Ron Paul finished a very close second to Michele Bachmann in today’s Iowa straw poll – and far ahead of all the other Republican presidential candidates. After all the ‘dissing Ron Paul has received from the media and other candidates, his stalwart finish in the Hawkeye state puts him in great position moving forward. Paul […]
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Latest Patriot Act Frauds and Follies
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the following piece from the May issue of Freedom Daily – The PATRIOT Act in the Crosshairs Again by James Bovard The most controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act are coming up for renewal this year. There is hope that Americans will finally learn more about […]
Three Cheers for the Credit Downgrade
Here are some outtakes from a couple more interviews earlier this week with Press TV: Bovard: “what is happening right now is people are recognizing that governments do not have a magic wand. Doesn’tt matter what the politicians say, the government and the Federal Reserve runs out of ammunition. Perhaps the clearest measure of the […]
Federal Reserve Sabotaging Dollar & Economy
That’s the gist of my comments today during a Press TV interview available here. I made the following comment during this mid-morning interview – – prior to the Fed’s latest announcement: “People don’t know what kind of wrenches the Federal Reseve is going to throw into the market or what the Federal Reseve is going […]
Monday Morning Muckraker’s Muse
another great cartoon from PC Vey in the New Yorker
Forgotten Failures of the Peace Corps
from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (April 2011) – The Forgotten Failures of the Peace Corps by James Bovard This is the fiftieth anniversary year for the Peace Corps. Prior to the creation of AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps took the cake as the most arrogant and overrated government program in Washington. At a […]
MP3 of my Raging Bitch Tribute on Brian Wilson Radio Show
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rattlin’ good chat yesterday about Declan McCullagh’s excellent article on the House Committee vote to require Internet Service Providers to keep records of every website visited by every customer. While this provision is currently the hobbyhorse of nitwit conservative Republicans, the Obama administration also supports this vast data […]