The Other McCain

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

Homo Bureaucratus: A Goal Set Is Essentially A Goal Achieved

by Smitty Via SOL/PuffHO: Seeking to show the public he understands the burden of rising gas prices, President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal of reducing U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, and vowed to break through the political gridlock that has stymied similar initiatives for decades. So, yeah, Jimmy C. made the DoE, […]

Should Justice Kagan Recuse Herself From Deliberating ObamaCare Suits?

by Smitty CNS News has some DOJ insight: “Brian, Elena would definitely like OSG to be involved in this set of issues,” Katyal told Hauck in his 1:05 p.m. email. “I will handle this myself, along with an Assistant from my office [name redacted] and will bring in Elena as needed.” In February and March […]

Disagreeing Agreeably

by Smitty American Power links Levin noting the Ron Paul people being intolerable. It’s a variation on the douchebag theme. Anybody can identify the faults in the logic of others. In Alinsky mode, you need to find that flaw and just pack it with every round of rhetorical artillery available. Or, as Genghis said: The […]

Quandry: The Best Musical Re-Write Of The President’s Libya Speech?

by Smitty Catching up on the blogs, it looks like the POTUS sounded like Bush minus the passion. My estimate of the conservative mood ring concerning the speech is somewhere around U2’s “Zooropa” The lyrics seem appropriate, for all the continent is a misfit: We’re mild and green And squeaky clean Zooropa… better by design […]

Proof Positive Props

by Smitty On a third blogiversary.

Answer: Because I Really Do Not Need A Rocket Suppository

by Smitty Ace asks: “Why Is the Media Covering Up The Kill Team Story?“. It was quite wrong for the media to endanger troops in the W era over Abu Ghraib. If you’ve let your emotional horses out of the barn, and feel that news of what a handful of twistos have done should be […]

Pardon Me While I Wallow In Schadenfreude About The VA Dems

by Smitty Via Retire Jim Moran, we have The Virginia Democrat with a delightful lunchtime diversion for you, emphasis mine: The Virginia Democratic Party has been “leaderless” for almost two years. We’ve had hit rock bottom. Let’s talk about some of the things that need to be fixed for me to come back into the […]

Good Tactically, But What Of Strategy?

by Smitty (via Insty) So the GOP is serving up paper cuts on the deficit dragon, and some think that’s OK, for example Fred Barnes in the WSJ: There’s every reason to believe the incremental strategy would continue to succeed. Democrats are flummoxed by it. They’d like to block more cuts, but they’ve been unable […]

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