http://jimbovard.com/blog Author James Bovard Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dennis Kucinich deserves credit for forcing the House to formally debate the Afghan war. His comments - and those of Ron Paul and the other 63 folks who voted against perpetuating this war - will be part of the honor roll of our time. On the Republican side, Rep. Paul was joined ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/10/kudos-to-kucinich-64-other-courageous-congressmen-on-afghanistan/ It lasted about 60 minutes. 75 minutes, max. The photo is from late 1988 or early 1989. The State Department had a program that brought in some outside speaker once a month. I was there to whup up on the World Bank, a favorite target of ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/07/my-brief-state-department-career/ The Associated Press story on the New Jersey guy who advocating killing federal judges reveals that the bloodthirsty blogger was apparently a paid FBI informant. A right-wing New Jersey blogger charged with threatening federal judges told a jury Thursday that his racist Internet rants were an FBI-sanctioned ruse to "flush ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/05/fbi-bankrolling-bloggers-advocating-murdering-judges/ The Future of Freedom Foundation put online my article from the December Freedom Daily.... It's amazing to see what kind of legal crap the government gets away with these days. The Material Witness Charade Freedom Daily, December 2009 by James Bovard Last September, a federal ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/05/the-material-witness-ticket-to-servitude/ In Washington, politicians “regenerate” honesty like a salamander growing back a lost tail. And there is no statute of limitation on when a politician's henchmen can magically restore his honor. Karl Rove has a new book out claiming that Bush never lied about the Iraq war. Instead, there were ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/03/03/bush-lied-up-down-on-the-iraq-war/ What's the point of voting for Democrats if they are going to act like Bush-bots in rubberstamping FBI National Security Letters shredding the Fourth Amendment? Good to see the left-wing websites hammering Obama, Leahy, and Rep. Nadler for sanctifying and perpetuating some of the worst abuses of the post 9/11 era. Alternet's ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/02/28/the-great-democratic-patriot-act-double-cross/ ... or of some poohbah bailed out by the Fed or by some other group of political racketeers. . http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/02/28/life-story-of-a-federal-reserve-governor/ Next year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Thomas Szasz's classic The Myth of Mental Illness. Szasz has written a preface for the 50th anniversary edition. You can read it here on LewRockwell.com today. This essay deftly captures the controversies and changing battlefield over the past half ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/02/22/congratulations-thomas-szasz-the-preface-to-the-50th-anniversary-edition-of-the-myth-of-mental-illness/ One of the heroes of the CPAC attendees: John Bolton Harvests Young Souls: Ann Coulter Bodyguard (Tonya Harding wasn't hiring this month) <a Full size photo available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bovard ; http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/02/21/conservative-political-action-conference-highlights/ I stopped by Brian Wilson's radio booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday. Click on brian-wilson-2-19-10-cpac-bovard to listen to the interview. I doubt that the Tea Party folks will be coming to either Brian or I for a testimonial any time soon. I continue my campaign to get "boarhawg" recognized as a ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/02/20/podcast-from-cpac-interview-with-brian-wilson/