The Other McCain

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

Humor Sites Become Worrisome

by Smitty Hard to believe Parliament of Whores is nearing 20 years old. That classic surveys, in a humorous way, the crap-tacular organizational behavior problems that were just kind of amusing then, and quite literally threaten the solvency of the country now. Farm policy is among the more glaring examples of Federal policy silliness O’Rourke […]

Stacy And I, Combined, Haven’t The Charm To Garner An NYT Quote

by Smitty . . . Barabara Espinosa, on the other hand, does: The interesting crosscurrents in the contest are seemingly endless. Mr. Parker appears to enjoy support from the same people getting behind former Representative J. D. Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Republican primary with a hard right elbow to the […]

Who Is Jon Scott Ashjian?

We know that he owes $200,000 in back taxes. We know that his “Tea Party” candidacy is Harry Reid’s only hope for re-election. There are many questions being asked in Nevada: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is facing Republican accusations that he’s behind the emergence of a third-party Tea Party candidate on the ballot who […]

That Ain’t Country Music

I’m not one of these hard-core purists, who denounces any artist who strays too far from the original formula, despite my hereditary Old School tendencies. (My mother worked for the Atlanta office of RCA Records when I was a kid and used to bring home authographed records by Eddie Arnold, etc.) And I’m OK with […]

Progressives Awaken To The Idea That Americans Hate Progressivism

by Smitty Mike Madden at Salon listened to Glenn Beck, and likens his war on the word ‘Progressivism’ to Reagan’s war on ‘Liberal’. But instead of sitting back and letting “progressive” become the next American political boogieman — like what happened to “liberal” — some Democrats want to fight back. “This is the big fight […]

How Bad Is It for Charlie Crist?

“At this point, it doesn’t look like he could win a Republican Primary for Dog Catcher.” — Dean Debnam, president of Public Policy Polling Kind of a nice plan you had there, Mr. Crist. All you had to do was to embrace Obama and get John Cornyn’s big money boys at the NRSC lined up […]

Constitutional Question: Will There Be One By The Time The 111th Congress Is Done With It?

by Smitty Power Line posts on “The Slaughter Solution”. As in NY Rep. Louise Slaughter; we’re still advocating against violent, illegal actions against Congress. Speaking of illegal actions, will the Constitution’s stated intent for having revenue-generating legislation originate in Big House (the one with 435 seats) before moving over to the Little HouseSenate retain any […]

A Colleague Offered A Bit Of Rule 5 For The Ear

by Smitty Bitter:Sweet apparently did the soundtrack for Lipstick Jungle. I’d like to advance the theory that double ignorance is a blank check to post a video, for example The Bomb:Because nothing works like a woman whose voice is made of pure sensuality laid over some jazzy stylings.

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