The Post–9/11 Roundup of Innocents by James Bovard Freedom Daily May & June, 2009 Many Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by the end of the George W. Bush administration. In reality, the government continues to pose grave perils to people’s rights and liberties. And it could take only one shocking […]
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Obama and his “Leavening Hand”
Obama’s health care pitch on Wednesday night contained the usual howlers. One of the biggest hoots of the evening came in this riff – “Our predecessors understood… that the danger of too much government is matched by the perils of too little; that that without the leavening hand of wise policy, markets can crash, monopolies […]
Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?
Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month. I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview? ***************** Copyright 2009 Fox News Network, LLC. Fox […]
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 […]
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
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
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Great video, visited there a few years back to pay