Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Confucius Confusion

Guy Smith | October 29, 2009

If there is anything tastier than irony or redheads, I haven’t licked it.
Take the Chinese government. Perennially apoplectic about controlling the masses, the People’s Republic of China central government routinely censors content of all forms – books, television, movies, speech, idle chatter, romantic whispers (“Your eyes are like fluttering posters of Mao”). It [...]

Good Fortune?

Guy Smith | October 25, 2009

The fortune cookie that came with dinner tonight says “someone will share your warmth.” Great. Another woman with cold toes.

Out Foxed

Guy Smith | October 20, 2009

Will someone give the Obama White House a break? I mean besides ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, MSNBC, and the Communist News Network.
Starting two weeks ago, Obama administration minions made mock of Fox News. On the Sunday talk show circuit, senior and senile Obamatrons implied or outright stated that Fox News was not a [...]

Capitalist Retooling

Guy Smith | October 18, 2009

Over time, capitalism provides for most of the needs of most of the people.
Government provides for the needs of a select group of constituents (typically key voting blocks or those with lobbyist).
A wise person will choose the former and use private charity to help the few disenfranchised.

Bayou Biracial

Guy Smith | October 16, 2009

Old bigotries never die, they just metamorph into more nuanced prejudice.
The problem is that old bigots fade about as slowly.
I am assuming that Keith Bardwell is an older man. Bardwell notes that he has been a justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana for 34 years. Assuming that Bardwell was not elected [...]