Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Headline Hangover

Guy Smith | April 27, 2008

News headline writers should be considered criminal suspects until proven otherwise.
Because of my expertise in gun control policy, I receive daily feeds of news stories concerning the subject. I was rather surprised today to see two “identical” news stories with very different headlines. One headline amplified the core political story and the other [...]

Timmy’s Tantrum

Guy Smith | April 25, 2008

Normally I am saddened to witness a fellow human sink into the abyss of madness.
But for Tim Robbins I’ll crack open a fresh bottle of Jack Daniels and bid his brain a joyous bon voyage.
Tim is a possum in political animal zoology – slow witted, ugly, odoriferous and leaving the bad taste of road [...]

Pump Punked

Guy Smith | April 25, 2008

The government is sending me $600 as an economic stimulus. I think I’ll buy a tank of gas.

Political Pugilism

Guy Smith | April 22, 2008

It has been a long and slow devolution from the Federalist Papers to Monday Night Raw.
Upon occasion we have all have epiphanies that cause us to involuntarily slap our foreheads in failed attempts to distract ourselves from one source of pain with another.
Today I had a revelation for which repeatedly banging my skull into a [...]

Biblical Bluecoat

Guy Smith | April 16, 2008

Statistics show that most violent crime is caused by testosterone poisoned young males. Was Moses conducting an anti-crime campaign when he decided to “kill every male among the little ones” (Numbers 31-17 for the curious)?