Year: 2005

Because it’s that time of year–and because LaShawn Barber and Sister Toldjah reminded me of it this morning– I blogged my own story about Kwanzaa today. It is a tale of a holiday, the felon who created it, the reporter who reported it on it, and the editors who spiked her story (or at least, […]

Humor The Ultimate Karl Rove T-Shirt The Greatest Terrorist Threat: Babies That Wacky Patton Q&A Friday #24: About The Latest Burger King Commercial Interviews RWN’s 2nd Victor Davis Hanson Interview The Peter Schweizer Interview The Jack Kelly Interview An Interview With Senator Sam Brownback RWN’s Mark Steyn Interview #2 An Interview With Newt Gingrich The […]

RWN’s Holiday Schedule Well, folks, it’s almost time for Christmas, which means that everyone, myself included, is getting ready to take a little vacation. So, let me give you the holiday schedule for RWN: Thursday: 1/2 day Friday: Part 1 of the best of RWN posts for 2005 goes up. Monday: Part 2 of the […]

Blogging 5 Misconceptions About Blogs & The Mainstream Media Who Says There Is No Money In Blogging? Why There’s A Dearth Of A-List Female Bloggers 25 Pieces Of Advice For Bloggers Bloggers Select Right-Of-Center Bloggers Decide Who Should Rule The World Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Least Favorite People On The Right Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their […]

Back on June 16, 2004 I wrote a post talking about how people like Wonkette and Michelle Malkin were good for the blogosphere Here’s a little snippet: “…(I)t’s fantastic that people like Ana Marie Cox at Wonkette are growing so big, so fast, with the help of contacts and mainstream media publicity. The more readers […]

There are more than a few people in this country who focus so obsessively on race that they constantly see bigotry where it doesn’t exist. In fact, some people have gotten so ridiculous about it that there is even speculation that a radio station’s change of formats from R&B to country must be prompted by […]

Karol sent this to me, noting that she felt dumber for having read it. So, in a way, it’s like a really cheap way to get drunk.. Could somebody please stop the spread of democracy in the Middle East? I do not like the way it’s turning out. Iran for example has been having elections […]

Domestic Cheney Breaks Senate Tie on Spending Cuts Democrats block ANWR Drilling USA Patriot Act Extended For 6 Months ‘Warrantless’ Searches Not Unprecedented Report: Satellite Used After Ok. Bombing The Organizers Of The Illegal Strike In New York May Face Jail Time If The Strike Continues Abramoff May Strike Deal With Prosecutors. Plea Could Mean […]

The towering arrogance of some of the top politicians from our bad neighbors to the South is almost beyond belief. It’s bad enough that they make no serious efforts to stop illegals from crossing the border. In fact, to the contrary, the Mexican government actually tacitly encourages their citizens to enter the US illegally. But […]

You almost have to admire the chutzpah (Well, not really) of Osman Karahan, a Turkish lawyer, who argued that his terrorist clients, who were responsible for the deaths of 58 innocent people, should be allowed to skate because it was their religious duty as Muslims to commit murder. “A lawyer defending al Qaida-linked suspects standing […]

Politics started getting nastier during the Reagan years onward and it has gotten particularly cutthroat since Bush got into office. For example, comparing Bush to Hitler has become so commonplace that it’s passe. Even worse, when William Rehnquist died, there were lefties publicly talking about how they wanted to expel various bodily fluids all over […]

“Allow me to sum up the homeland security strategy of America’s do-nothing brigade, led by the armchair generals at The New York Times and ACLU headquarters: First, bar law enforcement at all levels from taking race, ethnicity, national origin and religion into account when assessing radical Islamic terror threats. (But continue to allow the use […]

“I eagerly await the righteous indignation from the Plame Platoon about the spilling of secrets in wartime and its impassioned calls for an independent counsel to prosecute the leakers. And wait … And wait … I suspect it’ll be a long wait because the rule of thumb seems to be that although it’s treasonous for […]

Domestic Both Bill Clinton And Jimmy Carter Signed Executive Orders That Allowed Warrantless Searches The National Security Agency Accidentally Intercepted Some Domestic To Domestic Calls (Free NYT Reg Req) Sen. Pat Roberts Puzzled By Sen. John D. Rockefeller’s Concerns About The Bush Administration’s Warrantless Domestic Surveillance Program Since Rockefeller Privately Said He Supported The Program […]

“The ACLU invokes that famous phrase about a “wall of separation between church and state” — a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution but somehow considered to be part of Constitutional law. The Constitution forbad Congress from creating “an establishment of religion” but this was no mysterious concept known only to deep thinking legal scholars. […]

A little earlier today, I was fortunate enough to be invited by the Senate Republican Conference to be on a teleconference with Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Jim DeMint (R-SC) to talk about the “Patriot Act and DOD authorization bill.” Vitter didn’t end up making it, but John Cornyn (R-TX) replaced him. Cornyn started things […]

Over at the Democratic Underground, bobthedrummer has created a thread that polls the DUers on the following question: “Are we becoming fascist?” Here are the answers he received: That’s 4% of the “Reality Based Community” that actually understands that they’re living in a Democracy and 96% that thinks we live in a fascist state or […]

There are a lot of great gifts that you can receive this time of year, but the one thing no one wants shoved into their stocking is a lawsuit filed by an overzealous atheist or member of the ACLU! That’s why you should write out this disclaimer ,* helpfully provided by the Urban Family Council, […]

Several years of tracking a group of terror suspects in the Dallas area have paid off, as the FBI announced yesterday that they had arrested three members of the group after they enrolled in a local sewing class in a brazen attempt to obtain and learn how to use sewing scissors. There was a clear […]

Just days after the New York Times released classified information about eavesdropping by the NSA on Americans linked to international terrorists, President George Bush at a news conference today announced creation of a new website which allows people to voluntarily exclude their phone numbers and email addresses from NSA wiretap lists. The new National Do […]

Domestic Bush Vows Domestic Surveillance To Continue FBI Watched Activist Groups Suspected Of Being Tied To Terrorists Or That Had Links To Violent Or Disruptive Activities (Free Nyt Reg Req) Lawmakers Don’t Rule Out Patriot Act Deal Bush’s Approval Ratings Climb To 47% New York City Transit Workers Strike Clergy To Protest At White House. […]

That was then… “There sure are a lot of excited Democrats out there who think they’ve got George Bush and the GOP right where they want them. They think they’re going to get the Senate back, they think they’re going to get the House back, they think it’s going to be their year in 2006. […]

“I want senators from New York or Los Angeles or Las Vegas to go home and explain why these cities are safer without the renewal of the Patriot Act. It is inexcusable to say . . . ‘connect the dots’ and not give us a chance to do so. I happen to know there’s an […]

Honorable Mention: C_U_L8R: (Republicans are) Pure Concentrated Evil. false christians filled with hate and fear who desire to put the world in bondage and extract all the value and profit they can from their spoils of their pillage. May they all suffer unfortunate doom. Honorable Mention: Syrinx: The Conspiracy Is Real And It Must Be […]

I’m an excellent multitasker, and often times I do some of my best thinking when I’m doing four things at once. Such was the case the other day at work, the day of the Iraqi elections. Like everyone else I had been reading the news reports, and also the naysaying coming from the Democrats. I […]

“The Iraq election’s over, the media did their best to ignore it, and, judging from the rippling torsos I saw every time I switched on the TV, the press seem to reckon that that gay cowboy movie was the big geopolitical event of the last week, if not of all time. Yes, yes, I know: […]

Domestic Congressional Leaders Agree To $42 Billion In Budget Cuts (Free NYT Reg Req) Rice Defends NSA Eavesdropping (Free NYT Reg Req) Gonzales: War Powers Authorized Eavesdropping Sen. Reid Calls Us Congress ‘Most Corrupt In History’ But Denies Personal Wrongdoing Colin Powell: White House ‘Never Told’ Of WMD Doubts Trent Lott Unsure Whether He Will […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below and consider this to be an open thread. Ace Of Spades HQ The Anchoress Ankle Biting Pundits Betsy’s Page Tim Blair Byrd Droppings GOPINION Hugh Hewitt IMAO Instapundit JunkYardBlog Men’s News Daily Michelle Malkin Powerline Small Dead Animals Relapsed Catholic Mark Steyn PS: I still […]

Question: “What are your “what-if” scenarios for US involvement in any or all of the following situations? 1. Israeli strike on Iranian nuke facilities. 2. Iran nuking Israel. 3. Chinese invasion of Taiwan. 4. Total economic collapse in North Korea.” — Mike_M Answers: Out of order.. 2) The Iranians will — if we’re lucky — […]

Question: “Would you rather be trapped on a desert island with A)the collected written works of mankind but no net access, or B)no books but you have net access which lets read only your top 5 blogs, no posting or calling for help.” — oneisnotprime Answer: If you’re on a boring desert island, of course […]