Author Archive | Jim

The Bush Secrecy Legacy

from the January issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily…. The Bush Secrecy Legacy Freedom Daily January 2010 by James Bovard Many Americans assumed that the Bush administration’s peril to their freedom ended when George Bush exited the White House on January 20, 2009. Unfortunately, the precedents the administration established continue to threaten […]

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Killing Journalists as Video Game Sport

Three cheers for Wikileaks. Their posting of a 38-minute video from an Apache helilcopter showing U.S. gunners killing two Reuters journalists (and ten other civilians) in 2007 is heroic. Naturally, the Pentagon had endlessly scorned Reuters’ Freedom of Information Act and other efforts to get the video. The video and a transcript of the triumphant […]

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Claire Wolfe’s Zesty New Freedom-Fighting Blog

Great News for Freedom: Claire Wolfe, one of America’s most eloquent and principled political writers, is again blogging. She is posting her thoughts on a near-daily basis at the Backwoods Home blog site here. Claire’s first book, 101 Things to Do Until the Revolution , quickly became a cult classic. No wonder, with zippety lines […]

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“Lost Rights” Editor Simon Winder Has New Book Out….

Simon Winder has a new book out – Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History – which is garnering rave reviews in top British papers, including the London Times and the Telegraph. I have not seen the book, but the reviews indicate that the work beautifully captures the breadth and richness of […]

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Extremist Blogs Could be Next!!!!

From today’s Washington Post website – “FBI warns extremist letters may encourage violence” By EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT The Associated Press Friday, April 2, 2010; 9:34 AM …. The article ominously notes: ” In the past year, federal agents have seen an increase in “chatter” from an array of domestic extremist groups, which can […]

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Federal Judge: Bush Administration Was Criminal Conspiracy

Federal judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program was illegal. This has been obvious ever since the New York Times blew the lid off of the National Security Administration’s massive surveillance operation in late 2005. It is amazing that the issue is still open to dispute. Unfortunately, there is not […]

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