Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

CalMD Voting

| April 30, 2012

TweetA little light jab at a soon to retire congressman who deserves not to retire but to be nailed to the cross. (http://youtu.be/5DUZxkF6eMg for email recipients)

Empty Analysis

| April 27, 2012

TweetToday the Associated Press, an outlet not known for accuracy, echoes a government report about how often the Mexican government asks if a firearm they came from theUnited States. Which, of course, is meaningless. Barack Obama’s failed attempts to ratify gun control treaties such as CIFTA requires presenting a problem. Despite Obama’s staff smuggling guns [...]

Sorry Soros

| April 16, 2012

TweetIt burdens me to agree with George Soros. For readers unfamiliar with strangers to ethics, George Soros is a man for whom money and corruption are merely matters of daily commerce. The philosophy major turned money changer may soon turn to incarcerated felon for an insider trading conviction, which frankly is small stuff compared to [...]

Speed Feed

| April 9, 2012

TweetTelevision news is never what it appears. In the writing and political punditry trades, folk like me who have published on some area of expertise (in my case, gun control policy) make ourselves available to the media for brief interviews on news programs. Derisively called “rent-a-quotes”, we are more or less available on-demand to sit [...]

Al Jazeera Appearance

| April 4, 2012

TweetYesterday was an interesting way to return from vacation. Al Jazeera, the Middle East’s version of CNN, called to have me comment on gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at Oikos University in Oakland (which was a double connection for me because I have shopped in the grocery store where the alleged [...]