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Thursday 7th April 2011

MP3 of Interview on Brian Wilson Show: Libya, ICE, WPost, and other targets

WSPD’s Brian Wilson had a rattlin’ good chat yesterday about various political villains and other scoundrels. You can listen to the @ 25 minute interview by clinking on the highlighted text below:
jpb-brian-wilson-show-4-06-2011-0555537c8

Wednesday 6th April 2011

Wash. Post Editorial: Kill More Libyans Now!

The Washington Post has an editorial today fretting that the Obama administration has not killed enough Libyans. The Post warns that U.S. killing of more Libyans is the best way to assure a bright future for Libya. OK, that’s not verbatim - but this is: “The dangers of the military stalemate [...]

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 22nd October 2009

Karzai Gets 2nd Chance to Steal the Election

So what am I missing in Afghanistan?
Isn’t this like catching a really dumb bank robber in the act (stealing almost a million votes) - and then, instead of booking him on charges, giving him another chance to rob the same bank?
The U.S. government and NATO are going to let Karzai take another swing at [...]

Friday 2nd February 2007

Bush’s Biggest Bosh - 2nd Anniv.

Following is the lead and wrap-up of a piece I did for the February issue of Freedom Daily. The Future of Freedom Foundation will put the full text online later this year.
The Second Anniversary of Bush’s Worst Bosh
by James Bovard
Two years ago last month, Bush gave his second inaugural address. As I watched the speech [...]

Wednesday 30th August 2006

Bush & Killing in the Name of Democracy

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. [...]

Sunday 9th April 2006

My hit on “Bush’s War on Democracy”

8:46 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Messianic Democracy | Comments: 4

My piece, “Defining Democracy Down,” is in the April 24 issue of American Conservative, hitting newstands and mailboxes this weekend.
Here are some excerpts:
American Conservative April 24
DEFINING DEMOCRACY DOWN by James Bovard
George W. Bush has been more emphatic about spreading democracy than any president since Woodrow Wilson. Yet Bush’s policies have subverted elected governments, corrupted foreign [...]

Friday 27th January 2006

Killing in the Name of Democracy

9:51 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Messianic Democracy | Comments: 1

Antiwar.com kindly posted an excerpt from the Messianic Democracy chapter today:
As the Bush administration tub-thumps for imposing democracy upon the entire world, many Americans have forgotten the long and bloody history of the U.S. government forcibly spreading “self-government.” The following discussion, from the “Messianic Democracy” chapter of my new book…
The U.S. government’s first experience with [...]

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