The Other McCain

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

Would Libertarians Practically Achieve
“A World Without Moral Judgments”?

by Smitty While a tremendous Nick Gillespie fan, I can’t suppress a guffaw at this: I submit to you that few statements are more wrong than saying “libertarians might want a world without moral judgments.” From my vantage point, one of the things to which libertarianism is dedicated is the proliferation of moral judgments by […]

Let Them* Eat Debate (*Krugmanauts)

by Smitty More at KrugmnanDebate.com.

Senator Rand Paul At CPAC Live Blog #StandWithRand

by Smitty 13:36 Metallic “Enter Sandman” bumper music. 13:37 I get 10 minutes. I brought 13 hours of material. I have a message for POTUS: 13:37 No one person gets to decide guilt or innocence. My question was whether Presidential power has limits. 13:38 President Obama signed an indefinite detention bill, for all he says […]

Seven Years In The Valley

by Smitty I’m off to CPAC, but wanted to offer a salute to our left-coast affiliate, Valley of the Shadow, courageously trying to sort out that Pacific bowl of granola, while we yuck it up here. Keep the pimp hand strong, Joe!

Future Kentucky Sen. Puffy Face: Everything She Doesn’t Like Is Rape

She’ll have fun running in Kentucky on this platform: Using graphic language in an opinion piece about “conflict minerals,” potential U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Judd in 2010 accused those who buy Apple products of “financing mass rape.” “Apple is known for the clean lines of their products, the alluring simplicity of their designs,” Judd wrote in […]

Whittle Lays It Down On Voter Fraud

by Smitty About the only thing I’d add here is that we move Veteran’s Day to the first Tuesday in November:

‘Clean-Up on Aisle Nine!’

Am I a good judge of what is or is not offensive? Usually, and at times I am quite deliberately offensive. National Offend a Feminist Week each May is an annual occasion (always the week leading up to Mother’s Day, because if there’s anything feminists hate, it’s motherhood). However, just because there’s one special week doesn’t prevent […]

Tell The GOP We Want Reform

by Smitty What I said here at Boehner’s little site: I blame the input more than the output. Instead of a proper economy, with taxation funding an enumerated set of federal services, things run backward now. “Zimbabwe” Ben Bernanke prints the money, DC hands it out as increased spending, and everyone pretends this is sustainable. […]

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