Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Spotty Observations

| May 3, 2013

TweetFederal Finances Sometimes it is better to not set expectations instead of setting low ones. The Federal Government is rather expert at the latter, evidenced by the fact that they are once again making payments on the national debt to the tune of an underwhelming $35 billion bucks, which is a mere 0.2% of our [...]

Forget, Not

| April 1, 2013

Tweet“Shame on us if we’ve forgotten,” was Barack Obama’s lament concerning the Sandy Hook school slaying. But we will forget. It is human nature, and not a subject of shame despite Obama’s attempts to make it such. To forget is natural. Memories not etched strongly and personally fade. Even great memories of people loved and [...]

Fingering Feinstein

| March 25, 2013

TweetSome days mocking elites is too easy. It would be more fun if they offered a challenge and if the flipside of their misbehavior wasn’t routinely repugnant. Being in San Francisco, one of my favorite snobs to snub is our own Senior Dementia Senator, Dianne Feinstein. Being of autocratic attitude, she is simply ripe for [...]

Oaksterdam Tribune

| July 2, 2012

TweetOakland California is ground-zero for recreational drug use, which apparently continues to affect the dwindling staff at the Oakland Tribune. Like some other San Francisco Bay Area rags, the Trib has a congenital dislike for private firearm ownership, though in the wake of continuing gun control movement defeats our local press has suddenly become concerned [...]

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)