The Other McCain

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

Junk My Dad Says About BHO

by Smitty I usually call my dad on my drive home from work and commiserate. Dad had an interesting take on the whole literary agency ‘born in Keyna‘ business. He worried that the Obama camp is deliberately leaking the information that Breitbart is uncovering a means of rubbing the faces of patriotic Americans in the […]

#ObamaYachtNames Unexpectedly

by Smitty Here’s a hash where I can play. Having 4.5 years of sea time, I’ve got some obscure jokes. The search doesn’t return all my tweets, especially the obscure ones like ‘Narcissus’ and ‘The Good Ship Venus’. The Good Ship Venus, aka Friggin’ in the Riggin’ Not safe for work:

Is Thurmont Ready for the Occupiers?

When the decision was announced in March that the G-8 summit would be moved from Chicago to Camp David, the “Occupy” movement claimed it as a victory, saying that their planned protests had frightened away the summit organizers. Yesterday, I noted that the Occupiers have announced plans to descend in force on tiny Thurmont, Maryland, the […]

The Politics Of DirecTV Advertising

by Smitty Via email from Maggie Thurber, we have an epic WSJ comment: When you vote for Obama based on “Hope and Change” you get suckered. When you get suckered you cry in front of your girlfriend during acceptance speeches. When you cry in front of your girlfriend during acceptance speeches, she questions your manhood. […]

Is ‘Morally Repugnant Political Whores’ an Acceptable Synonym for ‘Democrats’?

Apparently, Mike Huckabee doesn’t think so, because he’s asking Citizens United to pull a fundraising letter he “wrote” that used that phrase to describe Obama’s advisers. Our First Gay President Who Ate a Dog is the target of a $25 million TV advertising campaign by a conservative super-PAC: Isn’t it weird how that ad completely […]

Fear and Loathing in Thurmont: G-8 Summit Will Be 15 Miles From My House

Oh, I wouldn’t miss this for all the Euros in Athens! Thurmont ready for G-8 Summit, not worried about protests THURMONT, Md. – Eight leaders of the world’s largest economies will converge on Camp David this weekend for the 38th annual G-8 Summit, which will likely bring protesters from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Caught in […]

You Have To Admire A Broken Record That Can Skip For 3+ Years

by Smitty Younger readers may not understand that, historically, recordings were distributed on vinyl discs, with audio information transferred from the vinyl to amplification electronics via a needle. The information was laid out in a spiral on the disc. It was fragile, and slight damage could turn that spiral into an infinite loop. Bush did […]

Rutherford B. Hayes Weighs In On #ObamaInHistory

by Smitty News of #OccupyResoluteDesk’s tampering with Presidential biographies on whitehouse.gov, going back to Calvin Coolidge, is currently rocking Twitter. Also, note this brutal Tumblr feed. Reached for comment, Rutherford B. Hayes, related BHO’s record to an aromatic old saw from the South: By what miracle is Obama going to crawl out from under this […]

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