Year: 2004

In a major policy address at the Brookings Institution today Senator Edward M. Kennedy said that Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry’s actions prove that “Iraq is George Bush’s Vietnam.” “The parallels between Vietnam and Iraq are stunning when seen through the actions of one man who lived through both eras,” said Mr. Kennedy. “Thirty-some […]

Mars… “If not us, who? If not now, when?” Why did Jefferson send Lewis and Clark west? Why did Sir Hillary climb Mt. Everest? Why did we go to the moon? Why did Shakleton go to the South Pole? Humans have a capacity for exploration-this is what differentiates us from spruce trees. Ronald Reagan put […]

I hereby proclaim Spike TV’s new series “This Just In” to be the greatest.television.show.ever.EVER!!!!! It’s ultra conservative, as funny as “South Park” or “The Simpsons”, and it’s current. Things that happened a day or two ago end up on the show. But hey, I know what you’re thinking: “Hawkins, talk is cheap. How do I […]

I received an email from someone named John Damon. Apparently he sent it to Rush, Hannity, O’Reilly, Brit Hume, and other “high profile defenders of the American way of life” — like yours truly! While I was certainly flattered by that high praise, I must admit that I found Mr. Damon’s suggestions to be a […]

In the aftermath of news that 308,000 new jobs were created in March, Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry said today that “corporate fat-cats are padding their payrolls with unneeded workers to help George Bush win the election.” “These wealthy special interests are so desperate to give Bush some good news, that they’ve hired 308,000 […]

Right Wing News emailed more than a 170 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of who they considered to be their “Favorite Contemporary Dinner Guests”. Representatives from 46 blogs responded. All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-20 selections. Rank was determined simply by the number of votes received. The […]

In his latest column, Victor Davis Hanson discusses how many of our troops are still stationed in Europe… “We lament the lack of plentiful European troops in Afghanistan and Iraq for a variety of other reasons. Almost 150,000 American sailors, airmen, and soldiers are concurrently stationed in various European countries while thin lines of Americans […]

Look out conservative America because Air America Radio is on the air now! Saucy & controversial liberal hosts like Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, & Chuck D., are going take the fight to the right — yeah! — in conservative strongholds like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, Minneapolis, Inland Ca., satellite radio….and geeze…is that it? […]

I really enjoyed the original “Walking Tall,” the tale — based on a true story — of a vigilante who becomes sheriff of a Southern town and cleans it up by beating every bad guy he can find with a 2×4. Furthermore, I enjoyed the “Scorpion King” and ranked “The Rundown” as my #29th favorite […]

Washington, DC – Speaking before the National Association of Economists yesterday, Senator John Kerry, Democrat candidate for President, presented his plan for the economic revitalization of the United States. “President Bush has devastated the economy of the United States by emphasizing discredited ideas such as economic growth, productivity, and entrepreneurship,” said Senator Kerry. “We all […]

This is ridiculous enough to be an April Fool’s joke, but unfortunately, it’s all too real… “A House of Representatives panel has approved a sweeping new copyright bill that would boost penalties for peer-to-peer piracy and increase federal police powers against Internet copyright infringement. …The PDEA–the result of intense lobbying from large copyright holders over […]

I have seen some sick threads at the Democratic Underground, but even I wouldn’t have expected so many of them to be cheering on the Iraqis who murdered 4 American civilians and desecrated their bodies. To applaud the death of Americans, particularly Americans who were in Iraq to guard food being sent to the very […]

With Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass) set for shoulder surgery in Boston today, an orthopedic surgeon familiar with the Senator’s condition said that Mr. Kerry’s penchant for flip-flopping may have caused the injury to his shoulder. “Constant or repetitive flip-flopping can cause major orthopedic damage,” said Dr. Robert Claman of Massachusetts General Hospital. “If it […]

There is little that government does that the free market wouldn’t be capable of doing better, cheaper, and in a more timely manner with similar resources. All you have to do to figure that out is to compare Walmart to the DMV. If you want a perfect example of what I’m talking about, just feast […]

John Kerry may flip and he may flop, but somehow, someway, he manages to land on the left. Want to see proof? Well, then you need look no further than this column by William Mayer that irrefutably shows that John Kerry is an ultra-liberal… “…The question of how to measure a senator’s or representative’s ideology […]

The results of the most recent Roper/CNN poll show that President George W. Bush would overwhelmingly lose the election if voting was limited to the grandchildren of Nazi Party members, Frenchmen who bathe less than five times per decade, Spanish communists and unemployed British soccer hooligans. “This is very bad news for Bush,” said Sidney […]

In Brian S. Wesbury’s latest column at the American Spectator, he makes the case that deficits don’t matter. I think the last three paragraphs do a pretty good job of summing up the article… “WHILE DEFICITS ARE CLEARLY back for the time being and the just-released Bush budget forecasts a peak deficit of just 4.5 […]

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The strict anti-abortion stance of Pope John Paul II is “tragically not nuanced,” according to U.S. Democrat presidential candidate John Forbes Kerry, a practicing Roman Catholic. “I pray for an America where rosary beads are sold in abortion clinic gift shops,” said Mr. Kerry. “But I won’t be a Catholic president, or even, as John […]

I’m a big fan of Thomas Sowell and not just because I’ve interviewed him. Sowell is as good as anyone you’ll ever read at taking complex economic concepts and explaining them in a way that laymen can understand. Combine that with a heaping helping of common sense and respect for the Constitution and liberty and […]

Future President? Current Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty This guy knows what he is talking about. That is the impression I got after speaking with Tim Pawlenty for a few moments and having the opportunity to watch the taping of the hour long public access show, “Your Legislators.” “Your Legislators” is a weekly show that reaches […]

When I read this story today on the Drudge Report, I thought it was absolutely outrageous… “Several hundred people stormed the small yard of President Bush’s chief political strategist, Karl Rove, yesterday afternoon, pounding on his windows, shoving signs at others and challenging Rove to talk to them about a bill that deals with educational […]

So far, George Bush has not effectively gotten his message out on the economy. One of the Bush team’s first ads referred to the economy “turning the corner,” but that doesn’t even begin to explain what Bush had to deal with and how well he has handled it. Remember that right as Bush came into […]

Washington, DC – Congressional Democrats today denounced the Bush Administration for having done nothing to avert the extinction of the dinosaurs. Senator Barbara Boxer of California, ranking member on the Senate Dinosaur Extinction Oversight Panel, says that the Bush Administration came into office with no clear plan for dealing with nuclear-winter-causing giant meteors. “The lack […]

Ok, I’ve had just about enough of listening to Kerry talk about “Benedict Arnold CEOs“… If you want a clearer version to email to your friends or post on your web page, you can get it here. ***Update #1***: After being clued in by an RWN reader, I’ve done a bit of research and found […]

So far, I’ve found the 9/11 hearings to be a partisan joke, but there has been at least one really interesting development that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserved… “A report compiled by the commission’s staff found that senior officials in the Clinton White House said they had made it clear the CIA had a […]

If you’re familiar with the build-up to WW2, then you know that the rest of Europe knew that Germany was preparing for war long before the Nazis started swallowing up their surrounding countries. Had Europe decided to step in 1934 or even 1936 when the Germans started to remilitarize the Rhineland, the world could have […]

Rio Bravo – Newly elected Marshall Cletus Vaughn promised a “new era of understanding and peaceful coexistence” with the local desperado community after sweeping to a decisive victory in countywide elections yesterday. “I am the law now, and as long as I am wearing this badge neither the Clanton Boys nor the Whiskey Creek Rape […]