The Other McCain

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

Peopleware Goes To Software

by Smitty Megan McArdle makes a point that I think I can clarify a bit: The jobs that are being automated are the stable, well-paying jobs where you could settle in and know exactly what you’d be doing for years. As Arnold says, if you can define it, you can probably outline it specifically enough […]

Can McCotter Survive Where Bush Found Himself Whacked?

by Smitty Via McCotter on Twitter, my other favorite blue state Republican, after the recently beclowned Pawlenty, is introducing legislation to stabilize Social Security: The McCotter plan salvages both the Old Age and the Disability trust funds from that projected insolvency without reducing benefits, raising taxes, or increasing the age of retirement eligibility.

‘I Fear No Boy Named Sioux,’ Said Custer

by Smitty Title reference, for those who would mis-interpret. Weiner, the Left punts on 3rd down, systemically. It’s part of failing upward, which is what you do when you hate liberty and just want a nipple from a federal family breast stuffed in your face. It takes a very special person to try to talk tough […]

Kevin Jackson Gives BHO A Charlton Heston Makeover

by Smitty Kevin Jackson in Taki’s Magazine: Obama promised to deliver his ideas with no subterfuge. Unlike his actions in the past such as sealing his college transcripts, there would be transparency with jobs. Obama would not treat jobs like his birth certificate or his Harvard writings and other musings. Lobbyists are not welcome here, […]

Joe Miller Lives!

by Smitty Costa at NRO has an update: No longer in the national spotlight, Miller remains active in politics, speaking at tea-party rallies. I caught up with him in this small, suburban town, just north of Philadelphia, about an hour before he spoke at a tea-party event at a local farm, where he endorsed upstart […]

Cowardice Improves Nothing

by Smitty Just because you’ve become comfortable with the list on the ship of state does not justify inaction to correct the flooding problem. Althouse references Ed Kilgore: Every moment they spend sparring over the New Deal and Great Society is a boon to Barack Obama. Even if the incumbent cannot win a referendum on […]

So, Does This Mean Bono Should Be The Front Man For Rammstein?

by Smitty (via Insty) Surber ojects vigorously to rock stars ascribing American citizenship to themselves: No, Bono, is not an American — one day a year or 365. Who in the heck does this pompous Irish think he is standing in Canada and presuming that he is an American? When did he stand in line […]

Twitter As A Means Of Public Confession

by Smitty It hurt, but I feel better. Still won’t swing Catholicism:

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