The Other McCain

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

Contemptible Attorney General Found In Contempt Of Congress

by Smitty Breitbart: Republican House leaders are finally holding Attorney General Eric Holder accountable for some of his actions. Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, drafted a 48-page contempt of Congress citation against him. The charge? Repeatedly obstructing and slowing the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. This […]

I Love The Sound Of Citizenship Arguments In The Morning–No I Don’t

by Smitty Update: Human Events is not Town Hall. Michael Zak at Human Events: Now that Mitt Romney has become the presumptive Republican nominee, there is speculation that the junior senator from Florida will be his running mate. Marco Rubio’s parents were from Cuba and did not become U.S. citizens until he was four years […]

Rock and Roll, and Other Subjects About Which Dan Collins Knows Nothing

Granted, this could be a very long post, but I just happened to notice Dan blathering on about some artsy New Wave poseurs and felt a need to point out the Neutral Objective Fact that no genuinely great rock and roll music was recorded after Sept. 25, 1980, the day John Bonham died. How awesome was Led Zeppelin? For the […]

Following Christ Is Not Being Pandered To By The Government

by Smitty Tim Stanley: American liberals have a schizophrenic view of God. When it comes to lifestyle issues, they think church and state should be separate. But when it comes to welfare, federal largesse morphs into Christian duty. I disagree with Stanley. American liberals view the state as a God-like parent. As with any parent, […]

First Person Plural: The John Edwards Scandal and America’s Discredited Elite

The pronoun obtrudes in this item on the John Edwards trial: What did Young, or any of us, see in Edwards? What did Edwards see in Hunter, for whom he risked his marriage, despite telling Young, according to his testimony yesterday, “that she was ‘a crazy slut,’ and there was a ‘one-in-three chance’ that it […]

#SaySomethingNiceAboutObama

by Smitty TweetDeck informs me that there have been 61 retweets, a personal record: I had a couple of other good riffs, available here a price that will shock you. Update: Daily Pundit thinks it ‘snappy’. Thanks, boss!

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.27.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS House Passes CISPA Act, Obama Threatens Veto Cybersecurity act passes with bipartisan support, 248-168, after adding Ruppersberger amendment to restrict scope of act to five specific purposes Attorney: Zimmerman’s Website Collects $200K Before Shutdown Money will probably be used to help fund defense after consultation with judge Former Liberian […]

John Edwards Is Now Non-Partisan

Michael Beisecker’s Associated Press story about Thursday’s proceedings in the federal corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards was 504 words long. “Democrat” was not one of those words.  

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