The Other McCain

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

Can You Hear Me Cheering From The Middle Of Asia?

by Smitty (via Cubachi) Oh Kentucky, the pride you must feel in having a Senator who is packin’ the gear: Senator Rand Paul unveiled his five-year path to a balanced budget, which includes cutting four federal government departments: Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce and Housing and Urban Development. The proposal also calls for the repeal […]

Althouse Discovers A Problematic Pattern With Our Society: Living In The Present Tense

by Smitty Concerning the punkish online behavior of a couple of people she’s encountered in the last three weeks: Even if you have no human kindness at all and care only about yourself, how can a moment of passion be worth all the damage you do to your reputation? Do you think a potential employer […]

Virginia: Jamie Radtke For U.S. Senate? George Allen Had Better Guard His Six

by Smitty Though only a Virginian for the past twelve years, it’s hard to avoid a passion for the country if you spend much time in the Commonwealth. Patriotic radiation coming from Mount Vernon, perhaps. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to see someone like Jamie Radtke appear on the scene and command attention. Waking […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.18.11

by Smitty Well, not exactly. The Mighty Wombat appears to be under the weather, still. While awaiting his restoration to full health, your attention is drawn to the equally formidable Jimmie Bise. Get better, Wombat!

Note To Tim Pawlenty: Ladd Ehlinger

by Smitty SOL/Puffington Host reports that Governor Pawlenty has retained some Canuck named Baiano to improve the cut of his jib: Lucas Baiano, a 23-year-old former Hillary Clinton supporter, is Canadian-born and dresses in perfectly-starched white shirts, slim-fitting sports jackets and tight designer jeans. His job is to make Pawlenty appear larger than life. And […]

If I Had A Dollar For Every Time Someone Like A Fat Film Maker With A Baseball Cap Blathered About Insufficient Taxation, I Could Buy A Death-Porn Doorstop

by Smitty (title allusion) Stephen Edwin King: Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform. “As a rich person, I pay 28 percent tax… what I want to ask you is, why am I not paying 50?” Balls. Why don’t we, as a thought experiment, separate the gentleman from all of his property. All numbers are morally equivalent after […]

New Motherf–g Tone Update: ‘A Sense of Entitlement That Leads to Criminality’ UPDATE: Althouse Cyberstalker Says ‘Forced to Commit Identity Suicide’

UPDATE 10:55 p.m.: The terroristic screed against University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse was posted on a Web account of Madison resident Jim Shankman. In a Facebook status update about 9 p.m. this evening, Shankman wrote: Because of a right-blogosphere campaign to silence me, I have been forced to commit Identity Suicide. I have never supported or […]

I Wonder How Uncle Jimbo Really Feels About Rep. Lynne Woolsey

by Smitty Uncle Jimbo at BlackFive: Good lord there are far too many dim-witted buffoons in Congress to actually catalog, but Rep. Lynne Woolsey wins the Daily Douchebag award for this asininity. “General Petraeus is giving us the Charlie Sheen counter-insurgency strategy, which is to give exclusive interviews to every major network, and to keep […]

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