Year: 2003

More Things To Ponder:Here are some things I wanted to mention that probably weren’t quite developed enough to merit their own posts… — Today, Senator Hillary Clinton, the woman many Dems want to run for President said this…. “Asked whether she regretted voting for the war resolution, Clinton said “I’m going to reserve judgment until […]

Pope Urban The II’s Speech In 1095 — The Speech That Began The Crusades — The Robert The Monk Account: You don’t hear a lot about this speech, but it deserves to be better known. Pope Urban II gave this speech and then the ill-fated “Crusade of the Poor” and the first “real” crusade followed […]

Buck’s Opinion on the State of Union Speech Intelligence Fiasco By Frank J. People have been making a big deal out of sixteen words in the President’s State of the Union speech, but it almost seems to me like they’re blowing things out of proportion. I don’t think whether that mention of uranium had been […]

Pat Robertson, The Crazy Aunt In The Basement Of The Republican Party: First there was this… “Charles Taylor, the Liberian president who has been indicted by an international court for crimes against humanity, has few remaining supporters in the United States. But one prominent American who has stuck with the West African leader is religious […]

Heredity Caused Death Sentence in ‘Bad Blood’ Case By Scott Ott: Pennsylvania jurors who sentenced Landon May to death in December credit heredity for their decision. Mr. May, who with an accomplice tortured and murdered a man and woman, and raped the woman, has appealed the sentence on the grounds that he inherited “bad blood” […]

Bob Graham, Dumb Republicans, Impeachment, & The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Dan Quayle was relentlessly lampooned and treated as the dumbest man alive for misspelling the word potato despite the fact that he was given a card with the word spelled incorrectly on it. So will Bob Graham get the same treatment for saying this? […]

I Get Letters — Bush In 2004: A letter I received from a reader and my reply… Dear John, I don’t expect an answer to this e-mail, but I just wanted to express my frustration and you seem to be a reasonable guy who can understand what I am going through. I am neither a […]

Blogger Symposium — The War On Terrorism: I got together with Venomous Kate from Electric Venom, Kathy Kinsley from On The Third Hand, Lee from Right-Thinking From The Left Coast, & Sparkey from Sgt. Stryker’s Daily Briefing (who showed up late) and discussed the war on terrorism last night. Read & enjoy the edited transcript […]

More Things To Ponder: — Don’t get too excited since we’ve had a number of false starts already, but… “THE US has discovered what it believes is decisive proof of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs and taken the material to the US for testing. US Undersecretary of State John Bolton told The Weekend Australian […]

Bush To Personally Verify Future CIA Reports By Scott Ott: In an effort to make sure all of his public statements are accurate, U.S. President George Bush said today that he will personally verify all CIA reports before using them publicly. “I regret that I didn’t go to Niger to check out that uranium sale […]

My 11 Favorite Women Bloggers: Just for the heck of it, here are my favorite blogs done by women — in order. **Just as a side note, these sorts of lists change all the time depending on my mood, how often their page is being updated, etc. So don’t take it personally if you were […]

An Interesting Ethical Question: Once this comes into being, it will revolutionize warfare & perhaps the world… “The U.S. military’s research wing is seeking to develop a new generation of unmanned aircraft able to blow up terrorist camps or other targets anywhere in the world, without relying on overseas bases or slow-moving manned warplanes. “It’s […]

More Niger Forgery Spin From The Press: Since the bogus document from Niger is hot right now, I thought I’d tackle a ridiculous piece of left-wing spin from CBS that actually comes close to being pure anti-Bush propaganda. It’s titled, “Bush Knew Iraq Info Was False“. Those are pretty strong words right? Well, let’s dig […]

Rewriting History To Attack Bush On Iraq: If you picked up a paper in the last week or so, you probably got the impression that George Bush spent a year demanding an Iraqi invasion based on claims that Saddam had reconstituted nuclear weapons with uranium bought in Niger. But now that the war is over, […]

Posse Power By Frank J.: Whatever happened to the posse? Used to be whenever something went wrong, a group of angry people with guns would get together and take care of it. Nowadays, it always seems the answer is to sit on one’s lazy ass and either ignore it or call the police. Well, I’m […]

Dusty Baker Worried About President’s Africa Trip By Scott Ott: Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker said he’s concerned that U.S. President George Bush’s pale skin pigment might cause problems for him during his current tour of African nations. “He should have sent Colin Powell or Condi Rice,” said Mr. Baker, whose recent comments about the […]

I Stand Corrected, This Is The Worst Forum Thread Ever: The first ACPOTI articles I ever did was called, “The Most Idiotic Commentary Ever. But that one isn’t even in the same ball park as these comments that I found at a website called “Osama Bin Laden — Messenger Of Peace, Prophet Of Change“. You […]

Give Dusty Baker A Break — No Really: Dusty Baker latest comments are drawing a lot of heat. Last night Joe Scarborough had a guest on who thought he should be fired, Rush Limbaugh — although more bemused than angry — spent quite a bit a time on Baker yesterday and the editorials are flying […]

No Special Favors For Soviet Canuckistan: I have to admit that I have been “underwhelmed” by the Canadians help in the war on terrorism, so much so that I, like a lot of Americans, no longer look at Canada the same way. Before 9/11, I put Canada in the same class as Britain, Australia, & […]

The Democratic Underground Post Of The Day — The 9/11 Poll: I love the Democratic Underground, not just because they produce lots of great material, but because I think they give you a pretty good idea of what the left is thinking & talking about. These guys represent the Ted Rall, Noam Chomsky, Mark Morford, […]

If It Can’t be Solved by Kill’n Foreigners, It Can’t be Solved By Frank J.: I haven’t said much about the conflict in Iraq in a while, as there isn’t much that is funny about the current situation where the troops are getting attacked every day through guerilla tactics. In response, President Bush told the […]

Why Some On The Left Support Going To Liberia, But Not Iraq: Even someone who doesn’t follow politics that closely would have to sense something askew in the contradictory positions taken by Democratic note-worthies like Jessie Jackson & Howard Dean on Iraq & Liberia. Both men were strongly opposed to invading Iraq, yet favor using […]

Joke Of The Day: An American, a Dutchman and a Frenchman are all in Saudi Arabia, sharing a smuggled crate of booze when, all of a sudden, Saudi police rush in and arrest them. The mere possession of alcohol is a severe offense in Saudi Arabia, so for the terrible crime of actually being caught […]

RWN’s Guide To Raising Your Dog: Everybody who has been reading RWN for any significant amount time knows that I love dogs. I’ve explained why they’re better pets than cats, brought you the day in the life of a puppy, featured an Amazing Japanese Dog Translator, and I even explained how puppies could help us […]

A Few Things To Ponder: Here are some things I wanted to mention that probably weren’t quite developed enough to merit their own posts… — I don’t have a problem with keeping the name of rape victims out of the media to avoid stigma, but why should their accusers be given the same courtesy? Does […]

Dem Candidates Try Versions of Bush Taunt By Scott Ott: After seeing the news coverage that U.S. President George Bush generated last week with his “bring ’em on” comment regarding Iraqi terrorists, several Democrat presidential candidates are testing their own versions of a brash taunt. “There are some who feel that the conditions are such […]

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines Review: I have admit that I thought Arnold had jumped the shark a long time ago. Sure “Conan the Barbarian”, “The Terminator”, and “Predator” were all classic action movies, but “Total Recall” back in 1990 was the last Arnold Movie that I really liked a lot. Sure “The 6th […]

The Best Quotes From Ann Coulter’s ‘Treason’: I read Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism this week-end and it’s typical Coulter. Lot’s of acidic rhetoric aimed at liberals backed up with a heaping helping of research, all written in Coulter’s electric style. Coulter also made an attempt to rehabilitate […]

RWN Returns Monday: I’m off to the beach on vacation. I will not be returning until Sunday afternoon which means that RWN won’t be back until Monday. As per usual when I go out of town, I’ve put up a few websites I like in the daily news section. If I’m not going to be […]