The Other McCain

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

If You Thinked That Romney Is Shocked By #OccupyResoluteDesk, You May Have The Problem

by Smitty Come on, Bill: How am I supposed to trust the judgment of a man who is such a dumbass that he’s actually shocked and surprised by Obama acting towards him the way Obama has acted toward every other political foe Obama has ever faced? This pathetic tale makes Romney out to be either […]

‘You Didn’t Lose Your Job. Somebody Else Made That Happen.’

And by “somebody else,” I mean, Barack Hussein Obama: U.S. jobless claims jumped 34,000 to 386,000 last week, the government reported Thursday, reflecting typical summertime fluctuations in auto-industry employment. Applications for unemployment benefits are now back to somewhat elevated levels after falling two weeks ago to a four-year low, suggesting the labor market remains sluggish. […]

Places I Arguably Should Not Go, #OccupyResoluteDesk Edition

by Smitty Obama’s attacks against the right continue: As American Power points out, “Despite Months of Negative Ads, Voters Not Buying Obama’s Dishonest Attacks on Mitt Romney” If someone else (the government) did it for Romney, How does Romney manage to be a diabolical capitalist, then? How is the government both the cause and the […]

Race Conditions

by Smitty Let’s face it: “the idea of two signals racing each other to influence the output first” is a real challenge we face in trying to dig our way to the top of the debt pit. For example, consider the efforts of the Nobel Committee and #OccupyResoluteDesksince 2009, as captured in this simple graphic: […]

VIDEO: New Mitt Romney Ad Slams Obama’s Wasted Stimulus Money

Here is the press release from the Romney campaign: ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES TELEVISION AD, “WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO?” Boston, MA – Today, Romney for President released a new television advertisement titled “Where Did All The Money Go?” President Obama’s time in office has been marked by political payoffs to the donor class […]

Rewarding Failure, Punishing Success

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is in many ways too radical — with dangerous overtones of Nietzsche — but clearly enunciates certain basic insights. In one of her characters’ monologues, Rand expresses the fundamental problem with the Marxist maxim, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” What’s wrong with that? It […]

Scott Ott Smiling? Not!

by Smitty The bit varying Barack Obama’s “If you built a business” Elizabeth Warren homage was worth a screencap:

More Cause for Panic at Obama HQ

Mitt Romney’s “Restore Our Future” super-PAC raised a record $20 million in June, yet another signal that Team Obama’s hoped-for financial advantage in the 2012 campaign has failed to materialize. The latest flurry of Democrat attacks on Romney’s private-sector experience — the frantic screams of “Bain! Bain! Bain!” — must be seen for what they are, […]

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