Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Very Harry

Guy Smith | July 11, 2007

I received this in a file filled of military posters from a relative who works in the service, and is a former Ranger.  If the boys and girls in fatigues and in the Pentagon think this little of Harry Reid, then you know for who they are (and are not) fighting.
For those who wear reading [...]

(San Francisco) Chronic Failure

Guy Smith | July 10, 2007

I hesitate to bite the editorial hand that occasionally feeds me, but the masthead memo last Sunday at the San Francisco Chronicle concerning the Tiahrt Amendment (“Aim for safety”) rhetorically missed the target.
The goal behind this series of legislation is to prevent well-documented abuse of a law enforcement tool for political gain. San Francisco was [...]

Philly Foulness

Guy Smith | July 8, 2007

ABC news, which was marginally reliable before Peter Jennings puffed his last breath, has now sunk to a journalistic low previously unknown outside of Dan Rather’s alleged mind.
This evening ABC pandered to the Bloomberg clique of inept mayors who are blaming guns and trafficking for their inability, or more likely their unwillingness, to put enough [...]

Pump Up The Violence

Guy Smith | July 7, 2007

One of the arguments against a “time certain” withdraw from Iraq is that terrorist in residence would ramp-up violence as that date approached.  This conclusion goes beyond common sense and enters the realm of prophesy.
And so it should have been with the September 15th reporting date of progress, or lack thereof, in Iraq.  Yesterday, General Petraeus [...]

Prius Pride

Guy Smith | July 5, 2007

Speaking of Prius’ and their owners, we see that hybrid motivations are not so altruistic.
The New York Times (a source normally not worth trusting), carries a piece noting the half of recent Prius owners bought their mobile tin cans because “it makes a statement about me.”  In other words, less than half of Prius owners [...]