Archive for December, 2005
Happy New Year!
Less killing in ’06!
War, Lies, Scandals and the State
Check out my new article at the Northwest Meridian, a cool alternative print and online publication with a distinct libertarian editorial flavor, taking Oregon state by storm. In the article I reflect on the scandalous year of 2005 and hold out home for a continued revulsion against the government sector among the people. Also, over [...]
Despicable Democrats
Oh, how I loathe the Democratic Party. How many times in reference to Iraq, torture, Plame’s name, the Military tapping our phones, etc. have I heard a Goddamn Democrat say, “Oh, boo hoo, the President’s bad policies are hurting the real war on terrorism.” There is no real war on terrorism. The whole thing is [...]
Eric Garris on War, Peace and the Net
Hey everyone, check out this great speech by Eric Garris, the founder and director of Antiwar.com, at the Perdana Peace Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia about the difference the web has made for those who oppose the warfare state. “U.S. politicians are confused by the Internet. They have for years trumpeted military force as the [...]
The Curious Section 126 of the Patriot Act
William Arkin has some bad news: “The Curious Section 126 of the Patriot Act What is it that the National Security Agency began doing after 9/11 that necessitated Presidential authorization for warantless surveillance? We have all learned in the past week that the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act of 1978 contains provisions that allow the [...]
“We cannot say ‘Peshmerga’ here.”
What do you get when a foreign power, which used to prop up the minority dictator in its colony, turns and overthrows him without a real plan for his replacement? Civil war, that’s what. According to the Associated Press, under the misleading title “Keeping Iraq Intact“: “Kurdish leaders have inserted more than 10,000 of their [...]
First scapegoat for FISA-absent spying been picked?
It’s only a matter of time before someone falls on their sword for the emperor. Could it be Harriet Miers? Certainly they are saving Gonzales for other tasks.
Re: Bush
Thanks, Scott, for the kind plug. I have a couple points regarding some of the defenders of Bush’s secret surveillance. Some defenders of the surveillance powers have argued that a FISA court decision from 2002 effectively conceded that the president has the general authority to conduct wiretaps without a warrant. But the FISA court simply [...]
KAOS Report today at 5 Central
Hosted by me and Shauna Kaye. Listen live on the web or KAOS 95.9 FM and 92.7 FM in Austin, TX.
Nepotism Tag
This may be old hat to some of you, but I am constantly amazed at the amount of nepotism that goes on in our government. Today I was hit by a freaky new one that I had no idea about previously.
Bush’s Secret Surveillance State
Anthony Gregory, over at the Future of Freedom Foundation, describes the worse – deadly – communist police state with all the deadly Frankenstein controls: “The NSA spying program is especially egregious, given that the administration circumvented the already lower standards for surveillance set forth by FISA and unleashed an arm of the military to spy [...]
April Glaspie Redux
Remember how the justification for the US government’s permanent blockade and eventual aggressive invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based on the idea that Saddam Hussein was in defiance of the cease fire agreement that ended his war with the United Nations in 1991? For the sake of making the real point of this post, [...]
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