The Other McCain

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

Regulations Not The Problem: Complexity

by Smitty I disagree here: How government became a deviant subculture is a story of good intentions gone awry. We tried to avoid government abuse by replacing individual responsibility with detailed rules and objective legal proceedings. Never again would officials play favorites or indulge personal prejudices. Government would be an efficient assembly line. I assert […]

Is The U.S. Dollar Raaaaacist?

by Smitty Given the working definition of raaaaacism as ‘defying Obama’, one may be forced into an affirmative response: The trend is for Romney fundraising to increase, whereas Obama’s appears to have crested. Power Line notes: “Not only that, [Romney’s] advantage will be increased by what seems to be a more efficient–i.e., cheaper–campaign operation.” Whereas #OccupyResoluteDesk’s […]

Todd Akin And Amendment 2.5

by Smitty One of those people you really don’t want to upset, Dana Loesch, is truly hacked off at those assailing Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin: Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which […]

Separated At Birth: Joe Biden / Ron Burgundy

by Smitty This blog cannot succumb to partisan bias. In the interests of even-handedness, we now present: This blog hopes that Ron Burgundy fans take no offense. via Power Line Oh, and, flog me gently with a claidheamh mòr: via Legal Insurrection

I Call A Bullish Hit

by Smitty Jammie Wearing Fools has a post pointing out pure silliness from the Obama campaign: “We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the […]

Geekzer Bait Taken

by Smitty To answer Daily Pundit, The old HP-48 is depicted here, along with a scrap of RPL I wrote against it in the dim, dark past. The old 48GX may not be as old as what Daily Pundit mentioned, but it’s just a great piece of hardware. As recently as 5 years ago, I […]

Separated At Birth: Paul Ryan / Patrick Duffy Edition

by Smitty It’s the Hey, Girl/Man From Atlantis connection: It’s Rule 5, but it’s also “man with female of the opposite sex to whom he is married,” and “man seen happily holding baby*”, two underrated ideas in our confused age. via Daily Pundit *Can’t determine if that’s one of his two sons or not.

#ObamaSoftBallQuestions Is Private Property A Conservative Plot?

by Smitty #ObamaSoftBallQuestions Springsteen “Blinded by the Light” mentions a “teenage diplomat.” Was that the dip’s age, or do teens need an envoy? — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) August 18, 2012 #ObamaSoftBallQuestions There seem to be a lot of negative survey and employment reports. In the final analysis, are numbers raaaaacist? — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) August […]

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