The Other McCain

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

‘This Must Be Just Like Living In Parodys’

by Smitty It’s sort of a shame that public dialog seized upon Rep. Hank Johnson’s remark to Admiral Robert Willard about the Navy’s plans to relocate to Guam. Saying that “My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated it will tip over and capsize,” whether in hyperbole or as a result […]

VIDEO: Dan Quayle’s Son Inadvertantly Makes the Case for Vernon Parker

Neil Cavuto gives Ben Quayle a few minutes on Fox, and the kid manages only to lock up the clueless slacker vote:

John Cornyn and the Eunuch Anacephalic ‘Leadership’ of the Republican Party

Drew M. at Ace of Spades says John Cornyn is “starting to go wobbly,” which involves the wholly unwarranted assumption that Cornyn was ever steady to begin with. It was Cornyn who, by giving the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s endorsement to Charlie Crist — 15 months before the Florida GOP primary — sparked the Not […]

Day By Day And The Righteous Allusion

by Smitty Day By Day makes a great historical allusion that merits mention. As a part of the Battle of the Bulge, the Siege of Bastogne had the fascists pinning down the 101st Airborne for a week. “When confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for surrender of Bastogne, [Brigadier General McAuliffe] replied […]

So Much for That ‘Rising Risk’

Eugene Robinson’s fear — or should I say, hope? — of a “serious threat of domestic terrorism . . . from the far right” turns out to be far-fetched: There’s a lot of anger out there. But the alleged plot by Midwestern militants and violent outbursts by scattered individuals don’t signal any coming wave of […]

A Thought About The Bill Of Rights

by Smitty The First and Second Amendments were exactly that: not components of the original draft Constitution. Does anyone seriously think that, without those bedrock protections, that this country would have met its Progressive demise much sooner, and that the Tea Parties would be as beat down as Iran’s Green Revolution? I usually don’t enjoy […]

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