How many more lies about surveillance will Obama need to tell to restore trust in government? I was disappointed in Obama’s speech because I thought he might waive sovereign immunity & let Americans sue the government for NSA crimes. On the bright side, I don’t need to spend the afternoon looking for a lawyer […]
Wrangling and Rollicking Again on Virginia Radio Network
Libertarian talk show legend Brian Wilson is guest-hosting the Virginia Institute for Public Policy’s weekly radio broadcast. We had a rattlin’ good time flogging federal agencies, a few presidents, and anyone else conspiring against our rights and liberties. Here is the Institute’s summary of the show: “Jim Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, engages in […]
A Helpful Chronology of Obama’s Sellout on Government Spying
The New York Times has a helpful chronology of how Obama has totally sold out Americans’ privacy and the Fourth Amendment. I remember how George W. Bush would praise freedom at the same time he announced policies that trampled the Constitution. I assume Obama will include similar claptrap in his “NSA Vindication” speech on Friday. […]
Public Policy Hooligan on Virginia Radio Network
I had a lively chat last week with Joe Thomas, the host of the Virginia Institute for Public Policy’s weekly radio broadcast. I appreciated Joe having me on his show and letting me do a little tub-thumping for Public Policy Hooligan. Joe is originally from New York City, but his easy-going and gracious style could let […]
Counterpunch: No Cure for IRS’s Perpetual Political Outrages
COUNTERPUNCH, January 7, 2014 How the Tax Code is Used to Suppress Political Opponents Is There No Cure for the IRS’s Perpetual Political Outrages? by JAMES BOVARD The power to tax has long conferred the power to destroy one’s political opponents. When the latest IRS politicalization scandal erupted last May, many commentators talked as if […]
Hooligan: HUD, Me and Stokley Carmichael
Berin Szoka, the president of TechFreedom, quoted from Public Policy Hooligan this morn on Facebook: “There wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that AmeriCorps could upgrade apartments faster than HUD spawned fresh slums. If AmeriCorps recruits really wanted to do something useful, they should go burn down HUD headquarters.” – from Jim Bovard’s new book […]
Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Boost Unemployment
From my too-damn-early-in-the-morning monologue for Press TV: The unemployment benefits program in the US has “major adverse effects” and kills Americans’ “incentive” to go out and look for a job, says James Bovard, policy advisor for The Future of Freedom Foundation. “There are a number of major adverse effects from perpetuating these unemployment benefits, especially […]
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William Anderson
Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. This is
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Currin Snipes
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