The Other McCain

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

Somebody Has To Stand Up For The SEIU

by Smitty (h/t Nice Deb) Everyone is giving the SEIU the Dan Quayle treatment for inability to spell ‘American’. Joke’s on you. SEIU representative Jessica Jacksonville* reveals the full sign should be understood as: Standing Up For The Actual Majoritarian Equal Redistribution Community Activist Neo-socialist Dream For certain ‘nightmare’ values of ‘dream’, of course. And, […]

Restoring Honor: Thank You, Warriors

by Smitty REFLECTING POOL, WASHINGTON, DC–It’s an hour into the Restoring Honor event. What a great undertaking. This is a great exercise in American Exceptionalism. Beck’s religiosity is right out front, but mostly ecumenical. While no mention is made of anyone in office, one wonders if the monitors carry the word ‘Faith’ to nearby residences, […]

Grinder Reminder

by Smitty Via IsraellyCool, we have this gem: While most people know about the ‘farmer tan’ on the arm, many don’t know that the parade field at a Navy boot camp is called a ‘grinder’. You get shaved bald, and walk around in the sun a few hours, and the result, for those of European […]

Attending A Uniquely Cool School

by Smitty The Naval Academy has a special claim to fame among American schools, and it was an honor to attend. Thank you, taxpayers! It was here that Ensign Albert Michelson conducted experiments to determine the speed of light with reasonable accuracy, which informed the work of Albert Einstein. Should we name more sons Albert? […]

What Did I Say?

“Dan Riehl is from New Jersey, as I often point out, and my advice to anyone who asks about him is always, ‘Don’t f— with Dan Riehl.’” Please examine what Dan does to Conor Friedersdorf in this Human Events column and pay especial attention to this: More troubling and misguided, if not dangerous, are his […]

Is The Government My Shepherd?

by Smitty Via Insty, John Samples at Cato says “They Should Earn Our Trust“. He concludes that these signs of distrust “point toward a widely shared conviction that the country’s public and private leadership is protecting its own interest at the expense of average (and even comfortable) Americans.” Via HotAir Gene Healy at the Examiner […]

Slight FMJRA Delay

by Smitty I’m off to support my local candidate, Patrick Murray, in the Retire Jim Moran effort. Will get the FMJRA finalized and posted early this afternoon. You’re encouraged to submit links if it looks like my flawed system for crediting our awesome readers is flawed to the point of having flaws. Remember: it’s important […]

Dear Mrs. Other McCain

As you know, I’m actually on a plane to California now, and this was written in advance for posting while I’m offline. The whole “traveling campaign correspondent” thing is kind of fun, but it’s tough being out on the road so much. Anyway, don’t forget I love you.

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