Hornberger’s Blog, May 2004 by Jacob G. Hornberger May 1, 2004 Monday, May 31, 2004 Today — Memorial Day — is a good time to begin reflecting on the future direction of our country, especially given the failure of the most recent foreign war waged by the federal government. I say failure because there is no possibility that the occupation of Iraq will succeed in bringing freedom, democracy, or even the ...
Hornberger’s Blog, April 2004 by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2004 Friday, April 30, 2004 Two responses to my article “Is Fox News Supporting the Troops or the President?” and my rejoinders to these responses have been posted on Antiwar.com’s “Backtalk”: Kari Mencik: “This is the most irresponsible article I’ve read….” Jacob Hornberger: “Speaking of Berlin and Germany, let’s not forget the “liberation” and occupation….” *** Rachel Bass: “This man claims that ...
Hornberger’s Blog, March 2004 by Jacob G. Hornberger March 1, 2004 Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Yesterday, President Clinton’s secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, told a group at Yale Divinity School that President Bush’s invasion of Iraq has fueled the hate of terrorist organizations against America. Too bad she didn’t mention that the Clinton administration’s brutal 10-year embargo against Iraq (which also is an act of war), which ...
Hornberger’s Blog, February 2004 by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1, 2004 Saturday, February 28, 2004 British Prime Minister Tony Blair is angry and outraged over the public disclosure by his former cabinet member, Clare Short, that British officials secretly and surreptitiously spied on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. (As President Bush put it early on, in the war on terrorism, you’re either with us or against us, ...
Hornberger’s Blog, January 2004 by Jacob G. Hornberger January 1, 2004 Saturday, January 31, 2004 Given the fact that thousands of innocent people, including more than 500 American soldiers, have been killed in the effort to “disarm Saddam” of weapons of mass destruction that he didn’t possess, in retrospect wouldn’t it have been a lot better if President Bush had accepted Saddam Hussein's offer to settle their personal differences with
Hornberger’s Blog, December 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger December 1, 2003 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 Our federal daddy is once again taking care of his adult-children, this time by banning the diet and bodybuilding supplement ephedra, which daddy says is dangerous. No, adult-children cannot be expected to make this decision themselves because daddy says that they are incompetent to do so, despite the fact that most of them are graduates of ...
Hornberger’s Blog, November 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger November 1, 2003 Saturday, November 29, 2003 The federal government has shut down one of the top television networks in Iraq for broadcasting a tape by Saddam Hussein. Meanwhile, federal officials are having to reconsider their plan to “turn over” Iraq to the Iraqis because the top Shiite leader in Iraq has objected that the plan denies ordinary Iraqi ...
Hornberger’s Blog, October, 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger October 1, 2003 Friday, October 31, 2003 Dear Friends of FFF, Last week I traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, to deliver a speech entitled “The Moral Bankruptcy of U.S. Foreign Policy” to about 60 students at Washington University. What a great time that was! The talk was sponsored by the Libertarian Club at WU, one of most impressive college libertarian groups I’ve ever seen. I ...
Hornberger’s Blog, September 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger September 1, 2003 Tuesday, September 30, 2003 A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled “Federal Spending Threatens Our Security,” in which I pointed out that uncontrolled federal spending threatens the economic security and well-being of the American people. Since then, the U.S. dollar has taken a severe drop in international markets. An article in the September 29 issue of ...
Hornberger’s Blog, August 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2003 Saturday, August 30, 2003 An article in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal points out that love is exposing the confusion within U.S. officials as to whether they invaded Iraq to liberate the Iraqi people or to occupy the country. Two Iraqi women have won the hearts of two American GIs, much to the dismay of military commanders. As flirtation led to ...
Hornberger’s Blog, July 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2003 Thursday, July 31, 2003 In view of the guerrilla warfare that is being waged against the U.S. military occupation of Iraq, perhaps this is a good time to remind ourselves of how President Lincoln dealt with a similar wartime situation in the South, but only as a model for what should NOT be done in Iraq: As Tom LiLorenzo pointed out ...
Hornberger’s Blog, June 2003 by Jacob G. Hornberger June 1, 2003 Monday, June 30, 2003 Dear Friends and Supporters of FFF, As everyone knows, these are challenging times for the advocates of liberty and limited government. Which means that we just have to work a little harder to achieve our goal of a free society! That’s exactly what we’re doing here at FFF — and, to be honest, we are tremendously enjoying ...
