The Other McCain

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

Brief Technical Note

by Smitty I ratcheted down my resolution to 800X600 and confirmed the email reports that, yes, this blog is slammed to the left side of the screen. To work on this, I save the blog locally, open that copy in the browser, get out the BFH, and tweak the .css. Except that there is enough […]

If Not the SOU, then Tax Day

by Smitty (h/t RPV Network) I’m still trying to coordinate lunch with the Pink Elephant Pundit to see what, if anything, will be shaking on the Mall for the State of the Union address this month. The abject failure of Al Gore’s Global Warming (colleague: “I told you: it’s Climate Change!”, to which I replied, […]

Interviewed at JIP

by Smitty Jumping in Pools requested an interview. Who am I to refuse such blatant ego massage? At any rate, back to work on the TO DO list.

Rule 5 Sunday

by Smitty

Rule 5 Sunday at the new digs. Welcome. Here we take all manner of links that are beautiful/handsome PG-13 or lower in intensity, and package them in the most liesurely fashion possible. Updates to Smitty for inclusion. Put “Rule 5” in the Subject field for easy queueing. To work:

Some Blues

by Smitty

Now and then a tune comes to mind, and you find yourself YouTubing. For starters, there is Tracy Chapman doing “Give Me One Reason”

The Nebulous Alan Colmes

I think that Alan Colmes implicitely raises one of the greatest questions a society can ask of itself: what information is passed from one generation to another?

In a mature nation, President Obama could go on TV and say, “Listen, we’re doing the best we can, but some terrorists are bound to get through.” But this is apparently a country that must be spoken to in childish ways.

And can you give one example of this nebulous “mature nation” of yours? How is this “maturity” measured, and maintained? The implication seems to be that maturity==indifference.

Now It Can Be Revealed

by Smitty

Many have asked just exactly what Stacy and I have done with all of the Federal grant money we got.

Tabitha Hale Proclaims the Year of the Citizen

An excellent post deserving a full read. But one bit of feedback, emphasis mine:

So how did we get here again? The short answer is that we got lazy. Quite simply, Americans don’t understand what it’s like to not be free. The average American has no concept of what it is like to live under the control of a government, and therefore has a false sense of security. As a nation, we can’t really comprehend the idea that our freedom could be taken away, so protecting our personal liberty isn’t a priority anymore – I don’t think I need to articulate how dangerous that is. Those in office do not generally like to limit their own power, which leads to, well, Congress. Our liberty is something we need to protect.

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