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Wednesday 27th July 2011
Debt Limit Talks: “Squeal Like a Pig,” the Establishment Said
9:52 pm | Bailout | Congress | Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Obama | Taxation | Uncategorized | lese majeste | wool | Comments: 2
Tom Toles’s excellent cartoon below captures the soul of the debt limit talks. Anyone who is not cynical is probably heading for the chopping block.
My good friend and talk show hellraiser extraordinaire Brian Wilson has an excellent article tomorrow at LewRockwell.com on the real meanings behind the key terms flung around in [...]
Thursday 14th April 2011
Your Tax Dollars at Work and Play
8:14 pm | Afghanistan | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Congress | Democracy | IRS | Obama | Transportation Security Admin. | wool | Comments: 8
Washington Times, April 15, 2011
Uncle Sam’s big plans for your hard-earned tax dollars
by James Bovard
Congratulations - your tax payment is probably your biggest purchase of the year. The federal tax burden now amounts to more than $20,000 per household, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Your contribution to the Treasury coffers will permit Uncle [...]
Sunday 10th October 2010
A Tea Party Bright Side: Making the Fed Sweat
10:10 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Federal Reserve | Ron Paul | Secrecy | Comments: 4
It’s great that the Tea Party is making the Federal Reserve sweat….
The New York Times has a piece detailing how, thanks to Tea Party activists, one “likely outcome” of the November elections “is greater scrutiny of the Fed, even though the Wall Street regulatory overhaul that Mr. Obama signed in July already calls for a [...]
Friday 9th July 2010
“Freedom & the War on Terrorism” - my Pennslyvania speech…
2:24 pm | Afghanistan | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Bush | Elective Dictatorship | Justice Department | Obama | Rule of Law | Surveillance | Terrorism | Torture | Transportation Security Admin. | War crimes | Wiretapping | Comments: 2
Now online here: the video of my “Freedom and the War on Terrorism” speech last month in Bernville, Pennsylvania. I want to thank Bob Bowers, who organized this libertarian supper club, for inviting Jacob Hornberger and I to talk there. The audience was excellent - lots of hardliners full of fire-and-brimstone. [...]
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 [...]
Thursday 27th May 2010
The Worldwide Downfall of Democracy
10:35 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Bush | Congress | Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Freedom | Obama | Rule of Law | Surveillance | Comments: 2
From the July issue of the American Conservative - my review of a fine new book -
Global Undemocratic Revolution
Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security, John Kampfner, Basic Books, 294 pages
By James Bovard
Freedom for Sale is the best synopsis of the recent collapse of restraints on government [...]
Monday 24th May 2010
Welfarization and the Capsizing of Democracy
9:06 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Bush | Congress | Freedom | Obama | Comments: 5
Liberty Central just posted online my analysis of how government handouts subvert self-government…
WELFARIZATION AND THE CAPSIZING OF DEMOCRACY
by Jim Bovard
The Founding Fathers intended that America be composed of self-reliant individuals who would not hesitate to pull the reins in on their rulers. However, in the past 75 years, the soaring number of government dependents [...]
Friday 21st May 2010
Obama and Attention Deficit Democracy
10:15 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bailout | Democracy | Obama | Comments: 5
for the Future of Freedom Foundation today….
OBAMA AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DEMOCRACY
by James Bovard
In his commencement address at the University of Michigan on May 1, President Obama warned that public ignorance subverts self-government. Obama declared: “When we don’t pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about [...]
Tuesday 10th November 2009
Dollar Meltdown: Charles Goyette’s Excellent New Book
9:12 pm | Bailout | Comments: 0
Charles Goyette is one of the most courageous and penetrating talk show hosts in America. His new book, The Dollar Meltdown, provides plenty of hard punches and good advice. Buying his book is a whole lot cheaper than filing for bankruptcy.
Goyette explains economic realities far better than the vast majority of mainstream commentators. And [...]
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 [...]