The Other McCain

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

GIVE US RYAN!

This is an emergency post. Driving back from the AFP Defending the Dream Summit in D.C., I pulled off the freeway and logged on at a Burger King to get this online as quickly as possible: Mitt Romney must choose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential nominee, period. There is no time now to fully […]

‘Real’ Conservatives Of The Sunshine State, Crist Edition

by Smitty Former Florida Governor and Anderson Cooper wannabee Charlie Crist was on The Shark Tank’s radar: Crist recently gave a ‘full-throated’ endorsement of Senator Bill Nelson over Connie Mack, and Speaker Weatherford offered his take on Crist’s “evolution”- I guess it’s his coming out party, so to speak, so he is coming out and […]

WHO IS ‘MONTANA COWGIRL’?

WASHINGTON, D.C. During the question-and-answer session following a panel discussion at the Americans for Prosperity Summit at the Washington Hilton, a Montana activist stood up and began to explain a scandal involving a liberal blogger in his home state. The anonymous “Montana Cowgirl” blog has been doing professional-style “oppo” research work against conservative activists in […]

Tennessee Democrat Party Denounces Democrat Senate Candidate

Rachel Maddow spent five minutes on MSNBC tonight having a conniption over what is, for Democrats, a disheartening development: Mark Clayton believes the federal government is building a massive, four-football-field wide superhighway from Mexico City to Toronto as part of a secret plot to establish a new North American Union that will bring an end […]

Bishop E.W. Jackson At Fauquier County Tea Party Protest

by Smitty WARRENTON, VA–Thursday August 2nd there was a zoning hearing, where family farmers from a nearby town were up against the authoritarian power of the zoning board. The facts in the case seem incredible: “Fauquier County has crossed several lines by violating sensitive private property rights and individual liberty. The County is breaking the […]

Tom DeWeese Of American Policy Center At Fauquier County Tea Party Protest

by Smitty Yesterday this blog was privileged to attend and document a protest in favor of liberty, private property, and the general American imperative to resist the Bloomberg-ification (if you will) of our lives. Tom DeWeese of APC offers a high-level overview of the situation, touching on some of the creepier Agenda 21 aspects of […]

Tea Party Protest In Support Of Virginia Farmer Over Fauquier County Zoning

by Smitty First they came for the farmers. . . as was demonstrated at the Warren Green Building in Warrenton, Virginia. Previous reporting here. It was a pleasant summer day in what looked to be a quaint rural Virginia town. Not the kind of place you’d expect to be ground zero in the current national […]

Just Another Random Coincidence: Bomb Threat Shuts Down W. Va. Chick-fil-A

Maybe somebody just hates chicken sandwiches: Police and fire crews closed down the Chick-fil-A on Foxcroft Avenue in Martinsburg for nearly three hours following a bomb threat that was called in just before 1 p.m. today. The caller mentioned that a “device” had been placed within the restaurant. The building was evacuated, but was deemed […]

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