The Other McCain

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

Politico Stirs The GOP Pot

by Smitty According to Politico, a phalanx of Herman Cain accusers disguised themselves as the House GOP and staged a telephonic cat fight* over the Senate’s two month payroll tax holiday package: In a private conference call on Saturday afternoon, rank-and-file House Republicans complained bitterly about the contents of the deal, which would extend through […]

Bibi, You Rock

by Smitty Keep on rockin’, Bibi. Maybe you’ll teach #OccupyResoluteDesk something about leadership, in spite of himself. Via Barbara

Because I’m Libertarian Like That

An unfortunate incident: A barricade situation adjacent to the Northern Virginia Community College campus is over, according to Fairfax County police. The situation ended just before 10 p.m. Thursday. The incident took place on the eigth floor of the Skyline Terrace Apartments in the south tower of the two building high rise complex … in […]

Is Congress, Unexpectedly, Robbing Us Deaf, As Well As Blind?

by Smitty Dell Hill points to Director Blue’s post about the dirty truth of the nearly 1,000 Days of Budget Silence: Doug Ross’s asserts: What Democrats and big-government Republicans aren’t telling you is this: the Obama-Pelosi-Reid “one-time Stimulus package” was built into the baseline, which means each year that the Obamacrats can avoid writing a […]

Rep. Jim Moran Does The Right Thing On The National Defense Authorization Act

by Smitty The Senate’s bill to make CONUS part of the battlefield has been one of the creepier items of recent news. My Representative, of whom I am not always the biggest fan, let us say, had the following to say of this legislation, via Blue Virginia: “While the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes […]

OMG

by Smitty Observing My Government’s Overwhelming Monetary Gouging, One Might Guess Our Main Guarantee: Obama Must Go And, for a chaser, the Ott: Update: things that would be raaaaacist if I did them:

Responsible Elite In ‘A Face In The Crowd’

by Smitty At the suggestion of Ladd Ehlinger, I took in A Face in the Crowd, a 1957 Kazan flick that is well worth your time. ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes goes from nowhere to national stardom. Andy Griffith is powerful as an Icarian pop culture icon. The documentary on the DVD includes a couple of interesting quotes […]

House Calls Obama’s Bluff, Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension He Promised to Veto

However it turns out, score this a win for Boehner: Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the House on Tuesday passed a bill extending a cut in Social Security payroll taxes for 160 million Americans for another year. But the Democratic majority in the Senate vowed to reject the measure because of objections to […]

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