Guy Smith | October 21, 2010
Would it be queer to vote for the man who created the housing bubble and hence buggered the U.S. economy? Wall Street pirates were not responsible for the recent American melt-down. Anyone with the diligence to dig discovers that what ruptured economic stability were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which started life as government agencies [...]
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Guy Smith | September 27, 2010
It is rumored that Tom Lehrer abandoned his songwriting and performing career because society had gotten so strange he could no longer parody it. Tom is still alive and is likely praising his own decision given how outright weird the recent news cycle has been. Last week saw the unsightly scene of a rapidly graying [...]
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Guy Smith | September 19, 2010
To believe that government spending is efficient, productive and improves prosperity requires being a Keynesian economist or an imbecile (apologies for being redundant). Now we have proof. Los Angeles is a misnomer as no angels have ever been located in the city. Lost Angeles may be more apropos give how many aspiring actresses eventually earn [...]
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Guy Smith | September 10, 2010
So, what has Castro learned that Obama still doesn’t get? An old Chinese warrior once correctly concluded that if you wait by a river long enough, you will see the bodies of your enemies float by. The same applies to ideology and international affairs. America had nothing to gain by invading Cuba again – a [...]
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Guy Smith | August 10, 2010
Democrats are cows. Now I’m not accusing women in Democrat party leadership of being free range bovine, though Hillary is looking more the part as her rump roast ripens. Nor am I saying men in the party leadership are a bunch mindless heifer humping bulls, despite that description fitting Bill rather well. Nor do I [...]
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