Year: 2003

Calpundit — unintentionally I think — touched on one of the primary differences between the left and the right while commenting on the Milton Friedman interview I posted yesterday. Here’s the essence of what he said… “John Hawkins: So would you favor for example a 3/5th’s majority to raise taxes like they suggested in the […]

“Why are you filming the G.I.’s helping school children?” CNN’s Lefty Stevens asked Fox News’s Melinda Hawkish, “There’s no story there.” “I think people would be interested in how war and destruction has improved the lives of the Iraqis,” Melinda answered. “Bah! Only stories of failure are news worthy,” Stevens answered. Nearby he saw a […]

Right Wing News emailed more than a 125 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of who they considered to be the “worst figures of the 20th century”. Representatives from 37 blogs responded. All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-15 ranked selections. The selections were scored based on a weighted […]

As I’ve pointed out on RWN, Jews in the US vote for Democrats over Republicans roughly 2-1. Now of course, if you’re Jewish and liberal, and the war on terrorism and the fate of Israel don’t matter that much to you, it makes perfect sense to be voting for the Dems. On the other hand, […]

Some of you probably noticed all the nifty trackbacks on the post I made slamming the school lunch and breakfast program. While the opinions on that post were decidedly mixed, I’d like to talk about the people who disagreed with me. Here’s my impression — very generalized of course — of the entire debate…. JH: […]

Being a conservative blogger isn’t just about getting interviews with Milton Friedman, cash under the table from Richard Mellon Scaife, and backrubs from Ann Coulter (OK, I made those last two up, but I can dream can’t I)? It’s also about getting email — so much of it that you’d have to spend hours per […]

The instant they plant their foot on American soil they have broken the law. They are illegal aliens and, from that moment, they become a plague on every American’s quality of life. They crowd our schools and don’t pay for the privilege. They fill our hospitals, forcing many into bankruptcy. They help to infest our […]

I’ve been surprised by the number of excellent horror films that have come out of late. “House of Thousand Corpses, “28 Days,” & “Freddy Vs. Jason,” have all been top notch movies (you can see my reviews of each here). In fact, the only horror movie I’ve seen lately that wasn’t up to snuff was […]

Dick Cheney confirmed yesterday, for the first time, that there was an IRAQI connection to the first WTC bombing that Al-Qaeda conducted… MR. RUSSERT: The Washington Post asked the American people about Saddam Hussein, and this is what they said: 69 percent said he was involved in the September 11 attacks. Are you surprised by […]

Get ready for another big interview that I’m going to be posting tomorrow. Let’s see if you can guess who it is. I’ll give you some VERY generic hints… 1) This person is a Nobel Prize winner. 2) This person was born before WW2 started. 3) This person to the best of my knowledge, does […]

Hurricane Isabel this morning declared her candidacy for the Democrat nomination for President of the United States. According to a CNN poll, Isabel’s name recognition exceeds that of all nine existing candidates combined, plus Wesley Clark. With winds of 150 mph, and gusts over 200 mph, Isabel said she has what it takes to rally […]

On Sunday night, I got together to discuss the California recall with Scott Ott from Scrappleface, Betsy Newmark from Betsy’s Page, Scott “The Big Trunk” Johnson from Powerline, & California resident Madison “Moxie” Slade from The Moxology. Here’s the edited transcript of that conversation (Cont) ***Update***: The 9th Circuit Court in San Fran has just […]

I work in an office. It’s a typical office, full of bad fluorescent lighting, soothing pastel cubicles, and no windows. For eight hours a day, I sit in a room with a group of men as we go about our daily lives, earning a living. And it is quite a variety of people that I […]

Now President Bush, being a “compassionate conservative” — as if conservatism needs a modifier — would NEVER go for what I’m about to suggest. As a matter of fact, I don’t know of a single politician who supports the position I’m about to advocate. Heck, off the top of my head I don’t even know […]

Rachel Lucas seems to be building a pretty good sized audience by being known as “that belligerent chick who rants about guns, dogs, & Michael Moore”. In an effort to blatantly steal the “dog demographic” from Rachel, I’ve decided to talk a little more about my dog — Patton. Of course, nobody could possibly mind […]

Now that a U.S. District Judge has cleared the way for lawsuits related to the 9/11 attacks, the first such filings have begun. “We want to demonstrate that the terrorists were just accomplices of grossly negligent American businesses,” said one unnamed attorney. “Our own business people opened the door and invited the killers to come […]

One thing I’ve hit on a lot since 9/11 is the fact that we have to understand that every nation isn’t friendly to America, our values, and our goals. This is not new. It has been going on for a long time, but it’s all coming out into the open now because this is the […]

Yesterday, Lawrence F. Kaplan published an editorial in the WSJ subtitled, ““How did fighting terrorism become a Republican cause”? Some Democrats may think that’s unfair, but honestly I think Kaplan’s right on target. For whatever reason, about 1/3rd to 1/2 of the Democratic party, maybe even more, seem to almost dogmatically opposed to every attempt […]

Fark has posted a thread about WTC & Pentagon attacks from 9/11. You can actually got there and see what people had to say as the event unfolded. Here are a few choice comments that I picked out of the thread, most of which came within 2 hours of the first attacks… Anger —————— CharlieBrown: […]

On 9/11, 2001 America was attacked, and not for the first time by an implacable and radical enemy bent on our destruction. There is no negotiating with the likes of Al-Qaeda, there can only be a global knife fight that will end with either Western civilization or the terrorists & their allies face down, breathing […]

— Wow, the Jerusalem Post (Free Registration Required), for the first time I believe, is calling for the death of Yasser Arafat… “The world will not help us; we must help ourselves. We must kill as many of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders as possible, as quickly possible, while minimizing collateral damage, but not […]

Within a few weeks of 9/11, most conservatives had grasped something that the anti-war left still can’t comprehend to this very day; that wiping out Al-Qaeda isn’t enough, we have to go after all terrorist groups with global reach. Want to know why? Just look at this snippet of the script from the hilarious — […]

Usually, after some catastrophic event occurs, you can head over to Democratic Underground and see kooks galore blaming it on Bush. If there’s a terrorist attack, it’s because Bush planned it or let it happen. If a Republican does something that’s undeniably good, like stopping to help injured boaters or motorists, it’s all a Karl […]

In a move that surprised a number of his supporters, California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante has announced he will advocate strict border enforcement in California. “Our studies indicate that the entire Oregon border is unguarded, and invading groups cross with into Aztlan (California) with impunity,” says Bustamante. “The whole northern border is lousy with pasty […]

Here are a few things I wanted to touch on that didn’t quote merit full posts…. — I know a lot of people want McClintock to drop out of the California Gov’s race, but if I’m McClintock, I hang on for a while. I say that because Arnold doesn’t just have skeletons in his closet, […]

The Congressional Black Caucus and Fox News will present a debate of the nine Democrat presidential candidates tonight at 8pm ET. I am going to go ahead and make some bold predictions about the debate. Since I’ll probably be playing F-Zero GX while it’s on, someone else watch and tell me how many I got […]

Secretary of State Colin Powell has confirmed that he will not remain in his current position should President Bush win a second term in 2004. But in a press conference held yesterday morning in Washington, he surprised many when he explained his reasons. Far from the widely held belief that he is at odds with […]

“Eye on the Left: How significantly did the events of September 11th and the recent war with Iraq impact the general public’s view of blogs and bloggers? John Hawkins: Perhaps more journalists and a few more hard core news junkies discovered blogs because of 9/11 or the war in Iraq, but I don’t think 99% […]

Mark Dubbin, the author of “Shadow Patriot” bought a main page ad on RWN to get the word out about his book. Here’s the description of it from Amazon… “The events of 9/11 affected many things in New York and the Mafia was no exception. Business suffered for Don Remondini after the attack, but he […]

I’ve been chagrined by all the Democrats winking at Cruz Bustamante’s refusal to cut his ties to MEChA, a group that often uses the slogan, “For the race everything. For those outside the race, nothing” and that wants to reclaim the Southwestern United States for Mexico. But no matter how loathsome the group is, many […]