The Other McCain

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

Kill Truck Informs Me She’s Now Reading ‘How to Get a Million Hits on Your Blog’

Looks like she’s got Rule 5 (“Everybody Loves a Pretty Girl“) nailed down cold, but she’s experiencing a problem I’ve experienced myself: Getting linked for the funny stuff, while more serious work gets overlooked: Kill Truck’s “something real” was an analysis of Peter Schiff’s Senate campaign in Connecticut, which included some observations about the Tea Party […]

HOPA You Understand. . .

by Smitty (h/t email from Red State Eclectic) No matter how clear cut your case for a righteous tell-off, you’re still advised to eschew such. Why? Unless the young lady in the picture series is going to start her own business, she’d better clearly articulate at the next interview that she’s not into recreational insubordination. […]

Calling Vernon Parker ‘Boy’? Quayle’s Smear Machine Backfires in AZ-3

A dozen candidates are seeking the Republican nomination to replace retiring Rep. John Shadegg in Arizona’s 3rd District, and regular readers know I’m 100% for Vernon Parker.  In March, our good friend Barbara Espinosa introduced me to the mayor of Paradise Valley, whose impressive resume is highlighted by the fact that he got his start in politics with the legendary Lee […]

After Two Blog Posts, She Was Contacted by Five Literary Agents and . . .

. . . now has less traffic per month than I get in an average week, and yet is deemed so popular that she’s scheduled to appear later this month on The Today Show. Novelist Theodore Beale is also pissed: I happen to notice that my own little blog appears to have had 208,595 visitors last month, in […]

Top Ten Reasons David Letterman’s Ratings Suck on the Forest Moon of Endor

“Broken-Down Old Man Perving on Zooey Deschanel” really seems to bother Ace of Spades. 

Marriage of Convenience? No, Rosie O’Donnell Had a Marriage of Vengeance

The most absurd episode of Blame Bush Syndrome evah! “George Bush, in the middle of a war, had an all-station news conference to announce how horrible it was for the safety of America that gay people were getting married in San Francisco, which pissed me off enough to get on a plane and go get […]

‘Humble and Polite’ Bloggers?

Diana Adams lists “22 Traits of Successful and Happy Bloggers,” including this: Humble and Polite – Humility and politeness go a long way in blogging and in life. Smart and savvy bloggers know this. I dunno. Arrogant and obnoxious have worked pretty well for me. We await commentary from mild-mannered Dan Riehl and the unfailingly […]

What’s Dave Weigel Up To?

His first article at Slate has a bizarre and complex subject: Democrats are telling him (evidently in all seriousness) that they are afraid Republicans will use the scandals of Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel as a latter-day “Willie Horton” gambit. Really? I mean, really? If we are to take Weigel’s Democratic sources at face value, […]

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