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\"radio<\/a>Talk show host Scott Horton<\/a> and I had a rowdy 25 minute chat yesterday on the Boston bombings and the subsequent “house arrest” order for a million people in the Boston area. Scott refused to give a blanket endorsement to the response by the Homeland Security apparatchiks. I talking about how my reaction to the crackdown was shaped in part by experiences living in Boston (more details, naturally, in Public Policy Hooligan<\/a>). <\/p>\n

We had some phone line problems in the middle of the show. However, I have no fear of being sued for libel because Verizon<\/strong> could never find 12 people in Maryland who did not recognize that the company was a bunch of [redacted] <\/p>\n

Here is Scott’s summary of the show<\/a>: “James Bovard… discusses the police freak-out and virtual house arrest of millions of Bostonians after the marathon bombing; the not-too-subtle threats of violence directed at anyone who dared point a camera at a militarized cop\/soldier; why the government gives an overwhelming response to terrorist attacks but hardly cares about multiple (ordinary) daily murders in large cities; and the neoconservatives\u2019 fondness for Chechen jihadists.”<\/p>\n

You can listen to the show by downloading or clicking on the following – Scott Horton Show 13_04_22_bovard<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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