The Other McCain

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Event To Build Character Scheduled On Ann. Of Famous Speech On Character Denounced By Those Lacking Character

by Smitty This blog is looking forward to having a fine, American, a-political time at Glen Beck’s 8/28 event. From the 8/28 page: What can I bring? You can bring small umbrellas, bottled water (plastic bottles only please), bag lunches, snacks (e.g. Stacy’s vanilla pudding), lawn chairs, cameras, blankets, small coolers, backpacks, and flags. Also, […]

Call Me A Literalist

by Smitty However, this blog will echo CNSNews in calling foul about the tweaking of the Constitution that’s gone on at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Your tax dollars have been spent so that some Progressive could elide crucial bits of text: The full text of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 says: “The Congress […]

Pacific Ocean Wants To Sue Gulf Of Mexico For Limelight Thuggery

by Smitty Seth Borenstein, in Salon reports that we still have plenty of oil to fear in the Gulf: The evidence of microscopic amounts of oil mixing into the soil of the canyon was gathered by scientists at the University of South Florida, who also found poisoned plant plankton — the vital base of the […]

Is The Government My Shepherd?

by Smitty Via Insty, John Samples at Cato says “They Should Earn Our Trust“. He concludes that these signs of distrust “point toward a widely shared conviction that the country’s public and private leadership is protecting its own interest at the expense of average (and even comfortable) Americans.” Via HotAir Gene Healy at the Examiner […]

Bumped: VIDEO: If You Liked Reagan, You’ll Love Whittle

by Smitty Those of you who have not done so, watch Bill Whittle’s PJTV essay discussing the Ground Zero Mosque. Bill juxtaposes our modern cowards with the British cowards of 1938, then moves to the Mosque question. Wow. Spread this one around. Devastating on every level. Update: The Moderate Voice, for contrast, serves up Eugene […]

Yeah, But Tell Me About The Frogskins

by Smitty (h/t Paco) Thomas Sowell in RCP, on the Constitution being a urinal cake: While various political leaders have, over the centuries, done things that violated either the spirit or the letter of the Constitution, few dared to openly say that the Constitution was wrong and that what they wanted was right. It was […]

Ron Miller Question And Answer Part 3

by Smitty This is the concluding entry in the series of posts supporting Ron Miller, and his excellent book, Sellout. Here are the concluding bits of Q&A, plus a couple of bonus Bob Knight clips from the event. The most controversial issue: abortion Hammering churches for supporting our national shame. Bob Knight asks a puzzling […]

If There Was Ever A Time To Avoid Triumphalism. . .

by Smitty Even Allahpundit sounds chipper about the polling. Look, people: The election is weeks away yet. The Tea Party is always in danger of being hoisted on its own retards* (the GOP). Even in the case of a GOP win, the prize is a stinking debt diaper. Expect Sir Golf-a-lot to do exactly that, […]

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