Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Tea Time

Guy Smith | February 28, 2009

“Thor was the God of Thunder and, frankly, acted like it.”
Doug Adams might have well spoken of Obama in this passage from The Long Dark Team-time of the Soul. For all Thor’s thundering, he was only large quantities of booming sound and flashing lights, and little else aside from random and misguided destruction.
Reminds me [...]

Composition Contrasts

Guy Smith | February 22, 2009

It has been said that upon entering San Francisco one has the feeling they have left the United States. This sentiment is true in both its positive appreciation of San Francisco and its cynical caricature of the same.
Most amusing is the way San Francisco unconsciously exposes its differences and indifference to the rest of [...]

Oz Bound

Guy Smith | February 18, 2009

Click this link and rate it a ‘5′ and send me to Australia for six months.
http://www.islandreefjob.com/#/applicants/watch/F8dDZvzguiQ

Dopey Economics

Guy Smith | February 18, 2009

Economics is an ecosystem, and all humans are different species with money being their common food source. Like other ecosystems, the economy adjusts as pressures arise and species adapt to the changing environment.
This is why drugs are cheap and drug profits remain higher than drug users.
The United Kingdom’s Home Office (and organization with a [...]

Photo Op-ponents

Guy Smith | February 16, 2009

People committing crimes do not like to be photographed in the act.
This includes cops.
I grew up with law enforcement officers (LEOs). My childhood friend was the son of the local police chief and I was riding shotgun in squad cars before I was old enough to drive. I discovered that the best part [...]