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Monday 5th May 2008
Warring as Lying
1:54 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | Comments: 4
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the February issue of Freedom Daily on lying & warring. Amazing to see how much hokum politicians get away with when they commence killing foreigners…..
Warring as Lying Throughout American History
by James Bovard Freedom Daily February 2008
Americans are taught to expect their elected leaders to [...]
Saturday 23rd February 2008
McCain’s Forgotten Drug Fix
2:12 pm | Bovard | Congress | Lying | Rule of Law | Comments: 22
Amongst all the media teeth-gnashing over the question of whether McCain did special favors for his blondie lobbyist, his wife’s sweetheart deal for massive narcotics theft in the 1990s has been forgotten.
If a poor black woman from Anacostia had committed the crimes that Cindy McCain committed, the black woman might have been sent to prison [...]
Friday 6th April 2007
Government Lies vs. Self-Government
1:28 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | dictatorship | Comments: 21
Responding to implacable demands from central Europe, the Future of Freedom Foundation today finally posted online the full text of my piece on Hungarian Lies and American Lessons.
Hungarians are still steaming about the government’s lies in last year’s elections, but most Americans appear to have forgotten Bush’s verbal frauds from the campaign trail last October. Perhaps [...]
Tuesday 14th November 2006
Radio LIVE ONLINE Wed. (11/15) 10:30 am Charles Goyette Show
1:25 pm | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Lying | Torture | Comments: 14
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 [...]
Friday 10th November 2006
Lying Politicians: A Conundrum for the Washington Post
11:10 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | Comments: 6
What does the Washington press corps do when a president brazenly lies?
Nothing, usually.
But every now and then, the lie cannot be ignored - especially if a president confesses during a national press conference.
The Washington Post, in its initial article on the day after the press conference, noted that Bush ”appeared to acknowledge having misled reporters.” But that [...]
Monday 6th November 2006
Lies & Leviathan: How Government Cons People Into Submission
10:41 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Lying | Comments: 9
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 [...]
Wednesday 30th August 2006
Bush & Killing in the Name of Democracy
10:48 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Bush | Bush Betrayal | Lying | Messianic Democracy | wool | Comments: 19
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my June 2006 Freedom Daily article on “Killing in the Name of Democracy.” Doing the research for this article was hell on my idealism.
KILLING IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily, June 2006
by James Bovard
President George W. Bush perpetually invokes the goal of spreading democracy to sanctify his foreign policy. [...]
Tuesday 15th August 2006
Bush Out-Drivels Himself
7:19 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Lying | Comments: 48
So Bush made the supreme sacrifice, returning from his vacation in Texas to Washington to inform Americans of his latest victories in the Middle East.
His comments at the State Department yesterday came close to breaking his previous personal best in both the delusions and drivel categories.
Bush began by declaring that Hezbollah was fully liable for [...]
Saturday 11th February 2006
The Great Slavery Anniversary
12:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Franklin | Lying | Roosevelt | Comments: 0
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Yalta Agreement with Stalin and Churchill. Roosevelt thereby gave the United States seal of approval to enslaving generations of Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, and others to Soviet tyranny.
From 1942 through 1945, the U.S. government consistently deceived the American people about the character of the Soviet [...]
Wednesday 8th February 2006
L.A. Times: Are You a Suspected Terrorist?
9:13 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Justice Department | Lying | Rule of Law | Wiretapping | dictatorship | Comments: 1
The Los Angeles Times ran my op-ed today on the array of wacko definitions of suspected terrorists that the Bush administration has devised since 9/11. Here are some outtakes of the piece:
PRESIDENT BUSH and Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales insist that the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of American citizens is a necessary “terrorist surveillance program.” [...]
Tuesday 31st January 2006
The State of the Union Heave-Ho
10:20 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Lying | Comments: 2
Any time a Washington politician starts out by announcing that he is “humbled,” hip boots become mandatory attire for listeners.
To hear Bush invoke the Rule of Law is like hearing Stalin talk of his devotion for peace.
Bush talked of his friendship for the Iranian people. This will likely sharply boost the number of Iranians building bomb [...]