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Wednesday 5th January 2011

Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this article from the September issue of Freedom Daily - (also on Counterpunch)
Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush
by James Bovard
The Tea Party movement is challenging politicians and political establishments in many parts of this country. Many Tea Party supporters define [...]

Friday 23rd April 2010

Tea Party Pushback: Now I’m a Traitor, Racist, Communist, and Nazi

My Christian Science Monitor op-ed on the Tea Party movement is spurring some uplifting responses.
My article concluded, America needs real champions of freedom – not poorly informed Republican accomplices.” A phalanx of Tea Party activists rushed to vindicate their movement and prove me wrong.
Following is their rebuttal to the article:
Comments [...]

Friday 11th December 2009

How Bush Redefined American Freedom

Posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation - from the September issue of Freedom Daily…
HOW GEORGE W. BUSH REDEFINED AMERICAN FREEDOM
by James Bovard
George W. Bush is gone from Washington but his legacy, like an abandoned toxic waste dump, lingers on. Like President Franklin Roosevelt before him, President Bush helped redefine American freedom. And [...]

Wednesday 29th July 2009

Other Outrageous Terrorism Prosecutions

I appreciate the thoughtful emails on the Lackawanna Six article. Unfortunately, the proseuction in that case was par for the Bush-era domestic war on terrorism. Here’s a piece from the American Conservative during Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign…..
Undue Process
American Conservative October 11, [...]

Wednesday 27th May 2009

The Campaign Reform Crime (or Scam?)

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the January issue of Freedom Daily on campaign reform scams. This is the first part of a two-part series on the McCain-Feingold act and related hokum.
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The Campaign Reform Scam Part 1 [...]

Friday 25th January 2008

Bush Does Abraham

The intellectual bootlickers surrounding Bush have apparently persuaded him that he is the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln. Fox News recently had unprecedented access to Bush to produce a documentary to air on Sunday night: ““George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish.” Fox reporter Bret Baier commented of his meetings with Bush: ”
We talked a lot [...]

Wednesday 9th January 2008

Will a Drug Warrior Be Hanged?

So, after the primary results last night, I was looking for something uplifting to put on the blog.
Voila! The possibility that an evil politician could get hanged!
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online an article from their Freedom Daily on the Bush-blessed Thai slaughter of drug users and other people hated by the police. The American media [...]

Friday 14th December 2007

Bush’s AmeriCorps Fraud

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on AmeriCorps from the September 2007 Freedom Daily.
I admit: the first sentence is my favorite line in the piece.
Bush’s AmeriCorps Fraud Freedom Daily, September 2007
by James Bovard
Politicians have long used moral doggerel to make citizens docile. Though President Bush is often verbally inept, he has [...]

Friday 21st September 2007

“Bush Betrayal” on the Road to Damascus

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A Syrian government-owned newspaper reviewed the Arabic version of Bush Betrayal this week.
Here is the summary of the review, as reported by the British Broadcasting Corp. Middle East wire. [[[[ UPDATE: Full text of the review is posted here.]]]]
Al-Thawrah carries a 400-word article by Khalaf al-Jarrad entitled “‘The World President’ Betrayal,” in which the [...]

Friday 11th May 2007

Bush’s Bizarre Bombast - & Slandering Texas

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the piece I did for them early this year on the anniversary of Bush’s second inaugural address.
Flying to Dallas on a packed plane a few days after Bush’s second inauguration was memorable. I have not been immersed among so many true believers since the Pledge of Allegiance recitation [...]

Thursday 29th March 2007

Antiwar.com Radio/ Scott Horton Interview Now Online

Scott Horton and I had a rattling good chat today about some of the latest connivings in Washington. This latest Antiwar.com Radio production is online here.
Here’s Scott’s summary of the show from Antiwar.com Blog today -
James Bovard discusses the U.S. attorney scandal, his hopes that more criminal activity will be revealed when Gonzales is forced out, [...]

Tuesday 14th November 2006

Radio LIVE ONLINE Wed. (11/15) 10:30 am Charles Goyette Show

Got a call this afternoon from Charles Goyette, who heard about my terrorist behavior on the Washington subway and wanted to get me on the air before they take me away.
I will be on his show 10:30 AM Eastern time Wednesday (11/14). Charles is one of the best libertarian hosts in the country; his political courage and [...]

Monday 6th November 2006

Lies & Leviathan: How Government Cons People Into Submission

The fine folks at the Future of Freedom Foundation posted a piece of mine on how government cons people into submission. The timing is a bit unfortunate, since the 2006 election campaign disproved my assertion that politics is perennially dishonest.
Lies and Leviathan
by James Bovard Freedom Daily August 2006
Big government requires big lies — and not just on [...]

Tuesday 17th October 2006

Backstage at the Torture Signing Ceremony

The feds have become super vigilant in tapping our phone calls, tracing our movements, and intruding into our lives over the last 5 years.
Wouldn’t it be great to have hidden microphones around the White House this morning to hear what was said by dignitaries, congressmen, and other sociopaths invited for the signing ceremony of the [...]

Friday 13th October 2006

Bush’s Operation Founding Fathers Fraud

Operation Founding Fathers
by James Bovard
FREEDOM DAILY July 2006
(posted online by Future of Freedom Foundation October 13, 2006)
Few subjects generate more official lies than the U.S. government’s devotion to spreading democracy abroad. Iraq has been the largest most recent geyser of such deceits. In order to understand future U.S. government messianic democracy efforts, it is worthwhile [...]

Monday 2nd October 2006

LIVE ONLINE - Tuesday (10/3) 6 pm Eastern- Scott Horton KAOS radio show

Scott Horton will be having me on his show on KAOS radio tomorrow (Tuesday, 10/03) evening at 6 pm Eastern. You can listen online live here. Or tune up in the Austin, Texas area at 92.7 FM.
We will be bantering on torture, dictatorship, Attention Deficit Democracy, and, if I’m lucky, beer. Scott is a hardliner [...]

Friday 29th September 2006

Happy Dictatorship Day

The prize for the headline of the year goes to today’s Washington Post for the following gem:
“Many Rights in U.S. Legal System Absent in New Bill”
The Post article on the military tribunal bill the Senates passed yesterday details some of the legal and procedural rights that people seized as “enemy combatants” will not possess. (Amnesty [...]

Monday 25th September 2006

The United States of Barbarism

The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out today an oped I wrote on the torture deal.
FFF is one of the few places that has remained true to its principles since 9/11. FFF chief Jacob Hornberger refused to compromise or kowtow no matter how high Bush’s approval ratings rose.
The United States of Barbarism
by James Bovard, September 25, 2006
The [...]

Friday 22nd September 2006

Torture, the Law of the Land - and The Torture Mastermind Reviewed

The key players in the U.S. Senate have agreed with the Bush administration to retroactively legalize torture by U.S. government agents. The compromise deal struck yesterday will block prosecution for CIA officials who tortured detainees since 9/11. I would expect that, in the name of “fair play,” someone will begin pushing similar legislation to give [...]

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