The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

F(orget) The Dumb S(tuff)

by Smitty Via Instapundit, there is yet more talk of wrenching on the tax code. FTDS, as we used to say in my early days in the Navy. Maybe Paul Krugman or some other Eclownomist can explain how the country is helped by Having one pack of fools write an unintelligible tax code, Necessitating the […]

Morris Dees Linked to Right-Wing Libertarian Extremist

Namely the notorious crazy-hater Glenn Reynolds: Back in 1995 I was on MacNeil/Lehrer with Morris Dees . . . MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour: Hotbed of Hate!

‘Message to the National Republican Establishment: Stay Out of Our Primary’

Ever since John Cornyn and the NRSC backed Charlie Crist in Florida last May, that’s been the basic message of Not One Red Cent. But if you thought Florida Republicans were outraged at national GOP meddling in their primary, just wait until you see the ‘Bama buzzsaw that hits John Boehner when he gets to Huntsville on Monday: […]

Whatever Happened to Crazy?

The endless theorizing about Pentagon shooter Patrick Bedell inspires James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal to observe:  We suppose if Cindy Sheehan ever picked up a gun and started shooting, the media would describe her as a “right-wing extremist” too. It inspired me to write a 1,900-word essay based on Chris Rock’s question: “Whatever happened to […]

Have Blog (And Fedora) Will Travel

Pete Da Tech Guy has been inspired by the success of his CPAC trip: Do you have an event anywhere in the country that you want covered? I’m willing to do it. My fee is very straightforward. 1 week: $1000 plus expenses. . . . My total hits for Jan & Feb were over 80% […]

Fumbling Majority Jerks Recklessly, Arhythmically

by Smitty Two months into the second quarter of the Worst Administration Ever, coupled with The Congress That Shall Live in Infamy, and atrocious ideas continue to shamble forward, zombielike. I’m moving toward the suspicion that the left knows that ObamaCare is pure fail, and that their goal is to make the death of ObamaCare […]

One Fails To Understand How David Brooks Breathes

by Smitty David Brooks excreted another verbal puddle of nonsense into the NYeT yesterday. He sets out to compare/contrast people who are alerted to the Constitutional threat with…hippies. About 40 years ago, a social movement arose to destroy the establishment. The people we loosely call the New Left wanted to take on The Man, return […]

One Bong Hit Away From Murder: Warning Signs of Psycho-Libertarianism

“[E]veryone knows that marijuana is a gateway drug to libertarianism.” — Tom Maguire, e-mail to Professor Glenn Reynolds The Psycho-Libertarian Dopehead Menace continues to stalk the blogosphere and everybody’s starting to catch a contact high. Meanwhile, a report from the Los Angeles Times raises the question: Which came first, the heavy marijuana use or the murderous […]

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