Year: 2005

“I worked with Harriet Miers. She’s a lovely person: intelligent, honest, capable, loyal, discreet, dedicated … I could pile on the praise all morning. But there is no reason at all to believe either that she is a legal conservative or–and more importantly–that she has the spine and steel necessary to resist the pressures that […]

Harriet Miers News Miers Led Unsuccessful Fight To Get The Nation’s Largest Lawyers’ Group To Reconsider Its Pro-Abortion Rights Stance Harriet Miers Gave $150 To Texans For Life In 1989 Miers Led Law Firm Repeatedly Forced to Pay Damages For Defrauding Investors Harriet Miers Columns Andrew Cohen: Harriet Miers Is No John Roberts Pat Buchanan: […]

The folks over at World Magazine Blog apparently know a few people who are close to Harriet Miers and have some choice quotes about her — some of them good, some them bad. Most of the quotes come from Nathan Hecht, a Texas Supreme Court justice, who has gone out with Miers before and is […]

George Bush’s decision to appoint Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is bitterly disappointing. Miers is a Bush crony with no real conservative credentials, who leapfrogged legions of more deserving judges just because she was Bush’s pal. She used to be Bush’s staff secretary for God’s sake and now she’s going to the Supreme Court […]

It has been a little more than 3 months since the last time I ranked my favorite 40 blogs, so I thought it was about time to do it again, for the last time in 2005. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have of course moved up and others […]

Quick, before it gets deleted: “It’s become more and more apparent to me over the past five years that all the activism and non-violent protesting in the world will do precisely squat. When you’re dealing with evil people who have no shame, the old rules of the game don’t and, indeed, can’t apply if you […]

“Holding the majority used to be viewed as a means to an end–the end being promoting freedom and limited government. Now, holding the majority seems to be an end in itself–holding onto power for the sake of holding onto power.” — Rep Jeff Flake

In the past, to inspire people to suggest new music that I might be interested in and just for entertainment’s sake, I’ve posted the music I was currently listening to on RWN. But, thanks to wonders of modern technology, I can now tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last month. […]

Foreign At Least 24 People, Including One Australian, Have Been Killed In Explosions In The Popular Indonesian Resort Island Of Bali U.S. Eyes New Steps Against Syria Generals Are Upbeat On Iraq (Free WAPO Reg Req) The U.S. Military Said On Sunday It Had No Reason To Believe A Militant Group’s Claim To Have Seized […]

Black Conservative Tammy Bruce Christian Coalition Of America Blog Daily Pundit Gopinion It’s Gonna Go Jack Lewis Let’s Blame Bush Mister Snitch! Newsbeat 1 Political Humor RedState PS: I still have two banner ads available. If you’re interested, get the details here.

“If you want to know why business takes such an interest in Washington, the answer can be found in your low-flow toilet, in the warning labels adorning your cars, in your 8 zillion page tax returns. It can be found while you wait on hold trying to get a human to answer your questions about […]

In order to get a better feel for how the blogosphere views the upcoming appointment of another Supreme Court justice, I asked a small, select group of bloggers to answer 3 questions: 1) Who do you think Bush will chose as his nominee for the Supreme Court? 2) If you were given the opportunity to […]

I am sorry to inform you that I’ve decided to pull the plug on Conservative Grapevine. I enjoyed running the page, but the traffic has stayed flat in the 1200-1500 daily uniques range and shows no signs of increasing. Furthermore, it has taken longer than I expected to update the page daily while generating less […]

Some comments that Bill Bennett recently made have been doubly taken out of context by much of the left and used in an attempt to unfairly smear him as a racist. Here’s the quote that the left been focusing on: “But I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you […]

The generals in Iraq have been reporting to the Senate about the progress of Iraqi troops. Some of the news is discouraging: “The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in […]

Nancy A. Youssef of Knight Ridder explains why it is quite likely that, despite substantial Sunni misgiving, the Iraqi constitution will pass in the October 15 referendum. Opposition to Iraqi constitution weakening (KR, Sep. 28) The two strongest opponents of Iraq’s proposed new constitution said this week that they wouldn’t campaign against it aggressively, making […]

Domestic Roberts Confirmed As 17th Chief Justice. Senate Republicans Are Unanimous, Democrats Evenly Split (Free WAPO Reg) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison: DeLay Prosecutor ‘Corrupt’ Color The WaPo Editorial Board Skeptical About The DeLay Indictment The Money That Led To The Indictment This Week Of Two Las Vegas Pastors And The Wife Of One Of Them […]

Apparently Ronnie Earle, the partisan prosecutor going after Tom DeLay, has had a film crew following him around for years, getting footage for a Michael Moore style documentary: “For the last two years, as he pursued the investigation that led to Wednesday’s indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle […]

Getting rid of Tom DeLay is not about appeasing the Democrats, nor is it even ultimately about the bad publicity this indictment will bring before DeLay is eventually, in all liklihood, exonerated. It’s about removing a Republican, from a leadership position, who is such a spendthrift that he makes Jimmy Carter look like Scrooge McDuck. […]

The fine folks at The Young Nationalist have done an interview with me, via email. Make sure to head on over and check it out!

Normally, Fred Barnes does a pretty good job of political analysis. But, for whatever reason, perhaps because he fears Hillary as a candidate or because he has been affected by the gloomy political atmosphere, Barnes has written an unjustifiably pessimistic column about the GOP’s chances in 2008. Truthfully, things just aren’t anywhere nearly as bad […]

Earlier this morning at Blogsnow, there seemed to be dozens of British bloggers who were in a big huff over this story. It must be a cultural thing because I am just not grokking what they’re so upset about: “The Labour Party has apologised after an 82-year-old member was thrown out of its annual conference […]

Former FEMA Director Mike Brown told a House investigative panel yesterday that he takes much of the blame for the agency’s response to “a national disaster of horrifying proportions which continues to cause pain, heartache and devastating financial hardship for millions of Americans.” “I should have come to Congress sooner to witness this tragedy in […]

Domestic Indicted DeLay Steps Down From House Post A Statement From Tom DeLay & His Comments About The Indictment This Morning DeLay Calls Prosecutor A ‘Partisan Fanatic’ Blunt Picked To Replace Delay As US House leader Attempt To Pick Successor Is Foiled. Blunt Temporarily Takes Reins As Conservatives Reject Dreier (Free WAPO Reg Req) Gov. […]

As most of you undoubtedly already know, Tom DeLay has been indicted on dubious charges by a prosecutor with a history of politically motivated prosecutions. Even setting aside frivolous prosecutions past, Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor, has actually raised money for a Democratic PAC by publicly attacking Tom DeLay, so he’s one step away from “Michael […]

The National period of sensitivity expires: TBS is running “The Waterboy” twice tonight, I’d forgotten how hilariously cruel this movie is to Louisiana. Suffice it to say, poor old Mayor Nagin isn’t going down in popular culture with Rudy Giuliani. In fact, the whole state seems to be run by looters. The state’s representatives have […]

Make sure to check out my other blog, Conservative Grapevine for links to some of the best articles on the right side of the blogosphere. Some of the stories linked over the last couple of days include: — Why am I (Still) not a Democrat? — Greg Gutfeld savages the other bloggers at the Huffington […]

“It would be a lot of fun to watch liberals going through their “Howard Dean phase” right now, except liberal hysteria always frightens Bush. Instead of poking them through the iron bars of their cages with a stick like a normal person would, Bush soothes them with food pellets and reassuring words. What fun is […]

Since George Bush is supposedly getting close to selecting a SCOTUS nominee and Alberto Gonzales is lobbying for the job, it’s worth mentioning that the Attorney General would be an even worse pick this time around than he would have been as an initial pick for three reasons. First of all, although John Roberts was […]