The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Not really a new beginning

Hi. This is my first FMJRA. I’m not as creative as Smitty, so you won’t be seeing creative backronyms any more unless you want to suggest some. You also won’t be seeing links back to sites on Blogger unless you submit them to me; please e-mail those no later than Friday so I can add […]

Friendly Murray’s Jocular Rejoinder Available

by Smitty Blogging can be rewarding, as I discovered. Thursday there was a post at RetireJimMoran.com about “Gentleman” Jim denigrating military service. So I wrote the most scathing post possible, as did a bazillion other blogs, circulated it, as one does, and Friday the story was on the local news. While Patrick Murray is doing […]

Fueling Moran, Jim’s Retirement Apprehensions

by Smitty Great time at the local campaign office last night. The place was packed. The phones were manned, and the workspace was fairly well crammed with volunteers who blew through the raw material for approximately 10k yard signs. The numbers don’t lie: it’s a tough race, but it’s only lost if this country has […]

Few Miles Journeyed to Richmond: Adavantageous

by Smitty The Virginia Tea Party Convention has been a success. Attending an event in a full-on convention center means that the booths and the speakers have much more room. It’s far less cramped than CPAC has been. We couldn’t wish for better speakers and breakout sessions. I’ve got 16Gb of video that is going […]

Finally Milano Justifies Retweet Abjurations

by Smitty Briefly: it looks as though, in trying to work on one issue, I may have caused others. The autopsy is still out, the lesion earnedlesson learned holds constant: there is no royal road to information technology. Kudos to Silver Logic for remarkable patience in the face of challenging customers. Certainly there are better […]

Ferocious Marine: Journeying Respectfully to Appalachia

by Smitty I need to get on the road within the hour to make Lewisburg, West Virginia by noon. If fortune smiles, I’ll produce a daily series of brief clips of a fellow who is the Genuine Article telling a story for the ages. Last Sunday, I met one of his daughters at the 9/12 […]

Fulminating, Malevolent Jackalope Revenge Arrangements

by Smitty The FMJRA salutes with a thumb pointed downward the terrorists of the world, great and small, who do everything from park planes in buildings to training suicide deer to attack automobiles, to mooching canolli at airports, to pondering commission of odious acts like burning scriptures. Some may say the preceding ‘graph is a […]

Flying Miles Journeyed Render Awesomeness

by Smitty Nothing like the joy of answering the critics in a positive way, like Stacy scoring an exclusive with Todd Palin during the recent Alaska trip. Tip jar hitters are welcome to bask in the glow. If this blog’s tip jar excites you not, *sniff*, then do consider this week’s Ten Buck Fridays winner, […]

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