The Other McCain

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

So, Sarah Palin Is Not Running. . .
A Traditional Campaign

by Smitty I’m upgrading my Sarah Palin prediction from “not not running” to “not running a traditional campaign”. Ann Althouse looks at the scoffings of the Romney and Pawlenty campaigns, griping that Sarah is not following the conventional path, and then invokes Fred Thompson. Ah, Fred. The interesting question becomes whether the GOP will, petulantly, […]

Alinsky as Rhetorical Dadaist

by Smitty (h/t Big Peace) Andrew McCarthy in the National Review makes a perceptive point on our good President, noting how the duck-and-weave on Israel is straight out of the Saul Alinsky playbook. Also, that pattern is the same as what was used on ObamaCare. Emphasis mine: Obama is an Alinskyite, though, a practical radical. […]

World’s Youngest Blogger Rocks Him Some ‘Claustrophobic Blues’

by Unborn Son of Smitty Props to Chris Cassone for giving voice to the voiceless, and Jim Nowak for filling out the sound on bass. Also, special props to Burrius Maximus for the Fedora ‘shop. Now, let me launch this before my battery dies completely.

What Sort Of Tumor Is Progressivism?

by Smitty Why, pro-state cancer. Ba-dump bump *tsh*. Seriously, I am enjoying the worst bandwidth challenge yet to my blogger-fu. I have paid for three different Internet providers here, all providing roughly equivalent dis-service. The better news is that I’ve passed the halfway point on the deployment. Everybody, please continue to support Stacy’s mad quest […]

Where Have I Been?

by Smitty I’ve been in Mazar-i-Sharif for a couple of weeks. Camp Marmal, as it’s called, is on the east side of town. The Germans actually run this, and it’s highly international. Which means a lot of weird little rules, and lousy internet connectivity. After three tries, I finally found a card that logs me […]

Is Paco Taking A Steve Forbes Route?

by Smitty I don’t know what his Cain strategy is, perhaps a Great Wall of Pizza, but here is how Paco views the rest of the GOP field: I figure weekly trips to one of the better tonsorial establishments will give me an edge over Romney in the ‘important hair’ department, and I can out-drawl […]

It’s OK To Relax About Osama

by Smitty Pamela, I respect you endlessly, but I’m curious: where is the line on too much? Osama was given the proper, standard treatment for the deceased. Chaplains (I presume) did their job. Many of us, myself in particular, were repulsed and outraged by the revelation that the US military was forced to bury Osma […]

Let Me Generalize Mr. Rumsfeld

by Smitty Ace has a Ace has a Donald Rumsfeld post: “You Know, When You Discover An ‘Intelligence Jackpot,’ It’s Probably Best Not To Tell People You’ve Discovered an Intelligence Jackpot.” This is a crucial point that has come home to me while doing various things here in the graveyard of empires: Civil law is […]

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