The Other McCain

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

Bill Maher Emits Truth

by Smitty He admits his audience is brainwashed liberals. Rob Reiner notes that this is what Maher attracts. Amazing. via American Glob

The Duke

by Smitty Slightly rough language here. This sounds like excerpts from a larger interview. Does anyone know the context?

Anonymous: You’re Doing It Wrong

by Smitty I suffered through this entire video: How hard is it to run a manifesto through a speech synthesizer and upload it to YouTube? Even to obscure the account that delivered the video? It’s bad enough to place yourself on a level with the Chief Executive, and order him about. What is worse will […]

Crowder’s 11 Scandals In 2011

by Smitty Crowder is quite good here. I appreciate his capacity to be funny when he wants to, and then shift gears to thoughtful punditry.

More Of This, Less Of Its Cause

by Smitty I didn’t bother posting on Alan’s earlier remark. But the apology, and forgiveness, are two of the most powerful and under-utilized tools in our culture. The former, because hearts are so hard that ‘New Tone’ is mostly honored in the breech, and the latter, because politics is blood sport set to something off […]

The Elephant In The Fail Room

by Smitty From Has the conservative elite really failed? Alan Greenspan, a free-market hero, blundered horribly in failing to regulate shadow banking, followed by another Republican appointee, Ben Bernanke. They forgot the old adage that the job of a central banker is to take away the punch-bowl just as the party is getting good. If […]

One Wonders: What Was The Context Of Cheney’s Deficit Remark?

by Smitty Ran across this last night, emphasis mine: Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill was told “deficits don’t matter” when he warned of a looming fiscal crisis. O’Neill, fired in a shakeup of Bush’s economic team in December 2002, raised objections to a new round of tax cuts and said the president balked at his […]

Rule 5 Monday: Boxing Day Edition

— compiled by Wombat-socho Laughing Conservative leads off this week’s Rule 5 roundup with a Catholic joke, while Randy’s Roundtable takes a midweek break with Nina Agdal and Laura Acuna. Three Beers Later has cartoon Christmas cuties and Joey Heatherton; Fishersville Mike celebrates the delayed start to the NBA season. El Opinador Compulsivo sifts through […]

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