Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

God Substitutes

Guy Smith | November 29, 2006

Interesting how people who don’t believe in God are so prone to want to play the part.

Value

Guy Smith | November 27, 2006

“Price” and “value” are different.  Those who understand the difference and can locate those who don’t, will obtain wealth.

Melton Meltdown

Guy Smith | November 25, 2006

We sadly expect hypocrisy from politicians.  It appears to be an occupational hazard.  Yet once in a while this disorder metastasizes itself to the point one would expect the patient to expire instantly.
Such is the case with Jackson Mississippi mayor and Michael Bloomberg love slave Frank Melton.  Like his fellow lemmings, Melton sprinted straight for [...]

Bridges to Nowhere

Guy Smith | November 22, 2006

I was at a songwriter’s event in Berkeley (and what the Sam Hell an ex-cowboy is doing in Berkeley, California is another question altogether) when a competition judge warned the participants “You’ll stand a better chance if your song has a bridge.”
Being cut of rough cloth, I thought this notion absurd and an insult to [...]

Unhealthy Care

Guy Smith | November 22, 2006

Do liberals have a genetic deficiency in mathematics?
I ask in all due seriousness (or at least as much seriousness as I can summon) given their poor record in predicting the cost of government programs.  I give the libs ample windage in as much as government is chronically ineffective, inefficient, and inane, and predicting any part [...]