The Other McCain

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

Not Even Chesley Sullenberger Could Have Made The Spruce Goose A Success

by Smitty Chesley Sullenberger is as close to immortal as a pilot can get, after his Hudson River heroics. But even that skill could not have made the Spruce Goose a success. Progressivism is the political equivalent of the Spruce Goose, on a variety of levels. However, BHO is no political Sullenberger, despite the prodigious propaganda […]

Is BHO Crazy Like A Fox?

by Smitty Looking at the “Lincoln founded the GOP” kerfuffle, one is tempted to wonder if the verbal gaffes aren’t intended as a distraction. Gunwalker and Solyndra really should be even bigger deals than they are; nothing short of a thorough investigation is enough for these scandals. And, sure, the Lincoln gaffe is another brick in the […]

SCOAMF Scandal: Investigation of Obama’s Solyndra Cronies Continues

Big trouble with Obama’s “green energy” scam buddies: Federal agents have expanded their examination of the now-bankrupt California solar power company Solyndra, searching the homes of the company’s CEO and two of its executives, examining computer files and documents, iWatch News and ABC News have learned. Agents visited the homes of CEO Brian Harrison and […]

World’s Youngest Blogger Reacts To Obama’s Speech, Phone-In, Whatever

Come on, Mr. President: a 50 days old I’ve done less whiffy work in my nappies than you’re doing at 50 years. Some really good grown-up commentary here, at Heritage, which seems interested in ensuring I retain some. Update: Linked at Publius Forum. Update II: Linked at Republican Redefined. Update III: Yeah, Camp of the Saints; yeah.

‘The American Jobs Act Will …’

“. . . never even make it out of committee in the House.” Let’s be brutally honest, OK? I’m looking through the text of Obama’s speech and seeing all these assertions about what his plan will do: The American Jobs Act will repair and modernize at least 35,000 schools. It will put people to work […]

Stimulus; Ground Zero; ObamaCare

by Smitty Stimulus; Ground Zero; ObamaCare: resist we much. I love the sound of plaintive Progressive attempts at dialogue shaping in the morning. It sounds either like . . . victory, or that crunchy note struck by a fat bug impacting a windshield on a vehicle at speed. Via Insty, this Forbes article on our societal […]

Yet Another Failure by Rick Perry (And Notes on the Carter-ization of Obama)

“The simplest way to define conservatism is this: The belief that liberalism is wrong.” — Robert Stacy McCain, June 15, 2009 The Texas governor has failed to eradicate the few remaining “pockets” of Democrat Party “enthusiasm” in the Lone Star State, according to liberal Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress: I’m prepared to say that I […]

What’s the Matter With Kansas?

Nothing at all, as evidenced by these billboards Dan Blatt saw on I-70 near Fort Riley: SCOAMF. IYKWIMAKITYD.

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