Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Mistaken Mobs

Guy Smith | December 19, 2011

Seth Godin, the homeliest man since Henry Waxman, presents never-ending and hyper intelligent insights into what works and what doesn’t. Waxman has yet been spotted saying anything intelligent, which demonstrates that the traits of diminished physical beauty and smarts are not linked.
One recent Godin missive accurately dissected the difference between failure and mistakes, where failures [...]

Unity

Guy Smith | November 28, 2011

We are the 100%.
Politics, like any other marketing snowjob, is about segmentation – dividing the market into small, manageable groups that have common traits. Politicians, who are highly corrupt marketers, love segmenting their constituents and selling to different groups differently. When politicians cannot adeptly cajole diverse groups with contradictory messages, they commit monogamy with the [...]

Destructive Designers

Guy Smith | October 14, 2011

The Taliban had a blast blowing up non-Islamic icons.
Iconic footage (pun intended) of pre 9/11 Taliban tanks blasting ancient and historically significant Buddha statues demonstrate the demonic desires of those who deign to design societies (a.k.a. politicians and terrorists, if I may be redundant). Their goal was to obliterate knowledge of competing religious beliefs, which [...]

State of Denial

Guy Smith | June 29, 2011

Why is California an intellectually backward state?
The amalgamated mindset of the Golden State views itself as progressive, leading, positively superhuman.  For California to fall behind 82 percent of the nation on any topic, especially one where the lives of its citizens are concerned, makes thoughtful folk reevaluate state-wide sensibilities.  For California to be clueless, to [...]

Slavish Misconceptions

Guy Smith | January 6, 2011

I once wasted too much time arguing with an idiot.
Well, truth be told, arguing with idiots is always a waste of time, but they possess some savant abilities to drag people into their own discourse dementia.  In this instance a Chinese nationalist was arguing with me about everything American.  When I trapped him into a [...]