CNN crunched the exit poll data from yesterday’s New Hampshire primary and found that “among the 34 percent [of Republican primary voters] who said they disapproved of the war, McCain had a wide advantage over the GOP field — even over Texas Rep. Ron Paul, the sole advocate of a U.S. withdrawal in the Republican […]
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Will a Drug Warrior Be Hanged?
So, after the primary results last night, I was looking for something uplifting to put on the blog. Voila! The possibility that an evil politician could get hanged! The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online an article from their Freedom Daily on the Bush-blessed Thai slaughter of drug users and other people hated by the police. The […]
Thanks for the Great Comments in ’07!
I greatly appreciate the folks who added their thoughts and wit to this blog over the past 12 months. We’ve had a hoot of a time, despite the political BS flooding this nation. Laughter might not be the best medicine, but it is a good antidote to the servility that pervades the media and contemporary political life. And I’ve learned […]
Before I was Certified as a ‘Bush Hater’…..
I’ve received bushels of emails over the past few years denouncing my pinko liberal tendencies. Here’s a collection of some of the highlights after Bush Betrayal came out in 2004. I was rummaging through some old material yesterday and came across this fervent review of Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the […]
Bush’s AmeriCorps Fraud
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on AmeriCorps from the September 2007 Freedom Daily. I admit: the first sentence is my favorite line in the piece. Bush’s AmeriCorps Fraud Freedom Daily, September 2007 by James Bovard Politicians have long used moral doggerel to make citizens docile. Though President Bush is often […]
Ron Paul Vindicated on Iran
Ron Paul is the only non-Armageddon presidential candidate among the Republicans. He is the only person who staunchly opposes a massive first strike against Iran because of its alleged nuclear program. He has long been ridiculed for his aversion to preemptive genocide in the Middle East. The National Intelligence Estimate yesterday reported that Iran abandoned its nuclear […]
Another Bush Bootlicker Bites the Dust
Australian voters kicked Prime Minister John Howard out of office yesterday. Howard was even more of a groveler to Bush than Tony Blair. One step Bush took to try to help Howard win reelection was to release Australian David Hicks from Guantanamo earlier this year. As part of the deal for his release, Hicks had to […]
