Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Jack’s Story

| December 30, 2009

TweetOne of my oldest and dearest friends is Mister Jack Daniels. Not only do Jack and I go a long ways back, but we have gotten into a bit of trouble together along the way. Daniels is that age-old definition of a great friend, one who wakes up in the same cells as you and [...]

Avatar Review

| December 28, 2009

TweetEqual mix of native-American spiritualism, spaghetti westerns, Doctor Seuss and the Dragon Riders of Pern.

Insurance Frauds

| December 24, 2009

TweetTo my friends and followers in Nebraska: Do not — I repeat do not firebomb Senator Ben Nelson’s home. Other people live there. Frankly, Nelson’s heist of everybody’s taxes is trivial when compared to the massive and anti-constitutional nature of the Senate health care assault. I use the word “anti-constitutional” instead of “unconstitutional” with good [...]

Osama Iran

| December 23, 2009

TweetShortly after 9/11, I said that Osama bin Laden was hiding in Iran. Being a strategist by nature, bin Laden knew that once the Twin Towers collapsed, he would be a hunted man. He also would have realized that hiding in the mountains of Tora Bora would make him findable and killable — no strategist [...]

Hall of Lame

| December 16, 2009

TweetPeople watchful for signs of the Apocalypse saw one this morning as news broke that both ABBA and The Stooges will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. To steal yet another line from Mojo Nixon, “What could be less rock and roll than ABBA. The Archies?” For people fortunate enough to [...]