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Big Government “Conservatism” Doesn’t Work in Foreign Policy, Either

Someone on Facebook posted the below, presumably because the person likes Ron Paul and wants to out every other Republican candidate: But I’m more interested in the spectacular failure of Gingrich’s analysis. (And note, his complaint is that Ronald Reagan isn’t doing enough abroad, in his role as Command-in-Chief of the mighty U.S. military.) Gingrich […]

My Cynicism Runneth Over

I remember one time I shocked the astounded von Pepe by telling him I thought Ted Kennedy was brilliant. The danger of fisticuffs eventually subsided when I clarified that I meant Ted Kennedy was really good at playing the political game, in anticipating what would sell with the voters, etc. I mean really, Ted Kennedy […]

Ron Paul the Only Antiwar Candidate

I realize I make jokes a lot here, but this stuff is really serious. It is horrifying that every Republican candidate except Ron Paul is talking about “getting tough” with Iran. Can you imagine on September 10, 2001, if you’d told a group of 100 Americans: “Guess what? In a few years we will have […]

Glenn Greenwald on ThinkProgress

Glenn Greenwald has just been hitting it out of the park lately. It makes me doubly honored that I was his warm-up act on Antiwar Radio today with Scott Horton. (If someone has a direct link please post it in the comments.) Anyway, GG wrote this post while I was on the road in Michigan, […]

Spreading the Love: Wenzel and Gordon Edition

I loved the first Cars movie because I could really identify with Lightning McQueen’s narcissism. In an effort to combat that, let me point you to two other people’s ventures to spread the word on the dangers of the State: ==> Robert Wenzel’s first podcast is up. He’s got a funky beat and a professional […]

Jon Stewart Prescient on Libya

I didn’t see this when it originally ran. Some great lines, especially the Biden ripping in the beginning: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

Michael Savage Agrees With Ron Paul on Awlaki Killing

I am pleasantly surprised by this. Michael Savage is a very interesting character; he’s the only (major) talk show host I can stomach anymore. Not that I agree with him on everything, mind you, but that’s what makes this clip so pleasantly surprising. If you don’t know him, Savage is actually pretty big on the […]

Tom Woods Having Another Field Day With Small-Big Government Conservatives

I particularly liked this part: Throughout the Cold War, Soviet capabilities were consistently, almost ludicrously, inflated. It is hard to believe that so-called conservatives could in effect have shared the rosy view of Soviet productive capacity put forth by the likes of John Kenneth Galbraith and Paul Samuelson, but share them they did. It is […]