s “From this room to that room” is about the kindest thing that can be said about Obama’s proposed spying safeguards. The “Department of Public Trust” was a nice touch by Ted Rall. Lots of excellent articles around the Internet debunking Obama’s Friday speech on NSA reform – almost too many to count, actually. I […]
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How Many NSA Lies Will Be Necessary to Restore Trust in Govt.?
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sordid History of IRS Political Abuse
From the August 2013 issue of The Future of Freedom – The Sordid History of IRS Political Abuse by James Bovard The power to tax has long conferred the power to destroy one’s political opponents. When the latest IRS politicization scandal erupted in May, many commentators talked as if the abuses were a novelty in […]
