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Saturday 29th October 2011

Whittling on an Epigram List for WikiQuotes

Spurred by feedback from that Daily Bell interview, I whittled out a list of my favorite epigrams from books gone by and popped them onto a page on Wiki Quotes.
I think this is the first time I added anything to a Wikipedia or WikiQuotes (at least as far as I can remember). I [...]

Tuesday 17th May 2011

Obama’s Unlimited Right to Kill?

from today’s Christian Science Monitor -
The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
Assasination nation: Are there any limits on President Obama’s license to kill?
As part of its war against violent extremism, the Obama administration now claims a right to kill Americans without a trial, without notice, and without any chance for targets to legally object.
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By James [...]

Thursday 12th May 2011

Latest Pro-War Power Grab

I was interviewed this morning (pre-coffee, unfortunately) by Press TV on a provision in a House bill that could make it even easier for presidents to start new war. Here’s their summary of the interview:
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The House Armed Services Committee has expanded the Bush-era “war on terror” bill, with amendments that would allow any president [...]

Tuesday 10th May 2011

Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud

From the February issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily -
Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud
by James Bovard
President Obama has succeeded in seizing new power over health care and other swaths of American lives in part because previous presidents muddied Americans’ understanding of freedom.
Most of the past century’s debates over the meaning of [...]

Friday 18th March 2011

Defining Coercion Down

from the Future of Freedom Foundation, posted online today…
Freedom Daily December 2010
DEFINING COERCION DOWN
by James Bovard
Coercion is the essence of government in the same way that profit is the essence of private businesses. The state can impose new prohibitions and restrictions, create new penalties, or impose taxes in order to finance benefits. It is [...]

Thursday 10th February 2011

Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies

… posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation
Freedom Daily October 2010
Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies
by James Bovard
It seems like a century since Bill Clinton was president of this country. Unfortunately, the abuses of George W. Bush and the pratfalls of Barack Obama are causing many people to raise their [...]

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 [...]

Wednesday 22nd December 2010

How Washington Protects Your Privacy & Liberty

from the January issue of The Freeman -
James Bovard
How Washington Protects Your Privacy and Liberty
January/February 2011 • Volume: 61 • Issue: 1
Preserving trust in government is the highest good—at least for politicians. To create that trust, government continually spawns façades to make people believe their rights are safe. Few things better illustrate [...]

Tuesday 14th December 2010

MP3s of Today’s Interview with WBAL’s Ron Smith on Assassin Nation

Ron Smith and I had a rollicking chat on “Assassin Nation” on WBAL this morning.
Ron is much savier than most hosts - and he has paid attention for decades to how government power has accumulated and become far more dangerous.
We also took some whacks at WikiLeaks critics. I commented that many Americans [...]

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 [...]

Sunday 12th December 2010

“Assassin Nation” Logo

9:21 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | War crimes | dictatorship | Comments: 1

This is the logo the American Conservative is using for the online version of the “Assassin Nation” article.
This is the some of the best art work I have some with one of my articles since the Playboy artwork for my 2002 article bashing the Patriot Art.

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

Wednesday 17th November 2010

TSA Busted: Ron Paul’s Reform Legislation

Here is Ron Paul’s statement on HR 6416
Introducing the American Traveler Dignity Act
Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation

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 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

Monday 20th September 2010

Britain Formally Proposes to Re-Institute Serfdom

10:15 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | dictatorship | wool | Comments: 7

This British proposal is one of the most audacious power grabs of this century:
The UK’s tax collection agency is putting forth a proposal that all employers send employee paychecks to the government, after which the government would deduct what it deems as the appropriate tax and pay the employees by bank transfer.
The CNBC article quotes [...]

Wednesday 18th August 2010

The Crime of Lying to the FBI???

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is a four-star sleazeball. But the feds had their chance to put him away and they failed to convince a jury on all charges except lying to the FBI.
This is one of the “crimes” that best illustrates the mirage of the Rule of Law in the U.S. FBI agents and [...]

Monday 28th June 2010

Ron Paul Celebrates Justice Department’s 140th Anniversary

It’s almost always a shock when truth surfaces in the Congressional Record.
Madam Speaker, the House of Representatives recently considered H. Res. 1422, honoring the 140th anniversary of the Department of Justice. I voted against this resolution because of the Justice Department’s history of violating individual rights.
It is the Justice Department that leads the ongoing [...]

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