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 [...]

Obama’s Shame

| April 19, 2013

Tweet“All that happened today was the preservation of the loophole that let’s dangerous criminals buy guns without a background check, it did not make our kids safer. So all in all this was a pretty shameful day for America,” was Barack Obamas summation of a defeated gun control proposal. “The gun lobby and its allies [...]

Spotty Observations

| April 12, 2013

TweetSpotty Observations are a periodic post from Guy Smith, capturing some of the odd occurrences in this thing we call life … Mohels Need Meds: Outdated religious practices need to be ignored. For example, a chosen friend of mine chomps pork chops like they were sacraments, distaining dietary dicta over his gastronomic pleasure. Some penis [...]

Savage State

| April 8, 2013

TweetAll they have left is violence. A political scientist one concluded that elites maintain power using propaganda, economic disincentives and violence. In America, propaganda has become ineffective and economic disincentives have been stretched to the point of whipping dead workhorses. If those primary tools of controlling to populace fade further, the elites will use violence [...]

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 [...]