The Other McCain

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

Is Torie Bosch Really An Idiot?

by Smitty Torie Bosch has deliberately, diabolically misconstrued Chris Christie, and Ann Althouse, unexpectedly, seems to want to take Bosch seriously, leading to much cognitive dissonance: But it’s not enough here to say Bosch is an idiot or that Bosch’s idiocy exemplifies the pathetic present-day feminist web-writers and impugns the entire enterprise of feminism — [...]

Small Arms May Stop Spread Of Tuberculosis At #OccupyObamaVilles

by Smitty Ladd Ehlinger seems surprised that anarchy, poor sanitation, and the onset of winter can lead to outbreaks of diseases like tuberculosis. I disagree with those who said the Occupy movement was doomed at the first sign of winter. This is because I have never seen it as a grass-roots movement, but one cooked [...]

Bubba Got Crushed

by Smitty Over at Althouse, a poll choosing between a third round of Bubba or W. For 2K votes, W has 80%. I don’t know that Ann’s readership is all that right of center, either. While retaining some personal regard for Bush, I don’t think his policies did too much to help attack the generational [...]

No One Says That #OccupyResoluteDesk Has Much To Hide, But He Acts That Way

by Smitty President Obama’s attorney sent a letter to Congressional investigators on Friday, saying the White House would not cooperate with a subpoena requesting documents related to its doling out a $535 million loan guarantee to now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. “I can only conclude that your decision to issue a subpoena, authorized by [...]

Does Endorsing The #Occupy Movement Signal That The Administration Is Going ‘Scorched Earth’?

by Smitty Via Althouse, you have to wonder what, if any, thought occurs in senior Democrat noggins: President Obama and the Democratic leadership are making a critical error in embracing the Occupy Wall Street movement—and it may cost them the 2012 election. Last week, senior White House adviser David Plouffe said that “the protests you’re [...]

Althouse on the Cain Train?

“I thought David Gregory really lost his cool early on, as he was questioning Cain about 9-9-9. If you watch the video, you can see he’s agitated and grimacing in a way that really lacks the usual polished journalist quality.” – Ann Althouse, “Herman Cain Nailed Meet the Press” This is an unexpected but really [...]

A Serious Debate About Affirmative Action

by Smitty Althouse, emphasis original: I know very well from long experience that it’s nearly impossible to have a rational, serious debate about affirmative action. But I am trying. I am trying to make this blog a place where we can do that. Let’s start here: racism, and also sexism are mostly DNA-based decision making. [...]

Maybe The Answer Is ‘We Obsess Too Much About Crotches’

by Smitty Am I jaded? Althouse: Single men earn less money the heavier they are, while single women earn more money the heavier they are. And: Lesbians earn more money than straight women. Almost a decade back, I started a PhD program, and one of the courses was “Philosophical Foundations of Public Policy” or some [...]

Your Motto Is ‘Forward’, Knucklehead

by Smitty Somebody tell this twerp on video over at Althouse’s site that Wisonsin’s motto is ‘Forward’. SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS is the motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia. One is tempted to say that the public sector unions are behaving tyrannically in Wisconsin, but that gives the unions too much credit. They’re behaving in an [...]

From the Undeceived to the Rube: My Second Notice of Your Previous Insult

It’s come to this: Not content to insult our intelligence by claiming that her vote for Obama in 2008 was a “rational choice,” now Ann Althouse has sown discord between Smitty and me, distracting me from important issues — there has been another royal upskirt incident that regular readers would normally expect me to cover in comprehensive detail [...]

Ann Althouse: Rube

“[Obama] really is a solid, normal person who remained grounded in the middle of all this craziness. And I like to think that, now that he’s President, with his steely nerve, his intelligence, and his groundedness, he’ll do the job that must be done. The trickery is over.” – Ann Althouse, Jan. 22, 2009 “The [...]

What A Morose Outlook

by Smitty (via Ann Althouse) Sendak, one wonders as to your eternal hope: “When I kick the bucket,” he begins – about to describe why he’s glad his stuff has ended up at the Rosenbach, where it will be seen, not archived – then goes parenthetical: “Which can’t be too long from now. I think [...]

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