http://jimbovard.com/blog Author James Bovard Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:37:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is floating around the Internet; LawHobbit sent it to me, and it is too good not to post. If anyone knows the original source, let me know and I will properly credit it. **** The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages. The Library will include: The Hurricane ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/07/24/the-george-w-bush-memorial-library/ The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today an article of mine from the May issue of Freedom Daily.  Without further adieu.... ELLSBERG'S LESSONS FOR OUR TIME by James Bovard Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive a Medal of Freedom. Except that the Medals of Freedom are distributed by ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/07/23/daniel-ellsbergs-lessons-for-our-time/ Scott Horton of Antiwar.com RADIO and I chatted about FISA and other obscenities on Tuesday.  The MP3 is now online and accessible here. Scott came up with a zippety title for the interview - "Attention Deficit Police State." Scott was spooked when I told him the FBI has added skateboarding as a warning sign for its ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/07/10/fisa-bashing-on-antiwarcom-radio/ This is one of those times that I realize how deficient the English language is in profanity.  Congressmen deserve far worse hammering than the vernacular allows. Congress may vote for  a resolution this week that would be a de facto declaration of war on Iran.  Iran poses no peril to the U.S. ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/07/08/the-virtual-iran-war-resolution/ Kent Snyder, the head of Ron Paul's Liberty Study Committee and Ron's right-hand man for much of the last 20 years, passed away last week. I first recall meeting him when he invited me to talk to a regular dinner that congressman Paul held for fellow-minded members of Congress in the ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/07/05/kent-snyder-rip/ The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this piece from the April issue of Freedom Daily - THE CAPSIZING OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY by James Bovard American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. This has created a voting bloc that ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/06/30/the-capsizing-of-american-democracy/ George Carlin was one of the most penetrating political commentators of the last half century.   He was fearless and merciless to frauds and political con men.    He was also a master of the English language. He was an inspiration and he will be missed. He had the best thumbnail summary of the Clinton-Lewinsky ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/06/23/george-carlin-rip/ In a Tuesday interview in Britain, Sky News editor Adam Boulton asked George W. Bush:  "There are those who would say look, lets take Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, and rendition and all those things and to them that is the complete opposite of freedom." BUSH: "Of course, if you want ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/06/17/bush-slanders-freedom-again/ Antiwar.com Radio yesterday posted a very informative interview between Charles Goyette and Ron Paul.  At about 10 minutes into the interview, Goyette asked Congressman Paul about my comment on the blog regarding negotiations with the Republican party for a speaking slot at the Republican Convention in September convention. Congressman Paul replied: ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/05/29/418/  The Washington Post has an article today on the number of Ron Paul’s relatives who worked for his presidential campaign.             I will be curious if there are other analyses of how the Paul campaign spent $30 million.         The Post article quoted Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton saying that Paul would ... http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/05/27/ron-paul-goes-respectful/