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Tuesday 14th December 2010

Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day

Here’s an op-ed being distributed today by the good folks at the Future of Freedom Foundation -
Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day
by James Bovard
Wednesday, December 15, is the 219th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Bill of Rights Day should [...]

Thursday 9th December 2010

My Antiwar.com Radio Interview on “Assassin Nation”

Antiwar.com’s Scott Horton and I had a rollicking good chat regarding “Assassin Nation” - the Obama administration’s right to kill Americans.
You can listen to the MP3 by clicking on this 10_12_06_bovard

Sunday 28th November 2010

Three More Cheers for WikiLeaks, Exposing More Official Lies

Anyone who favors self-government should support the efforts by WikiLeaks to expose official lies. Their latest release of hundreds of thousands of State Department diplomatic cables will hopefully undermine the piety and pretentiousness of U.S. foreign policy for years.
The Obama administration is rolling out the same old “people will die!” hobgoblin in response [...]

Wednesday 17th November 2010

The Political Slaughterhouse

from today’s Counterpunch -
THE POLITICAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Statism

Wednesday 10th November 2010

Statism, the Greatest Threat

From the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (August 2010 issue, posted online today…)
Statism, the Greatest Threat
by James Bovard
Pervasive confusion over the nature of government and freedom has opened the gates to perhaps the greatest, most widespread increase in political power in history. If we are to regain and safeguard our liberty, we must reject [...]

Monday 8th November 2010

A Better Book Cover Design for Bush’s Autobiography?

The Washington Post had a giant version of the cover of Bush’s DECISION POINT in its Style section today. Bush is trying to look solemn but I suspect he is going to a baseball game.
I think this photo - entitled “Bush Swings by Congress” - I took at a January 2007 antiwar DC [...]

Thursday 4th November 2010

More Fine Hell-Raising by San Diego Libertarians/Anarchists

3:44 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Democracy | Comments: 13

Larry Ludlow and co-conspirators did some fine hell-raising on Election night. San Diego has a public hall where candidates gather and election results come in. Here is Larry’s summary of the action:
W e had lots of fun poking holes in democracy. Here are some photos. One of the candidates, a bald, [...]

Tuesday 2nd November 2010

Biggest Weasel Winners of the 2010 Election??

9:27 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Congress | Democracy | Comments: 11

Who is the biggest weasel amongst the newly elected politicians?
Andrew Cuomo, the new governor of New York, always does well in weasel ratings.
Richard Blumenthal, who lied all over Connecticut to make people think he had actually fought in the Vietnam war, is CONN’s new U.S. Senator.
What other newcomers deserve weasel accolades?
Unfortunately, the vast majority [...]

Monday 1st November 2010

Redundant????

from a photo posted on the Washington Post page for photos from the Jon Stewart rally on Saturday
- photo by “consistentflatcher”

Tuesday 26th October 2010

Demolition Derby Democracy, Crash #4283

8:26 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 7

The real irony is that people expect from progress from elections.
(cartoon by Tom Toles, Washington Post)

Monday 18th October 2010

De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty

from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (July issue) - posted online today -
De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty
by James Bovard
In the 1770s, the British colonists living in America won their freedom from British rule thanks to the

Wednesday 15th September 2010

Abolish the Phony Privacy Board

Washington Times September 16, 2010

BOVARD: Abolish the Phony Privacy Board
Panel was designed to rubber-stamp constitutional infringement
by James Bovard
President Obama has failed to make any appointments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This board epitomizes the charades Washington has played since Sept, 11, 2001. Instead of stocking the board with [...]

Monday 6th September 2010

Helping Afghans Drown

1:35 pm | Afghanistan | Democracy | Comments: 5

If only Toles had written the word DEMOCRACY onto the anvil, the cartoon would be perfect.
(from today’s Washington Post)

Monday 21st June 2010

Supreme Court’s Latest Constitutional Disaster of Biblical Proportions

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision upholding a federal law banning “material support” to terrorist organizations is a disaster for preserving free speech or limiting federal power.
Once again, the Obama administration proudly championed repression, and the court agreed with the Obama team.
Raw Story has a good collection of quotes bashing the decision here.
David Cole, the [...]

Wednesday 2nd June 2010

Podcast: Brian Wilson Interview on Worldwide Downfall of Democracy

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 [...]

Tuesday 1st June 2010

Campaign for Liberty’s Review of Attention Deficit Democracy

Anthony Gregory has a generous review of Attention Deficit Democracy posted today at the Campaign for Liberty website:
There are few writers who pay more attention to the political follies of our time and who provide their readers with more meticulously documented reasons to be outraged than James Bovard, whose new book, Attention Deficit Democracy, presents [...]

Thursday 27th May 2010

The Worldwide Downfall of Democracy

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 [...]

Friday 21st May 2010

Obama and Attention Deficit Democracy

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 18th May 2010

“Misplaced Words” - the New Defense for Political Lying

9:59 pm | Democracy | Lying | wool | Comments: 5

The New York Times on Monday night nailed Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for lying about claiming to have served in Vietnam. Blumental, a Senate candidate, responded indignantly. Here’s the update to the story:
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Democrat running for the United States Senate, said on Tuesday that he took “full [...]

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