The Other McCain

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

The 1970s In NYC: Something Else

by Smitty Ed Driscoll, one of those great bloggers whom we don’t link enough, has a post about people waxing nostalgic for NYC’s seedier days. Admittedly, that was a little before my time, but it did bring to mind a funny bit from Our Dumb Century: Some humorless git seems to have left the funniest […]

Guys: Collective Guilt Is Not Sexy

A couple weeks ago, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the “Dear Woman” video — hell, no, I’m not gonna embed it here — in which a bunch of New Age dudes profess their intent to compensate for the historic oppression of women. Melissa Clouthier’s reaction: My initial response was to laugh so hard […]

How Ladd Ehlinger Went Viral And Flu Around The World

by Smitty Never mind my sorry pun fetish, read Ladd’s play-by-play in full. A wee cough: In space, no one can hear you scream. On youTube, no one HAS to watch your video and no one WILL unless you do something interesting. If, on the other hand, you’re an obscure politician in Alabama running for […]

Usefully Dealing With Birtherism

by Smitty It’s really cool of The Donald to go all high dudgeon about the birther nonsense this late in the presidential term. Dealing with it in a useful way, in contrast, is Arizona, whose ‘fool us once’ measure goes to the Senate. As with checking for valid ID at a polling place, checking for […]

Eating Crow About Sprinklerman

by Smitty Indeed, Boehner’s great big little cuts seem hardly a cause for capillary bleeding. The anti-Boehner chorus was a tad too shrill, in my estimate. Then again, I had relatively low expectations for the 112th Congress. You have to understand that our Ruling Class overlords still expect Americans to balk at the pain of […]

‘No Poor Man Ever Gave Me a Job’

As an impoverished American — hey, buddy, you wanna try raising six kids on a freelance journalist’s income? — I look on in amusement at the self-described “Patriotic Millionaires” who insist that they should pay more taxes. I agree with Moe Lane: “Raise Your Own Damned Taxes.” Contrary to all the class-warfare demagoguery pouring forth from […]

It’s Time Everyone Keep Their Naughty Bits Under Control

by Smitty This blog was relieved to hear that Girl On The Right’s cleavage is of the ‘First, do no harm’ variety. In fact, I like to think they improve any environment I happen to be in. Well, there you have it. Uplifting freshness for all. GOTR is responding to the The Carbon Trust Footprinting […]

A: Since Most Are Neither Productive, Nor Reproductive, Nor Paying Taxes

by Smitty “Since when is going to work and paying your taxes and raising your kids the alternate lifestyle in this country?” The blame for which, of course, must be laid at the feet of . . . wait for it . . . Boooooowsh. Ahhhh. Hadn’t had a Blame Bush moment in so long. […]

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