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Thursday 10th September 2009

The Post 9/11 Round-up of Innocents: Ashcroft’s High Crime

The Post–9/11 Roundup of Innocents
by James Bovard Freedom Daily May & June, 2009
Many Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by the end of the George W. [...]

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Obama and his “Leavening Hand”

10:47 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Obama | Comments: 5

Obama’s health care pitch on Wednesday night contained the usual howlers. One of the biggest hoots of the evening came in this riff -
“Our predecessors understood… that the danger of too much government is matched by the perils of too little; that that without the leavening hand of wise policy, markets can crash, monopolies [...]

Monday 24th August 2009

Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?

4:35 pm | AmeriCorps | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 9

Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month.
I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview?
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Copyright 2009 Fox News Network, LLC.
Fox News Network
SHOW: GLENN [...]

Sunday 9th August 2009

Iran’s Worst Barbarism: Honesty About Torture

The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election.
The regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this sense: the Syrians have been as brutal with their dissidents, [...]

Friday 7th August 2009

Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on “Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy.” This was originally published in the April issue of Freedom Daily.
OBAMA & THE PERILOUS DELUSIONS OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily April 2009
by James Bovard
When Barack [...]

Thursday 6th August 2009

The Higher the Death Count, the Bigger the Lies….

3:13 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 1

This is the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.
In announcing the attack to America and the world, President Harry Truman declared: “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing [...]

Thursday 30th July 2009

Latest “Trust Us” Heap of Nonsense [Swine Flu Vaccine]

9:30 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 6

There’s a priceless headline on Reuters this evening:
“Is it safe? U.S. vaccine experts want to build trust”
The Centers for Disease Control are working overtime to assure people that they have nothing to fear from the new @untested new vaccines created in response to government proclamations on swine flu.
And the most important part of assuring that [...]

Tuesday 28th July 2009

Martial Law and the War on Terrorism

The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out the following oped today….
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Martial Law and the War on Terrorism
Or “One White House Memo Away From Dictatorship”
by James Bovard
The New York Times reported last week that the Bush administration considered sending in the U.S. military to arrest the so-called Lackawanna Six in 2002. [...]

Friday 24th July 2009

Washington Post Condemns Open Government [Audit the Fed]

12:45 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Ron Paul | Comments: 3

Today’s Washington Post contains an editorial that warns that Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” bill could end civilized life as we know it.
Well, they didn’t go quite that far - but the editorial reads like it was written in a puddle of sweat.
The Washington Post pretends to take the high ground - and ignores [...]

Saturday 18th July 2009

Barron’s: Obama’s Make-Work Jobs Harm Teenagers

Barron’s ran an article of mine on summer jobs boondoggles as a guest editorial in the issue hitting teh stands today. Here’s an outtake from the article (a subscription is required to see the full version on the online site).
Playing At Work Isn’t Productive Barron’s July 20, 2009
by James Bovard
LONG BEFORE [...]

Monday 13th July 2009

My Vindication, Dammit

2:42 pm | Bovard | Comments: 5

I am usually wary of the liberal bias of the New York Times but every now and then they split the bullseye. Like this article:
Cursing and Pain Relief
By Nicholas Bakalar
If you bang your thumb with a hammer, does it really lessen the pain to let loose with a string of curse words? Automatically [...]

Thursday 9th July 2009

McNamara’s Other “Body Count” Debacle

9:08 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | dictatorship | Comments: 4

[an op-ed sent out this morning by the Future of Freedom Foundation]
McNamara’s Other “Body Count” Debacle
by James Bovard, July 9, 2009
Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who died on July 6, was best known for ratcheting up the Vietnam War thanks to the false claims he provided to President Johnson, Congress, and the American people.
Despite [...]

Tuesday 7th July 2009

Porn and Attention Deficit Democracy + UPDATE

10:32 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 7

I knew that American culture was in trouble, but this New York Times front page article on the decline of plots in porn movies confirms my deepest fears.
The Times quotes porn actress Savanna Samson, who “said she took her acting seriously and used to prepare studiously for her roles.”
“I used to have dialogue,” said [...]

Sunday 5th July 2009

Obama’s Latest Four-Star Howler on Freedom

Prior to his trip to Russia, President Obama issued an appeal to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev to “to strengthen the rule of law in Russia, which of course includes making sure that all those accused of crimes have the right to a fair trial and that the courts are not used for political purposes.”
Of [...]

Friday 3rd July 2009

My 2 Cents on the Tenth Amendment movement

10:16 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | dictatorship | Comments: 2

I spoke to Bill Thompson of the Ocala, Florida News earlier this week. He has a very thoughtful article today on the Tenth Amendment movement. Here’s part of his article:
The author James Bovard, whose writings frequently focus on the negative consequences of the growth of the federal government at the expense of individual liberty, [...]

Tuesday 23rd June 2009

Celebrate Torture Day by Punishing Torturers

The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out this email today…..
Celebrate Torture Day by Punishing Torturers
by James Bovard, June 23, 2009
Since 1997, every June 26 has been formally recognized as the International Day of Support for Victims of Torture. Political leaders around the globe take the occasion to proclaim their opposition to barbarism.
On June [...]

Tuesday 16th June 2009

Are You a “Low-Level Terrorist”?

The Pentagon is teaching soldiers and bureaucrats that people who attend public protests are guilty of “low-level terrorism.”
As a California political blog notes, “Among the multiple-choice questions included in its Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness training course – an annual training requirement for all DoD personnel that is fulfilled through web-based instruction – the DoD [...]

Friday 12th June 2009

Perverse Reading Habits of U.S. Attorneys: Shredding Privacy, Except for Torturers

From the Las Vegas Review Journal:
US Attorney subpoenas Las Vegas Review-Journal for info about posters to a web-page story.

“On May 26 the Review-Journal published an article about an ongoing federal tax evasion trial. The primary defendant, Las Vegan Robert Kahre, stands accused of tax fraud for using the rather inventive argument that he could [...]

Wednesday 10th June 2009

The Latest Torture Coverup Scam

The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out an oped I wrote on the latest torture coverup. Alas, this subject continues to be hell on idealists.
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The Latest Torture Cover-Up Scam
by James Bovard, June 10, 2009
The Obama administration appears increasingly devoted to covering up the worst crimes of the Bush era. On Monday, CIA chief Leon [...]

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