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 […]
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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 […]
The Material Witness Ticket to Servitude
The Future of Freedom Foundation put online my article from the December Freedom Daily…. It’s amazing to see what kind of legal crap the government gets away with these days. The Material Witness Charade Freedom Daily, December 2009 by James Bovard Last September, a federal appeals court ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft could […]
Frightening Voters Into Submission
From the November 2009 issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily… Frightening Voters Into Submission by James Bovard Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has a new book out that reveals that he almost resigned because the Bush administration was hustling bogus terror alerts before the 2004 election. Ridge’s revelation was not surprising to […]
On Russian TV Talking About American Dictatorial Power
I was on Russian Television (the English language edition) last night talking about all the “emergency” declarations and power grabs by recent presidents. The interview on “The Alyona Show” starts about 6 minutes into this YouTube segment here. It was ironic to be commenting on the danger of excessive presidential power on Russian TV…. Perhaps at some point […]
