The Other McCain

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

Dear Stacy

by Smitty Please make sure no one finds out I was born in Oregon. It would be shameful for anyone to know that the state where I was born has been completely sodomized by a crop of un-American degenerates. Yes. California. I blame expat granola-heads for destroying my home state’s moral fiber. Stacy, I know […]

‘Marriage’ Is A Complete Concept

by Smitty Prefixing ‘marriage’ in any way adds no meaning to its proper, timeless understanding. Frank J cogently argues “The Arguements For Gay Marriage Are Incoherent“. Given that one finds the behavior of others is often incoherent, I like his point #2: Given that marriage is a religious institution that the government participates in, there […]

Quit Picking On Bono!

by Smitty (h/t Insty) This insistance that Bono and U2 are somehow bad just because they are dodging Irish taxes on their music publishing is way offbase. Points to remember about about Holy Progress: Hypocrisy is supposed to be an art form. Dodging taxes is a spiritual activity that should be undertaken from bloody Monday […]

God Bless The Lazy Farmer

by Smitty This post is the blogospheric equivalent of Norman Rockwell. Totally needed that. The simple photo of a truckload of honest work really made my day.

Thank’ee, Bernanke

by Smitty It looks like ‘action’ now means ‘value’: The Fed would be “prepared to take additional action, obviously, if conditions warranted,” including the purchase of more Treasury securities, Bernanke said yesterday after U.S. central bankers met in Washington. <shatner_voice> Farce… the Financial Frontier. These are the voyages of the Federal Reserve. Its five-score-year mission: […]

Individual Compassion: Federal Task?

by Smitty I’m concerned that Lowry at The National Review may be missing the larger point. His article’s point, that we should expect some bizzare pivot on the part of the media to long for the days of Bush43, is a good one, as far as it goes. The Chris Matthews of the world are […]

Freeberg Nears A Breakthrough

by Smitty M. K. Freeberg is one of the deeper thinkers in the blogosphere. Here he is dealing with some organizational behavior issues. RTWT, but let me focus early on. Yesterday was the first 20% of a work week. I clocked out on time, and returned home in the daylight to attend to the personal […]

Cut, Cap, And Balance

by Smitty My own thoughts on fixing the fiscal mess are probably too radical for reality. The Cut, Cap, and Balance pledge looks like a place to begin. Also important: trust building activities. Given that the government, as a whole, has completely expended all confidence in its veracity, the idea of a “Balanced Budget Amendment” […]

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