This is a great day for the paranoid. Attorney General Eric Holder today approved federal agencies retaining the info they vacuum up on innocent Americans. Your dossier just got thicker. Or perhaps the only real “change” is that the government is admitting what it has long been doing. From the New York Times article on […]
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Obama’s Bogus Economic “Boom”
As President Obama’s reelection machine begins whooping up the economic recovery, we need to recognize the paucity of his achievements. From an interview this morning with Press TV: American people have lost their faith in the U.S. government even after President Barack Obama took office in early 2009, says James Bovard, policy advisor for The […]
Liberals Love Obama’s “Liberty Drones”
New Washington Post polling data reveal that liberals strongly approve of Obama’s drone assassination policy – even when it is used to kill American citizens. Overall, 83% of Americans approve of Obama’s drone killing policy. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is raising hell about the administration’s secrecy – demanding that they at least release the confidential […]
Latest Patriot Act Frauds and Follies
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the following piece from the May issue of Freedom Daily – The PATRIOT Act in the Crosshairs Again by James Bovard The most controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act are coming up for renewal this year. There is hope that Americans will finally learn more about […]
MP3 of my Raging Bitch Tribute on Brian Wilson Radio Show
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rattlin’ good chat yesterday about Declan McCullagh’s excellent article on the House Committee vote to require Internet Service Providers to keep records of every website visited by every customer. While this provision is currently the hobbyhorse of nitwit conservative Republicans, the Obama administration also supports this vast data […]
Debt Limit Talks: “Squeal Like a Pig,” the Establishment Said
Tom Toles’s excellent cartoon below captures the soul of the debt limit talks. Anyone who is not cynical is probably heading for the chopping block. My good friend and talk show hellraiser extraordinaire Brian Wilson has an excellent article tomorrow at LewRockwell.com on the real meanings behind the key terms flung around in the current […]
MP3 of Freedom Fest Panel Flogging the War on Terror
Jacob Hornberger, Sheldon Richman, and I had fun flogging the war on terror during a Freedom Fest panel earlier this month. Since I was the token moderate on the panel, I went third. I started out my riff (@ 20 minutes into the tape) talking about how a TSA agent at Baltimore went berserk over […]
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