Antiwar.com Blog » Antiwar movement http://www.antiwar.com/blog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Just Because You’re Paranoid, Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t Out to Get You http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/19/just-because-youre-paranoid-doesnt-mean-they-arent-out-to-get-you/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/19/just-because-youre-paranoid-doesnt-mean-they-arent-out-to-get-you/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 05:03:00 +0000 Tim Swanson http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4326 This month’s edition of Radar magazine has a detailed discussion of some of the nefarious Continuance of Government programs that have been created and expanded post-9/11.  And while regular readers of AWC may be unsurprised at the the findings they unearthed, the issues of privacy and civil liberties erosion are never more germane.

For instance, in a move reminiscent of Stasi-controlled East Germany, the Consumerist is reporting that Crime Stoppers is paying snitches to tattle-tale.  While this endeavor is certainly not new, one sergeant is quoted as saying informants “can make better than a minimum-wage job.”

This comes hot on the heels of the report that the FBI is trying to plant moles (informants) within local protest groups for the upcoming Republican National Convention in Minnesota.

In tough economic times, vengeance, or just quick kicks, it seems neighbors can easily become part of the evergrowing state apparatus.

Be sure to also read:

The Fear Factory from Rolling Stone magazine
Are You on the VIP List?
The Lives of Others

]]> http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/19/just-because-youre-paranoid-doesnt-mean-they-arent-out-to-get-you/feed/ Scott Horton’s Speech at the University of Texas http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/02/scott-hortons-speech-at-the-university-of-texas/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/02/scott-hortons-speech-at-the-university-of-texas/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 01:15:55 +0000 Angela Keaton http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/02/scott-hortons-speech-at-the-university-of-texas/ Scott Horton’s speech to the Libertarian Longhorns at University of Texas last Monday about war with Iran.

]]> http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/05/02/scott-hortons-speech-at-the-university-of-texas/feed/ Speech at UT Austin http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/27/speech-at-ut-austin/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/27/speech-at-ut-austin/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:22:34 +0000 Scott Horton http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4296 The Libertarian Longhorns have invited me to speak at their meeting this Monday, the 28th at 8:00 PM on the subject of America’s biggest big government program: Empire.

The room is Mezes 1.306 (the Mezes Auditorium). Here is the link to the campus map.

Hope to see you there.

]]> http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/27/speech-at-ut-austin/feed/ Finally - A Good Ron Paul Antiwar TV Ad! http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/24/finally-a-good-ron-paul-antiwar-tv-ad/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/24/finally-a-good-ron-paul-antiwar-tv-ad/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:51:26 +0000 James Bovard http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4295 The folks at American Liberty Coalition have crafted a powerful antiwar ad promoting Ron Paul for president. This minute long ad conveys Ron Paul’s passion and his concern about the ruinous costs of the current wars and the peril of Bush attacking Iran.

The Liberty Coalition solicited donations to help pay for airing the ad, and this may have contributed to the Paul campaign’s 16% tally in the Pennsylvania primary. Their efforts - and the elbow grease of many other volunteers in Pennsylvania - made a big difference.

The private ad is in sharp contrast to this “Ron Paul - Conservative Choice” radio ad created by the Paul campaign and run on Pennsylvania stations. The ad seems confusing and diffident. It starts out mentioning amnesty for illegal aliens and campaign finance reform’s restrictions on free speech - but doesn’t specify that these are John McCain positions. The ad mentions that Ron Paul has received more contributions from active duty military than all other candidates combined - but fails to mention that this is largely the result of Paul’s staunch opposition to the Iraq debacle.

It is good that Ron Paul got 128,000 votes in Pennsylvania. But how many more votes might the campaign have harvested across the nation if they had used the $35 million Americans donated to them to send a clear antiwar message from start to finish?

I would be curious to know the impressions of Pennsylvanians (and others) on how the campaign there played out.

]]> http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/24/finally-a-good-ron-paul-antiwar-tv-ad/feed/ Liberals Silent on Iraq Atrocities http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/07/4269/ http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/07/4269/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:54:14 +0000 Jeremy Sapienza http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=4269 In New York, you cannot ride a subway without being bombarded with posters about Darfur and now, Tibet. Of course I have sympathy for those killed and displaced in Darfur, though the numbers have been overblown and other specifics of the situation have been exaggerated. And I am a sucker for all plainly legitimate secessionist movements, as in Tibet. But I am quite sick of being guilted into protest and “action” with the purpose of fixing problems my government is in no way (currently) responsible for.

The Tibet march poster I saw yesterday mentioned the “atrocities” perpetrated by the Chinese government. How about the atrocities carried out, abetted, enabled, and inspired by the US Government in Iraq? The death toll in Iraq beats last month’s entire cluster of clashes in Tibet practically every hour. Why, outside of a few stickers on newspaper boxes around town, is no significant mention made of what’s going on non-stop in Iraq? Are mainstream liberals just so cowed by the see-through rhetoric of the now completely debunked War Party that they still refuse to criticize a war their military is currently prosecuting?

Why are they demurely and cowardly “supporting the troops” in Iraq while wasting their rage on bullsh*t like a police crackdown against rioters in Tibet? This goes all the way up to top liberals in the country — the disgusting Nancy Pelosi tells the President he should boycott the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. Who is George Bush to express moral indignation about anything? France’s Sarkozy is just as ridiculous — he rubs his face in Bush’s crack as the Decider bends over to destroy another piece of Iraq, but is contemplating a boycott of the Olympics opening ceremonies over a few scuffles in Lhasa?

Sick.

How about some priorities reevaluation?

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