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Monday 21st March 2011

Obama’s Mushroom Cloud Legacy

For years, we have heard that Obama is different than other politicians - wiser, more compassionate, more prudent.
Bull.
Blowing the hell out of Libya settles any doubts about whether Obama is simply another deluded ruler who will use power however he pleases to burnish his reputation.
Obama is simply a high-falutin’ version of George W. Bush. [...]

Friday 25th February 2011

Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom

from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (November 2010)
Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom
by James Bovard
Cass Sunstein is the chief of the Obama administration’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. As Salon’s Glenn Greenwald noted earlier this year, Sunstein “has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants.” His values are probably guiding the [...]

Tuesday 15th February 2011

Video - Me & Jacob Hornberger Thumping Conservative Statists

Jacob Hornberger Show from CPAC 2011 with James Bovard from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.
From the Future of Freedom Foundation: This edition of the Jacob Hornberger Show was recorded at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 11, 2011. Jacob and special guest James Bovard discuss “Why Do Conservatives Support Statism?”
The Jacob [...]

Sunday 13th February 2011

Trashing the Patriot Act at CPAC

Christian Gomez of the New American wrote an excellent article on the Patriot Act bashing during CPAC. Here’s a few outtakes from his piecedealing with my spiel at CPAC on Saturday:
Bovard started his speech by asking the audience: “I’d like to know how many people in this room have had their phone [...]

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 [...]

Friday 4th February 2011

Same Problem Here with Federal Agencies….

12:59 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 3

Thursday 3rd February 2011

Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy

The Campaign for Liberty reposted this 2006 article of mine today, so, what the heck - I’ll pile on.
The Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy
By James Bovard
The American political system failed when Congress and the media recently rolled over in favor of extending the most onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. Despite stark [...]

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 [...]

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

“Assassin Nation” - Obama’s Right to Kill Americans

online today from the January issue of American Conservative -
Assassin Nation
Obama’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” test for killing Americans.
By James Bovard
How much evidence should the U.S. government be obliged to show before it kills you?
None, according to the Obama administration.
And how much evidence of your wrongdoing should the government be obliged to possess [...]

Tuesday 7th December 2010

Murder Poster for WikiLeaks’ Julien Assange from the Washington Times

This poster accompanied an article by Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner calling for the killing of Assange. (Kuhner is a talk show host from Canada).
Have other folks seem similar artwork out there?
It is amazing how dark American politics has become.

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 [...]

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

Monday 13th September 2010

9/11 Commission Report Burnt on 9/11

The 9/11 Commission was one of the biggest frauds of a fraudulent decade. Here’s an excellent list of sources from “Washington’s Blog” on why the Commission’s report was a scam. (H/t Tom Blanton) Here’s a piece I did a few years ago detailing some of the charades of that farce of an “independent” commission. [...]

Thursday 9th September 2010

The True 9/11 Legacy: USA as Valhalla for Torturers and Government Secrecy

The Ninth Circuit court of federal appeals embraced the Obama and Bush administration’s spurious arguments that Americans cannot be permitted to know the details of Bush-era torture. But the court, in one of the most optimistic moments in recent judicial history, declared that its decision “does not preclude the government from honoring the fundamental [...]

Wednesday 4th August 2010

My 2 Cents on WikiLeaks, the FBI, and Assorted Hokum - Antiwar.com Transcript

The good folks at Antiwar.com Radio added a transcript to the MP3 of last week’s interview. My comments on the Obama administration’s ploy to increase FBI surveillance power are excerpted here at the top. (The full text is below. My Kelly Girl past is now no longer secret).
Bovard:
National Security letters have [...]

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