My Favorite 75 Personal Tweets from 2013

by John Hawkins | December 16, 2013 4:56 am

In no particular order, from my Twitter account,: @johnhawkinsrwn[1].

Liberalism is for people who prioritize security over prosperity, dependence over independence and collectivism over individualism. #tcot[2] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 13, 2013[3]

There’s nobody dumber than someone who can be replaced by a 17 year old with two weeks of training going on strike. #fastfoodworkers[4]

– John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 1, 2013[5]

It’s hard to miss the fact that most of the people who think Obamacare is a good idea seem to be exempt from it. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 24, 2013[6]

If you start by assuming that deportation is too harsh of a punishment for being here illegally then it’s impossible to ever stop illegals – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 6, 2013[7]

When a a big chunk of the public believes that it’s only a matter of time until we have a debt driven collapse, it has to impact the economy – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 28, 2013[8]

The conservative dream would be for every American to reach their full potential. The liberal dream is 51% of voting Americans on welfare. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 5, 2013[9]

The bigger the battle and the harder the fight, the more worthwhile the victory will be. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 13, 2013[10]

Losers want the gov’t to force businesses to raise their wages. Winners improve their skills so they’re worth more. #bebetterthanminimumwage[11] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 2, 2013[12]

Religion estranged from science produces morons. Science estranged from religion produces Mengele’s. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 29, 2013[13]

I’m sorry Trayvon Martin was killed, sorry Zimmerman’s life seems to be disintegrating & sorry that case caused so much strife & hatred – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 26, 2013[14]

It’s fascinating that Obama has done a better job of keeping his life before 21 a secret than he has of protecting classified NSA programs – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 26, 2013[15]

I think I’ve figured out how to get Obama to negotiate with the GOP and give us a good deal. We just need to start enriching uranium. #iran[16] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 24, 2013[17]

If you want a great argument against gambling, walk around a casino & look at the dead eyes of the people mindlessly playing the games. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 12, 2013[18]

So, I’m losing my health care plan because of Obamacare. It’s being cancelled at the end of the year. Just found out today. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 25, 2013[19]

Peter King calling for a Republican war on Ted Cruz is like Richard Dawkins calling for a Christian war on Billy Graham. @RepPeteKing[20] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 17, 2013[21]

The RINO plan: Reluctantly fight w/ Democrats, surrender just before victory, blame people who wanted you to stand up for them to begin with – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 12, 2013[22]

For the record, if I were on a jury, anyone accused of not paying their Obamacare tax could be 100% sure they were going to walk. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 11, 2013[23]

People are just as capable of responding to greatness with outright hatred as they are with admiration. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 8, 2013[24]

If Christians refuse to participate in politics, then we are dooming ourselves to be ruled by people who hate Christianity. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 7, 2013[25]

When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. http://t.co/p0fySORYiI[26] | Finally made a quote site – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 23, 2013[27]

There’s something particularly awesome about enthusiastically defending gun ownership on the radio in a country where guns are banned. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 19, 2013[28]

I didn’t realize the Washington Post did a huge spread on my 25 most influential people on the Right column. http://t.co/9lRsPTXhNT[29] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 20, 2013[30]

It took four months of consistent effort to pull it off, but I just flipped this 292 pound tire 50 consecutive times pic.twitter.com/kOoPP9waQo[31] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) October 6, 2013[32]

There are millions of people who are dead, in jail or junkies who would have lived productive lives if they’d grown up in a 2 parent family. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 23, 2013[33]

Your body is a motion machine, your mind is a problem solving machine & your spirit is a self-growth machine. Feed it what it needs. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 15, 2013[34]

So, has there ever been a case you know of when a liberal admitted they were wrong about calling someone racist and apologized? – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 13, 2013[35]

In all fairness, Obama wouldn’t be going it alone in #Syria[36]. Al-Qaeda would be supplying the ground support. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) September 4, 2013[37]

Ultimately, most Americans vote based on their interests, not their principles. Republicans often forget that, but Democrats never do. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 16, 2013[38]

Everyone may have great potential, but if you consistently make bad choices, you’re supposed to have a lousy life. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 16, 2013[39]

It doesn’t matter how good you get at the game, if you’re playing a game for losers. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 14, 2013[40]

Real priorities are reflected in the doing, not in the talking. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 12, 2013[41]

I love how Democrats actually do all of these horrible things: Slavery, Jim Crow laws, etc, etc, then accuse Republicans of wanting to do it – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) August 2, 2013[42]

People become obsessed with trivial problems in direct proportion to their inability to solve real, devastating problems. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) July 22, 2013[43]

If Obama can unilaterally delay the employer mandate, I don’t see why a GOP POTUS couldn’t unilaterally call the whole thing off. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) July 5, 2013[44]

Win like you’re used to it and lose like you enjoy the challenge. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 16, 2013[45]

If you don’t have a big problem with Marco Rubio lying about opposing amnesty & then flipping, YOU are part of the problem with the GOP. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 24, 2013[46]

Greatness may await, but it won’t be on Playstation. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 23, 2013[47]

Pick what you want, figure out what it takes to have it, commit to suffering until you get it or find something you want more. #thatislife[48] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 16, 2013[49]

You are an accumulation of daily habits played out over a lifetime. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 9, 2013[50]

Don’t worry too much about complaining. You could hand out free 100 dollar bills on the corner and some people still wouldn’t like it. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 9, 2013[51]

So are the liberals who are now reluctantly criticizing the Obama Administration racist too or does only criticism from the Right racist? – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 7, 2013[52]

We should have an”opt out” policy for organ donation in the United States instead of an “opt in” policy. #itwouldsavealotoflives[53]&hurtnoone – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 6, 2013[54]

If there’s 1 thing I’ve learned from video games it’s that no matter how tough you are, you can’t beat someone who can heal by eating snacks – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) May 31, 2013[55]

I don’t know that nice guys finish last, but if “nice” is all you can do, you will get the crap kicked out of you an awful lot. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) May 17, 2013[56]

When libs decide they hate you, they assume you have no rights worth respecting. In other words, you have less rights than a tree to them. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) May 6, 2013[57]

The lamest thing about the 2012 GOP primary campaign is workers on multiple campaigns didn’t get paid salaries or expenses they were owed – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 29, 2013[58]

If voting to allow states to do a sales tax doesn’t count as a violation of the ATR No New taxes pledge, then what good is the pledge? – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 28, 2013[59]

If you truly understand how slow, stupid & incompetent our government is, you won’t spend much time worrying about “false flag” operations. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 19, 2013[60]

When life gets tough, you can let it break you down or choose to let it carve you into something better. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 9, 2013[61]

You better make yourself happy first, because if you don’t, nobody else will do it for you. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) April 8, 2013[62]

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It may be a bad sign that every soldier I talk to/hear about who’s back from Afghanistan thinks the effort is an unworkable train wreck – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 23, 2013[63]

If we confiscated 100% of the earnings of Americans making 250k or more, it would only fund the gov’t for 190 days. #tcot[2] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 8, 2013[64]

There’s considerably more violence aimed at men than women, so when do we have a “violence against men” act? – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 4, 2013[65]

People should stop asking for easy. Easy left the building already and everything left worth doing is hard. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) March 4, 2013[66]

Overheard at the gym| I could eat peanut butter for every meal. I love it!| But, I don’t ever see you eat it.| I can’t, not good for me. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 27, 2013[67]

Instead of explaining your principles, explain to people how you want to improve their life. #howyouwinelections[68] – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 26, 2013[69]

I disagree w/ the liberal assertion that the world will be a better place if women facing violent rapists are disarmed. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 21, 2013[70]

Contrary to what you see in the movies, when heart & strong desire go toe to toe w/ training & skill, heart & strong desire get annihilated. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 21, 2013[71]

Nobody has a flawless, perfect life. Anyone who looks that way from the outside, looks that way because people haven’t seen all the details. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 21, 2013[72]

One of the worst problems w/ modern life is that being “educated” doesn’t necessarily mean you’re smart or even know how to think. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 16, 2013[73]

If someone couldn’t tell what your #1 priority is by watching you for a week, maybe you’re fooling yourself about it being your #1 priority. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 12, 2013[74]

If you’re not capable of taking over the Republican Party, you’re certainly not capable of building a successful third party. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 5, 2013[75]

Everybody wants to be Batman, but nobody wants to have their parents murdered, live a tortured existence and have Bane break their back. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 3, 2013[76]

It doesn’t matter how good you get at playing the game if the game isn’t worth playing in the first place. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 1, 2013[77]

When people ask my what my career goal is, I tell them, “I want to be Thomas Sowell.” – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 30, 2013[78]

Self pity is always bullsh*t – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 22, 2013[79]

It’s not about doing the right thing. It’s about doing the right thing over and over, day in and day out and building on your success. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 15, 2013[80]

I have yet to hear anyone explain how amnesty for illegals #1) Is good for the country #2) Adds more net Hispanic votes for the GOP – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 14, 2013[81]

If Americans ever allow ourselves to be disarmed, the next things we’ll lose are our Republic & our freedom in that order. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 10, 2013[82]

Sadly, people will often choose boldly, confidently wrong over timidly, uncertainly right. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 10, 2013[83]

When the marketplace picks winners & losers, the cream has a chance to rise to the top. When the gov’t picks, crap ALWAYS floats. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) December 1, 2013[84]

I bet if Michelle Obama had been ambassador to Libya they’d have had security in place & no one would say, “What difference does it make?” – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) May 12, 2013[85]

“If it saves only one life, it’s worth it.” If you believe that, then you should oppose abortion. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) January 10, 2013[86]

If illegals were primarily taking jobs as reporters, college professors & lawyers, liberals would ferociously oppose illegal immigration. – John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) June 28, 2013[87]

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