The Other McCain

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

Q: Contessa Brewer, Do You Have A Degree In Bimbology?
A: Yes, I Do, Highest Honors

by Smitty (h/t Scott’s Slant) Alternate title: ‘Hey, Contessa, if you’re going to play the Appeal to Authority card, you may want to ensure your authority is credible’. As a younger chap, I had some misapprehension that wisdom and intellect grew in a linear way as one assumed higher office. That is to say, by […]

Mitt Romney Lines Up Post-2012 Campaign Work

by Smitty And who can fault him? I thought B-movie actor was a way better gig for him, for all I really don’t have the attention span for horror flicks.

Jim Moran: Clownish Buffoon, Or Buffoonish Clown?

by Smitty (hat tip: BlogProf) Ol’ “Gentleman” Jim Moran just does Northern Virginia Proud: I suppose that, if you hold a condescending, equestrian viewpoint, and taxpayers are a flock of sheep to be shorn in support of your Vision of Progress, then Moran’s viewpoint may seem sensible. Moran’s point seems to be that if you’ve […]

‘The Undefeated’ Will Be Attacked With The Usual Non-Falsifiable Proposition

by Smitty LEIPZIG, GERMANY Howard Towt identifies a direction that the country needs to move in: a dispassionate viewer of the discourse. As you read his review, he’s underwhelmed by The Undefeated. Towt notes that TU is mostly built upon Going Rogue, which sold an awful lot of copies. If GR were fiction, there would […]

Afghan Task Of Turning The U.S. Into Land Of Corrupt Warlords: Fruitful

by Smitty The more you read about Fast and Furious, the more you wonder if the U.S. involvment in Afghanistan is about coaxing Afghanistan to be more like the U.S., or the reverse. We’re past the benefit-of-the-doubt stage. This is about the integrity of the borders, the U.S. government, and the future of the country. […]

USMC Assault On Media Continues Apace

by Smitty (via Libertarian Republican) Fresh on the heels of the Mila Kunis invitation to the Marine Corps ball, a martial arts instructor at Quantico has put Justin Timberlake himself on the spot:Rumors of a 6’4″ female chief bo’s’n who is strong enough to moor an aircraft carrier by herself trying to invite Ladd Ehlinger […]

From ‘Not Not Running’, To ‘Not Running Traditional Campaign’, To ‘Not Letting Americans Off The Hook’: Go, Palin!

by Smitty WAYTOOHOTABAD, KUWAIT. A few hours sleep, a bit of bandwidth, and a real sense that my R&R leave and meeting the World’s Youngest Blogger may not be the most important things going on, at least outside my immediate family. Via Instapundit, there is the Yahoo article about The Undefeated opening in some red […]

Steyn Sounds Less Than Confident On Debt Talks. Wonder Why.

by Smitty (via the WORM) Mark Steyn really tries to put a positive spin on the debt negotiations, but I think some of his private opinion may be creeping through his journalistic detachment: Nothing good is going to come from these ludicrously protracted negotiations over laughably meaningless accounting sleights-of-hand scheduled to kick in circa 2020. […]

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