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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 […]

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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 […]

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Debt Limit Talks: “Squeal Like a Pig,” the Establishment Said

Tom Toles’s excellent cartoon below captures the soul of the debt limit talks. Anyone who is not cynical is probably heading for the chopping block. My good friend and talk show hellraiser extraordinaire Brian Wilson has an excellent article tomorrow at LewRockwell.com on the real meanings behind the key terms flung around in the current […]

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Debt Limit Talks: Both Parties are Untrustworthy Weasels

I heartily thrashed both Democrats and Republicans in a brief interview this morn with Press TV: U.S. officials are “wasting [the] money” of the American people “in so many different ways” as President Barack Obama and rival Republican lawmakers are struggling to compromise on the federal debt limit which was hit in May, says James […]

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Now Officially a Twit – Twitter Feed

So, on top of my other bad habits, now I am tweeting. The phrase that is normally used here is — “You can follow my tweets by going to http://www.twitter.com/jimbovard – …” To be honest, that seems a bit farcical. Too ludicrous to qualify as “grandiose.” Much of whatever I tweet will also be on […]

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