Year: 2005

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 Afghans Vote In Landmark Poll Iraqi Lawmakers OK Amended Constitution Germany’s Schroeder Loses Angela Merkel, But Refuses To Concede. Both Parties Scramble To Form Coalitions That Can Pull In 50% Of The Vote Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq Al-Zarqawi Declares “Total War” on Shi’ites Blair Calls BBC Coverage ‘Full Of Hate Of America’ Domestic […]

RWN returns on Monday. Have a great week-end! Air America Hosts: Farrakhan Not Wrong on Levees AnalPhilosopher Armor Geddon Blogsnow Byrd Droppings Cartago Delenda Est Davids Medienkritik The Llama Butchers Oraculations Tim Blair Tongue Tied Tony Snow: Fear Is A Waste Of Time PS: I now have two banner ad spots available. The details and […]

From Betsy Newmark: “Democratic senators seem conflicted on how to vote on the Roberts nomination. They could oppose him in great numbers and hope that that would intimidate Bush to name someone more moderate for the next nomination. Or they could support Roberts and then oppose the second one and say, “Oh no, we’re not […]

Some of my readers have written in asking for a slightly fuller explanation of structural unemployment. Did you ever watch Little House on the Prairie? I looooooved Little House on the Prairie. I love my parents and all, but let’s be frank: I wanted the Ingalls family to adopt me. To be honest, I dreamed […]

I know many of you may see a post about Cindy Sheehan and immediately think: “She’s old news; don’t even bother to cover her.” I gotta disagree, folks. Although I’m sick of her, too, she’s an influential and beloved figure on the left, and she obviously speaks for much of the anti-war crowd in this […]

When you finish up with Right Wing News today, make sure to check out my other blog, Conservative Grapevine for some of the best posts in the blogosphere today. That’s Conservative Grapevine: where bloggers go to see what’s happening on the right side of the blogosphere.

In the comments section of one of the posts here at RWN, Right Wing Sparkle pointed me over to a post on her blog called cyber sexism. RWS was apparently inspired to write on the topic because Ilyka Damen has been so scarred by her time in the blogosphere as a woman that she has […]

Did you ever see that episode of the Simpsons that featured the “screamapillar”? Homer built Marge a Koi Pond as a gift and this incredibly irritating howling worm called the screamapillar moved in. Because it was so loud and grating, Homer couldn’t wait to kill it. But, right as he was about to squash the […]

Hurricane Katrina Katrina Death Toll Passes 700: 474 In LA Bush Pledges Historic Effort To Help Gulf Coast Recover. President Says U.S. Will Learn From Mistakes (Free Wapo Reg Req) Text Of Bush’s Speech Kathleen Blanco Timeline Floods’ Pollutants Within The Norm (Free WAPO Reg Req) G.O.P. Split Over Big Plans For Storm Spending (Free […]

“I, too, am in favour of Kofi Annan staying on, not just till his term expires in December 2006, but for five, ten years after that, if he wishes. If I was as eager for UN ‘reform’ as its supporters claim to be, I’d toss Kofi to the sharks and get some new broom in […]

Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has spilled his guts to the New York Times. What did he say, you ask? Well, the short version basically comes down to: my biggest mistake was not immediately realizing how incredibly incompetent the locals were in Louisiana, especially Blanco. Here’s the longer version, […]

Of course, even after reading the same things you read in “Mike Brown Part 1,” the New York Times turns things around and blames Bush: “But Mr. Brown’s account, in which he described making “a blur of calls” all week to Mr. Chertoff, Mr. Card and Mr. Hagin, suggested that Mr. Bush, or at least […]

Just for the fun of it, I decided to put together a list of my favorite right-of-center writers. Keep in mind that this isn’t about content, it’s about skill at putting together the written word in an interesting fashion. In fact, I came up with this list by trying to think of who would write […]

We’ll see. It should be noted that the families — yes, the families — previously expressed concern about the crescent design, specifically about calling it “the Crescent of Embrace.” The idiots in charge, and the architecht, refused even a name change to “Arc of Embrace” and the like. They wanted that crescent in the title. […]

Domestic California Judge Declares Pledge Unconstitutional Mass. Legislature Rejects Proposed Amendment Banning Gay Marriage Architect Offers To Alter Flight 93 Memorial To Appease Critics White House to Fortify U.S.-Mexico Border NBC / WSJ Poll: Bush’s Approval 40% The New York Times To Start Charging To Read Its Columnists Next Week There Will Be No Welcome […]

Holy mother of God! How can any Republican, especially Tom DeLay, be so out of touch that he could possibly say or believe this: “House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an “ongoing victory,” and said there is simply no fat left to […]

Today was a first in that I was actually woken up by the wind blowing outside my window. Taking the dog out to poop was a real adventure too. There were big tree limbs down in the yard and these huge trees were swaying and bending waaaaaay too much for my taste….oh, and those are […]

Folks, if you’re for a single news story that is so jam packed with irony that it could actually inspire Alanis Morissette to write a song called “Ironic Part 2,” then today is your lucky day. That’s because Stacy Willis at the Las Vegas Weekly has written one of the most irony packed columns that […]

Since Katrina hit, there have been a lot of people who’ve managed to end up with a foot in their mouth. But, there has been one man, one anti-semitic, loony man who has stood out above all others: Louis Farrakhan. Yes, Mr. million man march’s mouth has been a regular fountain of stupidity that has […]

As a blogger, I can tell you that there’s nothing quite like getting acerbic, barely coherent, hate mail from semi-literate cretins. But, don’t take my word for it! Now you too can experience the same thrill as you read some of these very real emails that I’ve received of late. Enjoy! From: (BOBBYBEE100@**********) Subject: i […]

Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Death Toll Climbs To 423 La. Nursing Home Owners Charged With 34 Cases Of Negligient Homicide Nagin May Allow Uptown, French Quarter And Algiers Residents Back Monday Ray Nagin Buys House In Dallas New Orleans Airport Reopens After 2 Weeks Foreign Bush, Talabani Say No Timetable For Withdrawal. Iraqi President Appears […]

Ophelia has been upgraded to a category 1 hurricane and it’s moving like it has drawn a bead on my location. They’ve even done mandatory evacuations of some of the nearby areas that are on the beach front. Also, this isn’t exactly encouraging news: “North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley said coastal residents should be prepared […]

Don’t get too up, too down, or too excited in general about the Roberts hearing because it’s unlikely anything really crucial is going to happen. Instead, here’s how you can expect it to go if there are no big surprises: grandstanding Democratic Senators and a few RINOS will unleash stemwinders about whatever issue they want […]

“You 60 million losers who voted for this loser open YOUR wallets. This president declared war on the poor long ago, and while some of us cared enough to vote for someone who gave a d@mn, you buried your heads in the sand, babbled about abortion and family values, and voted for the doofus. And […]

“Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. Judges are like umpires. Umpires don’t make the rules; they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical. They make sure everybody plays by the rules. But it is a limited role. Nobody ever went to a ball […]

Over at the Huffington Post, pollster John Zogby has been left scratching his head by the results of one of his own polls. It seems that in the latest Zogby Poll, he asked likely voters to choose between George Bush and every President from Jimmy Carter on + John Kerry. Here are the results: Bush […]

Foreign Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Said In An Interview Yesterday That The United States Could Withdraw As Many As 50,000 Troops By The End Of The Year (Free WAPO Reg Req) Iraq Mounts New Raid On Guerrillas, US Warns Syria Gaza Synagogues Face Likely Desecration. PA Leader Admits Palestinians Can’t Be Trusted With Israel’s Holy […]

If you’ve had problems getting to Right Wing News, Conservative Grapevine, or much of the rest of the blogosphere for the last few hours, it’s because blogads is down. I’ve taken blogads down on RWN and CG and that’s has fixed the problem for the moment. Hopefully, blogads will be back up soon…

This is just too good not to post. It’s Mary Landrieu completely crumbling, live on air, over the Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool. From Fox News Sunday… WALLACE: I think it’s fair to say that both of you have been very tough on the federal response in the first days after Katrina hit. Senator Vitter, […]