Tyranny at Home to Fight Tyranny Abroad by Jacob G. Hornberger June 23, 2017 President Trump has reminded us of how the U.S. government destroyed the liberty of the American people in the name of fighting tyranny abroad. Exercising the same dictatorial method that his predecessors have employed — executive decrees — he has made it illegal again for most Americans to travel to Cuba and spend money there. Trump’s justification? The communist regime ...
Conservatives Hate the Truth About the Troops by Jacob G. Hornberger June 22, 2017 After the publication of my article “Thank You for Your Killing,” I received a vituperative twitter attack by a self-labeled conservative woman, who called me an “idiot,” said I was “NO AMERICAN” (her caps), called me a “liberal,” said I don’t “deserve to live in the USA,” and accused me “dishonoring” the troops. That conservative’s attack on me is ...
They Made Us Reds to Fight the Reds by Jacob G. Hornberger June 21, 2017 At the end of World War II, U.S. officials told the American people that despite the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, America could not rest. That was because, they said, the United States now faced a new official enemy, one, they said, was arguably a bigger threat to Americans than Nazi Germany was. That new official enemy was the ...
The Bizarre Mindset of Gun-Controllers by Jacob G. Hornberger June 20, 2017 Just consider the latest shooting episode in Alexandria, Virginia. An angry and disgruntled leftist, James Hodgkinson, takes a handgun and an assault rifle to an Alexandria ball park and starts shooting a group of Republicans who are practicing for a baseball game. Hodgkinson begins shooting at them. The group is not able to fire back because none of them ...
Killing Muslims Will Land You in Jail by Jacob G. Hornberger June 19, 2017 Ever since the “war on terrorism” morphed into the “war on Islam” or “the war on Muslims” or “the war on radical Muslims,” I have warned people who subscribe to this notion: Do not go out and start killing Muslims in this so-called war because U.S. authorities at the state level will charge you with murder. Unfortunately, there have been ...
Thank You for Your Killing by Jacob G. Hornberger June 16, 2017 One of the most interesting bromides to enter the American political lexicon after the 9/11 attacks has been the line that Americans have been taught to say to American soldiers: “Thank you for your service.” Yet, hardly anyone ever makes a critical examination of what exactly the “service” for which they are expressing gratitude actually consists. It’s just automatically assumed ...
Violence Abroad Leads to Violence at Home by Jacob G. Hornberger June 15, 2017 The mainstream media is publishing the standard, predictable explanations for the latest shooting rampage, this one against Republicans playing baseball in a park in Alexandria, Virginia. The two most popular are the right of people to own guns and political rage. As with every other act of random killings here in the United States, the media misses the big one: ...
Tyranny Over There But Not Over Here by Jacob G. Hornberger June 14, 2017 One of the fascinating aspects of tyranny is that people can recognize it when it happens in other countries but are blind about it when it happens at home. The American people, especially the U.S. mainstream press, are a perfect demonstration of this phenomenon. Consider the following article from last Sunday’s New York Times: “Dilemma for Uber and Rival: ...
Will They Succeed in Removing Trump from Office? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 13, 2017 If the Pentagon and the CIA stepped in, removed Trump from office, took control, and promised a new election within a reasonable period of time, my hunch is that there would be a lot of established types, especially within the mainstream press, who would be ecstatic. They would lament that a coup had become necessary but they would justify ...
Assassination Is Murder, Even When the CIA Does It by Jacob G. Hornberger June 12, 2017 An article in last Friday’s New York Times provides a perfect demonstration of what the conversion of the federal government to a national-security state has done to the mindsets of many Americans, especially with respect to assassination. The article, entitled “Masquerading as Reporter, Assassin Hunted Putin Foes in Ukraine,” details an assassination attempt by a man posing as a ...
Why Should CIA Murderers Be Protected by Secrecy? by Jacob G. Hornberger June 9, 2017 Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen is upset with the New York Times for disclosing the identity of a CIA agent, Michael D’Andrea, who is a “covert operative running the CIA’s Iran operations.” In an article in the Post, he says that the information put D’Andrea’s life at risk. Of course, we’ve all grown up under the notion that it vital ...
Punishing People for Helping Dying Children Is Evil Too by Jacob G. Hornberger June 7, 2017 In my article “The Evil of Killing Children,” I pointed out how the U.S. government, in an attempt to achieve regime change in Iraq, knowingly and intentionally killed hundreds of thousands of innocent children in Iraq. Unfortunately, killing those innocent Iraqi children was not the only evil action taken by U.S. officials regarding the Iraq sanctions. They also went ...
