Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Race Canard

Guy Smith | July 31, 2008

Barack Obama is playing the race canard … again.
Responding to a reporter, Obama claimed that the McCain camp was “… going to try to … make you scared of me … you know, ‘he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”‘
This is not the first time that Obama has accused his [...]

Busted Bronco

Guy Smith | July 28, 2008

Well, I’m evidently not the only cowboy in San Francisco these days, but I am the one with his clothing on and not in trouble with the law.
Robert Burck has ample New York notoriety for being the “Naked Cowboy”.  He roams around Times Square in his tighty-whities, strumming on a guitar and posing for photos.  [...]

Orwell Lives

Guy Smith | July 24, 2008

The ability to laugh remove can remove pain … mainly by preventing us from telling people what we really think about them.
A book I’m peddling to publishers titled Catalog of Canards describes how political lies are created and spread. My tongue-in-cheek prose help mollify the reader who otherwise would self-destruct from anger inflicted by [...]

Honestly

Guy Smith | July 21, 2008

I stand corrected.  The New York Times can be honest after all, but only when confessing to their dishonesty.
In this election year, publishing presidential policy proposals helps to inform voters so they can make intelligent decisions.  The Old Gray Broad recently ran a Barack Obama missive on his plans concerning Iraq.  Fair enough.  The Times [...]

Updated Queen

Guy Smith | July 21, 2008

I hacked out a slightly different version of Cajun Queen over the weekend. It is still a work in progress and I sorely need to find a better drummer than me. For a song that was whelped as a solo slide guitar piece, this tune is evolving in unexpected ways.
There are parallels for [...]