Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

International Incivility

Guy Smith | July 9, 2011

Can China take away your civil rights?
Such rhetorical inquiries sound absurd on the surface, but a new constitutional collision course is careening our way, one that pits the perverse perceptions of dictatorships, oligarchies and monarchies against you.
You just knew Hillary Clinton would be at that nexus.
International treaties have the ability to run roughshod over states [...]

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 [...]

Schumer Subterfuge

Guy Smith | April 27, 2011

Chuck Schumer and Michael Bloomberg share common traits, and none of them are savory.

State Screen

Guy Smith | April 15, 2011

Battles over Obama’s birth won’t abate.
(Quick note to Barry: I can put a halt to this issue.  Send me two notarized documents, one that allows me to review government documents in Hawaii related to your birth, and the other allowing me to review any record at public/private facility in which you were born.  I may [...]

Westboro Bofos

Guy Smith | March 2, 2011

Søren Kierkegaard coyly noted:
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Interestingly, among this dower Dane’s works were theological investigations into Christian ethics.  Were Kierkegaard alive today, he would be feverishly scribbling notes about the subject of today’s Supreme Court ruling that centers around a lowly pack [...]