WSPD talk show host and renowned hellraiser Brian Wilson had me on his program yesterday. We did our best to restore people’s faith in the privacy/confidentiality of their Census responses… unless, of course, politicians decide they don’t like you or your group. The podcast is here:jpb-radio-brian-wilson-show-3-25-2010. To listen to it, right click and….
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How Germans Fought & Beat an Intrusive Census
This article ran in the Detroit News, the Washington Times (which ran a great cartoon with the piece), and a few other places. DATELINE: HAMBURG, WEST GERMANY @ June 1987 CIVIL WAR IN WEST GERMANY by James Bovard As Goethe said, “The Germans make everything difficult, both for themselves and for everybody else.” West Germany […]
Christian Science Monitor: The Census is Untrustworthy
posted today (and in their national weekly print edition) by the Christian Science Monitor – My 2 favorite lines from this piece – *A surplus of lies naturally produces a deficit of trust. *Citizens are not obliged to pave the data highway for Leviathan’s next intrusion into their lives. ******* The 2010 Census: Will Your […]
Is the FBI Your Friend on Facebook?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released internal federal documents detailing how FBI agents are creating false or deceptive profiles online to gather more personal information on Americans. From the Associated Press story: U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to […]
Bait and Switch Democracy at its Best
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that she may ram through the Democrats’ health care legislation through the House via a brazen fraud. The Washington Post reports: After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate’s health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the […]
Kudos to Kucinich & 64 Other Courageous Congressmen on Afghanistan
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 […]
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 […]
Jim
Will, please accept my condolences on your father&
Will Blanton
Thank you for the write up Jim! Dad would be proud
12bytes
thanks for reminding people about the Weaver incid
Frank
Good article. Thanks!