Cowboy Confessional

Guy Smith – writer, songwriter, political provocateur

Henigan Hyperbole

| May 23, 2011

TweetYou just can’t take Dennis Henigan seriously.  Then again nobody has, does, or plans to. While wasting electrons more valuable than he, Dennis defiled yet another page on the Huffington Post (motto: We’ll Print Anything!) in a rather disorganized rant about a non-interesting topic.  As the vice president (or perhaps president of vice) at the [...]

Osama Sleaze

| May 20, 2011

TweetOsama bin Laden was the worst thing to happen to the Islamic movement since barbecued pork. In every religious or political movement (and the Islamo-fascists movement is a mixture of the two), certain doctrines are created and enforced within the group.  Were the head of the Tea Party movement caught cashing a welfare check, that [...]

Less Moore

| May 11, 2011

TweetFew people can stomach Michael Moore, and from his growing girth I suspect there is little he cannot. That Moore occupies a rather large portion of my latest book, as well as floor space wherever he goes, derives from his indefatigable ability to be simultaneously bombastic, boorish and a blackguard.  Any honest assessment of Bowling [...]

Media Modus

| May 2, 2011

TweetOsama bin Laden is dead, praise Allah.  Now if the same would happen to the media. Bin Laden’s sudden lead poisoning provides an interesting contrast in how alleged journalists treat a news story.  We accept as self evident that politicians lie and reporters spin.  Yes, this rule isn’t universal, but the percentage of honest politicians [...]

Presidential Peril

| November 19, 2010

TweetSailors know to look for storms on the horizon.  It is a survival tactic and one that tells them when hatches require battening or when to read last rites. Today’s world is covered in storm clouds and the American captain is incompetent to sail out the approaching swells. America will always have enemies, primarily because [...]