If Paul Revere Were Alive Today
He wouldn't be shouting about the coming of the redcoats. And he'd probably be riding SUV rather than the back of a horse.
July 4
Celebrate Fourth of July by Cussing Politicians
Celebrating Independence Day with the @LibertarianInst-itute's @QuinnDriggs1 and @JimBovard pic.twitter.com/fqvnWkQZFW — Scott Horton (@scotthortonshow) July 3, 2023 Libertarian Institute, July 3, 2023 Celebrate Fourth of July by Cussing Politicians by James Bovard America was founded by rowdy folks who enjoyed nothing better than applying tar and feathers to British tax collectors. For a couple centuries, […]
Lockdown Tyranny: A Personal Retrospective
American Institute for Economic Research, March 24, 2021 Lockdown Tyranny: A Personal Retrospective James Bovard Over the past year, Americans’ rights and liberties have been ravaged worse than almost anyone expected at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Fearmongering quickly proved the ticket for politicians to seize almost unlimited power. But heavy-handed government decrees were […]
Independence Day in the Midst of Dictatorship
American Institute for Economic Research, July 2, 2020
Independence Day in the Midst of Dictatorship
– July 2, 2020
A Few Ideas for Your July 4th Barbeque
The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed…for lack of a better word… is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all its forms…greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge…has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed…you mark my words…will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.
— Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) from the 1987 movie Wall Street
Their attitudes may taste like shit
Sixty Five Million Left out of July 4 Celebration
Over sixty five million people in the US, perhaps a fifth of our sisters and brothers, are not enjoying the “unalienable rights” of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” promised when the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. They are about twenty percent of our US population. This July 4 can be an opportunity to remember them and rededicate ourselves and our country to making these promises real for all people in the US.