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 in opposing the […]
Archive | March, 2010
My Brief State Department Career
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 mine in those years. The photo looks like I […]
FBI Bankrolling Bloggers Advocating Murder?
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 out” dangerous neo-Nazi and white […]
The Material Witness Ticket to Servitude
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 appeals court ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft could […]
Bush Lied Up & Down on the Iraq War
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 some misstatesments with immaculate intent. This […]