursday 4th August 2011
Forgotten Failures of the Peace Corps
12:07 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (April 2011) -
The Forgotten Failures of the Peace Corps
by James Bovard
This is the fiftieth anniversary year for the Peace Corps. Prior to the creation of AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps took the cake as the most arrogant and overrated government program in Washington. At a time when [...]