The Other McCain

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

Insanity

by Smitty If insanity is when perception does not correlate with reality, then maybe hitting black ice while driving resembles that state. You’re driving along, you see the road, and then, unexpectedly, your tires just quit gripping thereon. Our federal government seems similar, a sad pack of crapflooders alternating between denial and blame, spinning randomly, […]

While I Agree With Gerard Here, Sometimes I Wonder If There Is A Point

by Smitty Gerard has a great point about circling the wagons here. Read and heed. If true conservatives want to have a truly conservative candidate in a truly conservative party they will have to commit to the long march. You know, “the long march” like the one the left took through out political, academic, religious, […]

Bill Maher Emits Truth

by Smitty He admits his audience is brainwashed liberals. Rob Reiner notes that this is what Maher attracts. Amazing. via American Glob

The Duke

by Smitty Slightly rough language here. This sounds like excerpts from a larger interview. Does anyone know the context?

Anonymous: You’re Doing It Wrong

by Smitty I suffered through this entire video: How hard is it to run a manifesto through a speech synthesizer and upload it to YouTube? Even to obscure the account that delivered the video? It’s bad enough to place yourself on a level with the Chief Executive, and order him about. What is worse will […]

Crowder’s 11 Scandals In 2011

by Smitty Crowder is quite good here. I appreciate his capacity to be funny when he wants to, and then shift gears to thoughtful punditry.

More Of This, Less Of Its Cause

by Smitty I didn’t bother posting on Alan’s earlier remark. But the apology, and forgiveness, are two of the most powerful and under-utilized tools in our culture. The former, because hearts are so hard that ‘New Tone’ is mostly honored in the breech, and the latter, because politics is blood sport set to something off […]

The Elephant In The Fail Room

by Smitty From Has the conservative elite really failed? Alan Greenspan, a free-market hero, blundered horribly in failing to regulate shadow banking, followed by another Republican appointee, Ben Bernanke. They forgot the old adage that the job of a central banker is to take away the punch-bowl just as the party is getting good. If […]

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