Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Liquored Letters

Guy Smith | March 31, 2008

Bartenders will surprise you.
That I make this observation indicates that I have, upon occasion, stumbled into a bar. Hell, I’ve stumbled into two today, which is an easy feat to accomplish while loathing Las Vegas.
(I find myself in Vegas this week on business, again confronted by the fact that the Big Sleazy lacks a [...]

Olympic Spirit

Guy Smith | March 24, 2008

The communist-cum-capitalists heading the violent Chinese government can be expected to kill the Olympic spirit as they are trying to kill anyone who who protests their long, rich history of crushing human rights.
The Chinese oligarchy has banked on the Beijing Olympics being their debut on the world stage. What these fools with Mao’s Myopia [...]

Fresh Heller

Guy Smith | March 18, 2008

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court are a nasty business. Judicial disposition falls along these lines:
1) Some justices made up their minds on the case long before oral arguments commence, and they ask questions designed to hammer on the opposing viewpoint or to lead the witness for the position they favor.
2) Others [...]

Drug Guns

Guy Smith | March 16, 2008

Illegal drug dealing is responsible for most street homicides in the U.S.A.
Prescription drugs may be responsible for most mass homicides.
The latest piece of evidence on this theory comes from the recent post-mortem of the Northern Illinois University shooter, the former Mr. Steven Kazmierczak. Already well known is that Kaz had a number of psychiatric [...]

Kept Company

Guy Smith | March 15, 2008

Do you have kids?
If you do or ever did, you have evaluated, monitored, and perhaps even banished some of their acquaintances. As parents we know that the company one keeps not only molds the person, but they reflect the type of person one is.
Which brings us to Barack Obama.
With accelerating frequency this presidential wannabe [...]