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Libertarian Institute, January 2, 2024\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bovard\u2019s Zestiest Zingers of 2023<\/a><\/h1>\n

by Jim Bovard<\/a><\/span> |
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2023 was another godsend for cynics. Here\u2019s a round-up of my zestiest lines from my articles in the past year. Some lines were tweaked for this collection. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran those articles up the flagpole.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTelling the truth is the only war crime now recognized by the U.S. government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new, improved definition of \u2018dictatorship\u2019 refers only to rulers who promise to do bad things to good people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShrouding the federal iron fist in a velvet glove betrays the Bill of Rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould-be tyrants can always find lofty pretexts to shackle their victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Democracy<\/h4>\n
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\u201cTo save democracy, Team Biden treats cynicism like a weapon of mass destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSurrounding Capitol Hill with high fences and barbed wire keeps peasants away from the \u2018Temple of Democracy\u2019 when sacred rites are occurring.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cState of the Union speeches resemble old-time medicine side shows, with presidents huffing and puffing to restore faith in government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching Biden\u2019s State of the Union speech was like being cornered by a drunken lout who endlessly yanks on your sleeve and babbles about all the favors he\u2019s going to do for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe January 6 prosecutions are part of a growing FBI onslaught against dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

World Economic Forum<\/h4>\n
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\u201cIf you expect billionaires and political weasels to save the Earth, you\u2019ll love the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can judge an audience by how much bullshit they accept from the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the World Economic Forum, individual freedom is a luxury that governments can no longer afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Uncle Joe<\/h4>\n
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\u201cThe Biden administration is expanding the federal Enemies List faster than any time since the Nixon era.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden has gotten lost on stage so many times that WAZE should create a special app for Joe to navigate his next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHatred is simply another issue conscripted for a Biden \u2018get out the vote\u2019 drive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the latest Biden scandal is like watching a sporting championship with a fuzzy video feed and a 30-day tape delay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHunter Biden\u2019s laptop disclosed more damning information than any bimbo boinked by Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Durn Media<\/h4>\n
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\u201cWashington Post<\/em> readers are the cream of the intellectual crop, at least according to Washington Post<\/em> readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media don\u2019t need to cover up Biden\u2019s abuses forever\u2014only until November 5, 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGroveling to officialdom is the job description for Washington journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Biden administration supports \u2018independent media\u2019 by covertly putting foreign journalists on the U.S. government payroll.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn lieu of hard facts, journalists are hellbent on uplift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lies, Damn Lies, and Public Service<\/h4>\n
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\u201cIn Washington, conning the American people is always considered a victimless crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLies are political weapons of mass destruction, obliterating all limits on government power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Truth will out\u2019 is Washington\u2019s favorite fairy tale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Washington, truth is reckoned as the greatest enemy of democracy. Hard facts are deadly threats to a president\u2019s prerogative to define reality and impose \u2018the will of the people.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Secrecy and Censorship<\/h4>\n
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\u201cOnce the government starts censoring, it is never enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rule of law now means little more than the enforcement of the secret memos of the commander-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNullifying freedom of speech turns citizens into political pawns who can be sacrificed as their rulers please.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe battle over federal censorship will determine whether Americans have more than a passing whiff of political freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWashingtonians presume that secrecy does no harm as long as federal dirt never leaks out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Government = truth\u2019 is the premise for the Biden censorship regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats champion a National Lampoon definition of censorship: Unless there is a photo of an FBI agent pointing a gun at a Twitter employee, the feds did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFederal agencies claim to be innocent bystanders\u2014as if tens of millions of tweets and other social-media posts mysteriously vanished into Area 51.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cInside the Beltway, classified information is viewed as a holy relic that cannot be exposed without damning the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPervasive secrecy defines down democracy: People merely select their Supreme Deceivers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHysteria over disinformation presumes that nobody ever lied before the invention of the Internet. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many years will it take until we learn all the ways the FBI tampered with the 2020 election?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

History and Foreign Policy<\/h4>\n
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\u201cDo Wokesters want to condemn and expunge all of American history prior to the unveiling of the LGBT Rainbow flag?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we defaulting to the \u2018cannon fodder version of democracy\u2019? Do Americans have the right to know if the Biden administration is dragging them into World War III?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 9\/11, the harder my articles hit, the less newshole I got.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. government perennially claims to be an innocent bystander after its covert interventions unleash havoc abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 9\/11, anyone who denied \u201cthey hate us for our freedoms\u201d automatically became an enemy of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen President Bush promised to \u2018rid the world of evil\u2019 a few days after the 9\/11 attacks, I knew America was screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHenry Kissinger was the most esteemed war criminal in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest disaster of the Korean war was that foreign-policy \u2018experts\u2019 succeeded in redefining the Korean quagmire as an American victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat could be worse than systematically torturing detainees around the world? Using tortured confessions in federal court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSlavery did help sparkour revolution, but it was \u2018slavery by Parliament\u2019\u2014a common derisive phrase in colonial America.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iraq War codified presidents\u2019 prerogative to inflict no-fault carnage on the world. Pundits and laptop bombardiers who clamored for war rose to greater fame regardless of the fiascos that followed military intervention. \u2018Extremism\u2019 was redefined to include anyone who opposed launching catastrophic wars based on secret and usually false evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf politicians drag this nation into a major war, keeping your mouth shut won\u2019t protect you against incoming missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could Washington\u2019s \u2018best and brightest\u2019 be so clueless for so long?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Miscellaneous<\/h4>\n
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\u201cTwenty years after 9\/11, TSA has no right to continue treating American travelers like convicts waiting to enter a prison shower.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving people mortgages they can\u2019t afford is the easiest way to ruin their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMandy Cohen, Biden\u2019s new C.D.C. chief, is a telegenic authoritarian straight from liberal central casting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress\u2019s debt-ceiling deal should have been named \u2018The No Biden Boondoggle Left Behind Act.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment spending equals power for politicians. Asking politicians to reduce spending is like asking a king to abdicate his throne.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Washington, the appearance of benevolence is always worth more than the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \"the roving inspector general of the modern state\" and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \"one-man truth squad.\" His 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, received the Free Press Association\u2019s Mencken Award as Book of the Year. His Terrorism & Tyranny won the Lysander Spooner \"Best Book on Liberty in 2003\" award. He received the Thomas Szasz Award for Civil Liberties work, awarded by the Center for Independent Thought and the Freedom Fund Award from the Firearms Civil Rights Defense Fund of the National Rifle Association. 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