Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

By a factor of 12

Guy Smith | September 27, 2006

Former President Clinton got a little testy on Fox News when Chris Wallace dared to ask Billy about Osama bin Laden inquiring “… why didn’t you do more, connect the dots and put them out of business?” Clinton in a fit of finger shaking indignation not seen since his historic “I did not [...]

Hospitals kill with germs

Guy Smith | September 27, 2006

A Pacific Research Institute email claims that simple infections kill as many Americas each year as AIDS, breast cancer, and auto accident combined.
You are safer having unprotected sex while driving than if you check into the infirmary.

Women and cats

Guy Smith | September 26, 2006

Cats are like women.  If you understand them, they make wonderful companions.  If you don’t understand them, then they are endless pains in the ass.

McMurtry Maddness

Guy Smith | September 24, 2006

James McMurtry is evidence that the line between madness and genius if very thin … thankfully.
Like a sonic lovechild born from Ray Wylie Hubbard and Tom Waits, McMurtry writes songs that are beautifully ugly in a down-home sort of way.  Waits can sing depressingly about alcoholic love affairs while McMurtry sings boisterously of alcoholic carnal [...]

Polygamy and monogamy

Guy Smith | September 23, 2006

Polygamy shows the dysfunction of monogamy. A man wants a different woman in his bed every night. A woman can barely stand the same man in her bed once a week.