So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news. But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law? If so, maybe the pimp media will bring West Virginia’s Lynndie England, the star […]
Ginning Up Another Election Scam Abroad – Afghanistan
So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week. Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling. After the Bush team successfully carried off similar scams in Iraq, it is not surprising that the new regime in […]
Iran’s Worst Barbarism: Honesty About Torture
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election. The regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this sense: the Syrians have been as brutal with their dissidents, […]
Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on “Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy.” This was originally published in the April issue of Freedom Daily. OBAMA & THE PERILOUS DELUSIONS OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily April 2009 by James Bovard When Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, there was euphoria across […]
The Higher the Death Count, the Bigger the Lies….
This is the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. In announcing the attack to America and the world, President Harry Truman declared: “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the […]
Zippety Political Satire at RedStateUpdate.Com
If you enjoy satire, take a gander at this. It is less than 4 minutes long. This is the first RedStateUpdate video I have seen, and it is far better than most of the political humor out there. I especially enjoyed the bit about the new conservative duty to gush over cops and welcome them […]
Latest “Trust Us” Heap of Nonsense [Swine Flu Vaccine]
There’s a priceless headline on Reuters this evening: “Is it safe? U.S. vaccine experts want to build trust” The Centers for Disease Control are working overtime to assure people that they have nothing to fear from the new @untested new vaccines created in response to government proclamations on swine flu. And the most important part […]
R R Schoettker
The US congress ceased fulfilling its constitution