Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Empty Analysis

| April 27, 2012

Today the Associated Press, an outlet not known for accuracy, echoes a government report about how often the Mexican government asks if a firearm they came from theUnited States. Which, of course, is meaningless. Barack Obama’s failed attempts to ratify gun control treaties such as CIFTA requires presenting a problem. Despite Obama’s staff smuggling guns [...]

Equal Rights

| March 7, 2012

The other evening, Jon Stewart (a.k.a. Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) of the Daily Show carped that in our federal theft society we all pay for things we don’t like. In ignoring the constitutional imperatives therein, Jon abandoned differentiating between enumerated collective commitments (e.g., having an army) and undocumented personal privilege (e.g., free contraceptives at your bosses [...]

Occupy Buffet

| February 21, 2012

Obama is a magician, and Occupy Wall Street is his audience. Magic acts consist largely of misdirection. While Penn Jillette’s painted fingernail on his left hand distracts your attention, his right hand pulls cards from outside your field of view. Barack Obama stokes fire in Occupy Wall Street’s belly, raising anger against banks and big [...]

Rham Headed

| February 11, 2012

Many folks think the perpetually foul-mouthed mayor of Chicago long ago lost his mind. We now have proof. Rham Emanuel, Barack Obama’s former Chief of Staff, has tossed his political head into the never ceasing Chicago gun control abattoir. This new-found champion of lost causes now demands the Land of Lincoln (you remember him, the [...]

Obama Budget

| January 31, 2012

Worsening economic news can only mean a worsening level of propaganda. This is where MSNBC enters the picture. The Congressional budget Office (CBO) today announced that the U.S. economy will go from tragic to worse, echoing sentiments of a double-dip depression. Barring miracles that would make the Second Coming look second rate, America’s jobless rate [...]