The Other McCain

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

Affirmative Action Is Raaaaacism

by Smitty That’s a drum we cannot over-flog: The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 24% of Likely U.S. Voters favor applying affirmative action policies to college admissions. Putting government in charge of raaaaacism management, in the form of Affirmative Action, or some other falsehood, just distorts the economy and destroys civic […]

My Saturday Night in Hell

The Dam Site Inn in Hell, Michigan Don’t need reason. Don’t need rhyme. Ain’t nothing I would rather do. Going down, party time, My friends are gonna be there too . . . — AC/DC, “Highway to Hell,” 1979 TROY, Michigan We were nearly in Hell when it occurred to me that we weren’t actually […]

Rick Santorum On Meet The Press

by Smitty Rick Santorum does a fine job standing up to the job the American media won’t do with respect to any public figures on the Left: Santorum is using more ‘Teatard’ phrasings like ‘equality of opportunity’. Will the hefty Catholic presence in Michigan make the difference for Santorum on Tuesday? I rather hope so. […]

Trifecta Trounces Turbo Tax Timmy’s Tomfoolery & Turpitude

by Smitty Whittle’s head is on the verge of ‘sploding here as he tries to get his mind around the blend of idiocy and the diabolical presented to the Congress in the form of this year’s White House budget input. The question of why we are incapable of coaxing someone like Paul Ryan to run […]

Bluegrass Pundit Shocked, Shocked! At The Dems Taking Credit Where Not Due

by Smitty Who is surprised? See, when you reject the notion of truth, all numbers are morally equivalent. So it’s no big deal to state facts in such a way as to convey a message that contradicts reality directly. #OccupyResoluteDesk can argue that we’re producing more energy domestically than when he took office all he […]

Past The Dem Hypocrisy, There Is A Point Being Made

by Smitty Another day, another “Dems apoplectic over the same stunts they pulled in 2008” story. This time, the Democrats are whinging at being held accountable for the connection between lousy policy and high gas prices: The point here is that the Ruling Class model is that the population as a whole is a giant, […]

Ann Coulter: What?

by Smitty Is free speech a bad thing? The No. 1 conservative talk-radio host in America, Rush Limbaugh, is critical of Romney, and another top conservative talk-radio host, Mark Levin, is adamantly against Romney — though both Limbaugh and Levin supported Romney as the conservative alternative to John McCain in 2008, and Romney has only […]

God Rest The Souls Of The Dead Service Members In Afghanistan

by Smitty What a debacle: The U.S. commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan pulled scores of advisers from Afghan ministries after two high-ranking American military officers were gunned down Saturday at the nation’s Interior Ministry headquarters. U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen ordered the unprecedented move after an American colonel and major were both found shot […]

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