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

Review: “2016: Obama’s America”

by Smitty Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): 2016 is a fantastic first therapeutic step for that Lefty friend of yours. This blog doesn’t do movie reviews, being generally too caffeinated for extended screen staring. However, 2016: Obama’s America seemed a bloggable event. Here it goes. For a movie with a futuristic title, 2016 spends the bulk […]

20 August 2012: ‘Prime Minister’ Obama Should Pay Attention To Detail

by Smitty  (via KSDK) For context, there was the ‘Dishonorable Disclosures‘ video, where a cadre of non-active Spec Ops folks called out the administration for politicizing and jeopardizing warfighters in the effort to capitalize on the demise of bin Laden. The video has north of 3 million hits on YouTube. One might say a nerve […]

Bouie In: ‘Off-Beat Tales Of Racism And The Master Baiter; Wax On, Wax Oft’

by Smitty Via Jim Treacher’s Twitter feed, we have Jamelle Bouie Racism Plays a Big Part in our Politics. Period. This piece is so wretched that I won’t link it directly; you’ll have to swing through Google. And why might that be? Let me help: the Raaaaacism Industrial Complex (RIC) derives too much power from […]

President of a Black Fear

When I glanced at Memeorandum and saw the headline, it was impossible to suppress my groaning weariness with the worn-out theme: Fear of a Black President — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Monthly, September 2012 Show of hands: Nearly four years into the Age of Obama, is there anybody — anybody — interested in reading a 9,582-word “What It […]

What I’m Up To This Friday Night:
“2016: Obama’s America”
UPDATE: “The Hope And The Change”

by Smitty I’m looking to catch 2016: Obama’s America this Friday night with the Alexandria Tea Party. Instapundit links Hollywood Reporter: An anti-Obama documentary based on conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s book The Roots of Obama’s Rage will expand nationwide this weekend after doing notable business in select markets across the country — including in liberally […]

Is The U.S. Dollar Raaaaacist?

by Smitty Given the working definition of raaaaacism as ‘defying Obama’, one may be forced into an affirmative response: The trend is for Romney fundraising to increase, whereas Obama’s appears to have crested. Power Line notes: “Not only that, [Romney’s] advantage will be increased by what seems to be a more efficient–i.e., cheaper–campaign operation.” Whereas #OccupyResoluteDesk’s […]

When the Truth Goes Viral

‘Occupy the Truth’ rally in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2012 Photo by Pat Dooley (Hat-tip: Instapundit) Iowahawk’s observation — “Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math” — is well on its way to becoming world famous, and may yet become the final epitaph on Obama’s presidency. As I remarked Thursday: If voters can be made to […]

#ObamaSoftBallQuestions Is Private Property A Conservative Plot?

by Smitty #ObamaSoftBallQuestions Springsteen “Blinded by the Light” mentions a “teenage diplomat.” Was that the dip’s age, or do teens need an envoy? — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) August 18, 2012 #ObamaSoftBallQuestions There seem to be a lot of negative survey and employment reports. In the final analysis, are numbers raaaaacist? — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) August […]

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