The chief judge in the trial of Saddam Hussein says that Saddam was “no dictator.” This is hilarious. The Bush administration helps arrange a show trial. And they can’t even get the story line straight in a kangaroo court. The chief prosecutor complained that the judge has allowed “defendants to go too far, with unacceptable […]
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How the U.S. Media Helps Subvert U.S. Democracy
The Globalist U.S. DEMOCRACY & THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA by James Bovard August 10, 2006 U.S. policies have received a lot of criticism in recent years — not just at home, but also around the world. According to Jim Bovard, author of “Attention Deficit Democracy,” one of the key reasons is that the Washington press […]
I’m Speaking Monday (9/11) at Camp Democracy, DC
I will be speaking on “Bush & Attention Deficit Democracy” at the Camp Democracy antiwar protest on the Mall in Washington on Monday, September 11. The program has me listed as being on from 1:30 to 3 pm but I swear to God I won’t be talking that long. Either there are questions from the audience […]
LIVE ONLINE Wed. (9/6) – Salt Lake City radio
I will be on the “Born on the Fourth of July” radio show with host Barbara Whiteley tomorrow (Wed., 9/6) for one hour tomorrow afternoon starting at 2 p.m. Eastern time. You can listen live on the net here (link is in the upper left right corner). The station is at 630 AM on the […]
Bush & Killing in the Name of Democracy
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my June 2006 Freedom Daily article on “Killing in the Name of Democracy.” Doing the research for this article was hell on my idealism. KILLING IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily, June 2006 by James Bovard President George W. Bush perpetually invokes the goal of spreading democracy to sanctify […]
How to Pry the Truth out of Congressmen
The Los Angeles Times ran a piece of mine today on fair play for our elected representatives. Online here (registration required?) and following: Modest Proposal: Waterboard Congress Maybe White House-favored interrogation techniques would coax lawmakers to tell the truth about U.S. anti-terror policies. By James Bovard JAMES BOVARD is the author, most recently, of “Attention […]
Justice Dept. Appeals Ruling on “No Hereditary Kings”
Federal judge Anna Diggs Taylor declared in a ruling today: “We must first note that the Office of the Chief Executive has itself been created, with its powers, by the Constitution. There are no hereditary Kings in America and no power not created by the Constitution. So all ‘inherent power’ must derive from that Constitution.” The […]
Jim
Thanks for the warning.
Jim Foye
Jim, apparently the German government might be loo
CPL Antero Rokka
48 businesses A DAY are filing bankruptcy in Germa
Trotsky's Pickaxe
They did give us 1933.
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