Year: 2005

“…(A)ccording to a CBS/New York Times poll cited in the article, 49% of 18-29 year old women believed that abortion should be “available to anyone who wants it” in 1993. In 2003 among the same age group, only 35% of respondents believed abortion should be “available to anyone who wants it.” In 2005, only 28% […]

Hat tip to Kanzune at Something Awful for the photoshops.

Foreign Iraq: Terrorist Bomber Kills 20 at Baghdad Police Station Palestinian Terrorists Murder Two Israeli Grandparents. Islamic Jihad And The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade Claim Responsibility Third Man Arrested In Failed London Attack Poll In Britain: 1 In 4 Muslims Sympathises With Motives Of Terrorists Domestic Conservative Grapevine: My Other Blog White House Won’t Show All […]

Althouse Bernard Goldberg Online Flash Video: Michael Jackson’s Chocolate Factory (NSFW) Froggy Ruminations GOPness Hispanic Pundit JudgeRoberts.com Mike Huckabee President 2008 National Summary Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Victor Davis Hanson: Enough Is Enough Until RWN gets back, enjoy the week-end links…

Howard Dean wants the Democratic Party to be more friendly to candidates who’re pro-life: “Democrats need to reach out to voters who oppose abortion rights and promote candidates who share that view, the head of the party said Friday. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told a group of college Democrats that their […]

“House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that the House will produce another immigration and border security bill this Congress and will have to pass that bill before turning to a guest-worker program. …He said the House has received the message that immigration is “an incredibly important issue to the American people.” …Mr. DeLay said […]

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” — Author unknown “Every time you take a rich man down, you take a 100 poor men with him.” “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in […]

Anyone think that a similar story about lynching aborignals would have gotten a prize? Or do you think that kid would have been expelled and/or put into forcible psychotherapy? “I waken to the sounds of bombs. Women and children crying. Rubble. That is all there is to see. Baghdad: once filled with beds of flowers […]

“Before serving as an associate counsel in the Reagan White House, Roberts worked at the Justice Department under Attorney General William French Smith. He returned to the department in 1989, serving as principal deputy solicitor general under President George H.W. Bush. The Reagan-era memos portray a cocksure young lawyer whose writing was clear, highly attuned […]

Foreign Blasts Hit London Again, 2 Weeks After Bombings Two Arrested In London Subway, Bus Blasts Aussie PM John Howard On The London Terrorists Iraqis Not Ready To Fight Terrorists On Their Own Yet, U.S. Says (Free NYT Reg. Req) China Severs Currency’s Link To The U.S. Dollar Sudan Security Roughs Up Rice Delegation. Condi […]

The Patriot Act is up for renewal. It’s been controversial for a long time, but many people still don’t know the facts about it. Thus, as a service to you, the public, I sent my crack research team to find out all they can about the Patriot Act. FUN FACTS ABOUT THE PATRIOT ACT * […]

1) Thank God the bombers botched it. 2) I don’t think the Brits will need US help on this, but it goes w/out saying that all they need to do is ask to get it. 3) The fact that some people are blaming Blair for goading the terrorists into attacking by being in Iraq, instead […]

Yesterday, I posted the early reaction from the left side of the blogosphere to the John Roberts nomination. Well, after giving the lefties a day to think it over, I decided to take another crack at it. The general consensus seems to be that… 1) They don’t like Roberts but acknowledge that they can’t stop […]

Democrats always get huffy and offended when people question their patriotism. Yet, whenever someone trashes America you’ll always find Democrats up to their armpits in the refuse. For example, take a look at this piece of “art” that, believe it or not, is now sitting in the “cafeteria of the state Department of Justice” in […]

“One step forward: A group of British imams issued an honest-to-Allah fatwa against suicide bombers. According to the clerics, terrorists are not acting in the name of true Islam and will ride a hot, slick razor blade straight to hell. Good; more, please. Alas, there’s also one step back: In the same news cycle Rep. […]

Foreign Georgian Police Detained A Man Suspected Of Trying To Assassinate George Bush A Top Al-Qaeda Briton Who Called Tube Bombers Before Attack Has Been Captured North Korea Has Nuclear Bomb, Would-Be Defector Claims Israel Parliament Rejects Gaza Pullout Delay Gay Marriage Now Officially Legal Across Canada Domestic Democratic Filibuster Of Roberts Unlikely O’Connor: Bush’s […]

“In a small town, an idiot breaks a shop window. He’s called a vandal, until someone points out that a window installer now must be paid to replace the window. The window installer then will have enough money to buy a new suit. A tailor will then be able to buy a new desk. And […]

Here’s another little item to add to the list of “Bad British Trends Bound To Catch On In America”. “The word “fail” should be banned from use in British classrooms and replaced with the phrase “deferred success” to avoid demoralizing pupils, a group of teachers has proposed. Members of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) […]

There is some concern out there among conservatives that John Roberts doesn’t have a long career on the bench. Ann Coulter for example says: “So all we know about him for sure is that he can’t dance and he probably doesn’t know who Jay-Z is. Other than that, he is a blank slate. Tabula rasa. […]

“So what do the shrieking wingnuts think of him? Is he pure enough? Does he speak in tongues, handle snakes, speak directly to Jesus and James Madison about original intent? Fill me in.” — Hullabaloo “Roberts donated to Bush’s election, and Bush seems to be treating the Supreme Court like it’s France – a plum […]

It seems that Seymour Hersh is once again doing what he does best: making wild, unprovable allegations based on unverifiable anonymous sources. This time, he’s claiming that the United States rigged the Iraqi election. And what’s his evidence, you say? Lots of untraceable, anonymous sources. How heavily does he rely on those sources? Well, by […]

After you finish up with Right Wing News today, make sure to check out my other blog, Conservative Grapevine, to find out what the blogosphere is saying about the John Roberts nomination….Oh, and while you’re there? Bookmark the page. It’ll be worth it…

Foreign Chechnya Terrorist Attack Leaves At Least 14 Dead, 20 Others Wounded London Mayor Ken Livingstone: Hamas And The Likud Party As “Two Sides Of The Same Coin.” (Disgusting) Egypt Clears 7/7 Suspect Domestic Bush Picks Roberts For High Court-Sources Conservative Grapevine: For The Latest On What Bloggers Are Saying About John Roberts Text of […]

(*** Note: This post will be regularly updated until about 10:45 PM EST ***) “A Republican political strategist tells me that this pick will further energize the Republican base with the ongoing talk that Stevens might retire before George Bush leaves office. Conservatives love Bush tonight. Make no mistake about it. Certain conservative leaders, if […]

It’s an hour and a half until the announcement. Here are the latest rumors leading up until 9 PM: Luttig is in DC. Could he be there for the announcement? “While I am not terribly surprised to see the Luttig children in proper attire in DC even if there is not a special occasion, the […]

If you’re a blogger, how about filling out this survey over at JackLewis’ blog? It doesn’t take very long — it took me less than 5 minutes — and he could use some more responses.

Ugh…this is not particularly good news: “President Bush is close to a decision on his first nominee to the Supreme Court and U.S. appeals court Judge Edith Clement has emerged as a leading candidate, Republican sources said. The main appeal to Clement is supposed to be that she hasn’t left a long paper trail and […]

See if you can spot the inconsistency here: “I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Feb 11, 2003 “Speaking to the nations’ largest Hispanic civil rights organization, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., received a standing ovation Monday when she vowed her support for legislation that would allow illegal immigrant high […]

Lee over at Right-Thinking From the Left Coast points out that George Bush is backpedaling by only pledging to fire whoever was involved in the Plame leak if a crime was committed: “(I)t can’t be denied that the administration has gone from firing anyone “involved” with the leak to anyone “convicted of a crime” involving […]

(*** For the first time, I’ve decided to move the daily news in the right column over to the center of the page. That should make it easier to read, open up more Blogad space on the right, draw more attention for the news, and hopefully pull in more links. I’ve made some changes based […]