Year: 2005

From a column I wrote back on July 20, 2004 called “Why Conservatives Should Vote For Bush:” “Furthermore, you should never, never, never, forget about judges. Because liberalism is so unpopular, the Democrats count on getting activist liberal judges to implement their agenda over the protests of the voters (perfect example: gay marriage in Massachusetts). […]

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. […]

Here’s Peter Glover, a Brit blogger who runs Wires From The Bunker, on the July the 4th: “To my American friends across the blogging pond: a very Happy Independence Day, July 4th! …(T)his is a very distressing day for us…your closest allies? Even so, every year you shamefully flaunt this shaking off of benevolent British […]

Iowahawk Special July 4 Guest Commentary by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi Americans are famous for their diversity, and nowhere is this diversity more on display than in the various ways we celebrate the Fourth of July. Whether you are a traditional infidel enjoying hot dogs and cold watermelon, a recent immigrant infidel celebrating your new citizenship […]

I’m going to be taking Monday off for the 4th of July, so RWN will return on Tuesday, July 5th. Have a great week-end and a happy holiday! PS: Consider this to be an open thread

All hail Bill Kristol and his mighty sources because to the best of my knowledge, he was the first one to call a Sandra Day O’Connor retirement. O’Connor’s retirement is great news for conservatives and not just because she was like the “dice of justice,” a woman who might side with either the liberals or […]

“Sandra Day O’Connor has retired. This is going to be bloody.” — The Washington Monthly “Mark the date. In all likelihood, July 1, 2005 will be remembered as the day women’s choice died.” — Lean Left “In any case, I’ll be very surprised if (Bush) chooses someone in the least bit acceptable to anyone but […]

One of the most fascinating things about today’s liberals is that it seems that they can almost always tell you exactly what they’re against, but it’s almost impossible to pin them down on what they’re actually for. Examples of this phenomenon abound, especially when you’re talking about liberal politicians. They’re against tax cuts, but they […]

Quotes from Reagan on America, Freedom, and War Quotes From The American Revolution Great Patriotic Quotes Speech: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry (March 23, 1775) Speech: Duty, Honor, Country by Douglas MacArthur What’s So Great About America? Reminder: The United States Is The Best Thing To Ever Happen To This […]

Here are the candidates — in order — who are in my opinion, most likely to win the Republican nomination in 2008. Do keep in mind that we’re still more than 2 1/2 years out, so this line-up can & most certainly will surely change (Especially if some of the low profile governors start to […]

Some of us predicted that this day would come ;D Hat tip to Groggie at Something Awful for the photoshopped pic and “Canadian Bacon” for the quote.

“By 1973, the goal of fashioning a South Korean-like, non-communist entity in Indochina was supposedly obtained and the war over. The Paris peace agreements recognized two autonomous Vietnamese states. Almost all American prisoners were returned. The last few American ground troops came home. If the communist North, and its Soviet and Chinese patrons, saw 1973 […]

Along with windsurfing, bicycling, and sucking the morale out of our armed forces like an industrial vac, John Kerry has the uncanny ability to predict the content of Bush’s speeches and rebutt them in advance. There was little point in me watching Bush spew his jingoist propaganda last night, for Big John had it all […]

You like to be surprised, right? Then click here. Yeah, go ahead, just click right here. Do it, it’ll be fun, you’ll love it. Wait a second, you aren’t chicken, are you? You’re not going: “No mister, I’m scared to click on the blind link! I’m a little scaredy cat!” That’s not you, right? Then […]

— There has been a lot of hang wringing and even “draft talk” on the left inspired by the army’s low recruitment numbers this year. However, not only did the Amry exceed their recruiting numbers in June, they’re only 14% behind for the year. Granted, we’ve had to up recruitment incentives and add more recruiters […]

Someone with the handle of “sabra” polled the fine folks at the forums of the Democratic Underground on a rather provocative question and produced some rather intriguing results. First, here’s Sabra’s question: “Poll question: 9/11: LIHOP, MIHOP, or Other? LIHOP: let it happen on purpose. MIHOP: made it happend on purpose.” Just in case you’re […]

“This wasn’t supposed to happen. When the federal assault weapons ban ended on Sept. 13, 2004, gun crimes and police killings were predicted to surge. Instead, they have declined. For a decade, the ban was a cornerstone of the gun control movement. Sarah Brady, one of the nation’s leading gun control advocates, warned that “our […]

Hat tip to Drudge for the story and of course, The Sun for the pic. *** Update #1 ***: By the way, you know why I love this pic so much, aside from the fact that it’s funny? Because it’s so different from the way American papers treat the war. Most American papers? They might […]

Last night I heard several people on television spout something similar to this line, “We were told that Saddam had something to do with 9/11, but that was a lie. ” Excuse me while I take a few minutes to scream at the stupidity. Okay, now I am going to very slowly explain something that […]

Once again, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to interview the man I consider to be the best columnist in the business, Mark Steyn. This interview was conducted via email and we covered a number of topics including Steyn’s syndication in the US, Israel, the future of Europe and Nato, Christianity in Europe, […]

As an early supporter of The Huffington Post, I must say that the blog has certainly turned out to be a disappointment. The “Lefty Drudge Style” news is rather run-of-the-mill, the writing is generally bad and only a few token conservatives are allowed to post. Of course, all that would have been forgivable had Arianna […]

“…Some wonder whether Iraq is a central front in the war on terror. Among the terrorists, there is no debate. Hear the words of Osama Bin Laden: “This Third World War is raging” in Iraq. “The whole world is watching this war.” He says it will end in “victory and glory or misery and humiliation.” […]

It has been about 3 months since the last time I ranked my favorite 40 blogs, so I thought it was about time to do it again. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have of course moved up and others have dropped, based on how often I visit them, […]

I’m not a guy who normally uses the word “delicious” unless I’m talking about food, but oh, this would be just DELICIOUS: Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter […]

“You have an insurgency with no vision, no base, limited popular support, an elected government, committed Iraqis to the democratic process, and you have Iraqi security forces that are fighting and dying for their country every day. Senator, that is not a quagmire.” — General George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, responds to Ted […]

This will probably be the last post I’ll make on The Discovery Channel’s Greatest Americans survey, but I want to take a moment to defend George Washington’s place in history. Now granted, Washington finished at a very respectable #4…but to me, Washington clearly should have been in the top spot. Why so? Because in my […]

WorldNetDaily did a really nice spread on my Ed Klein interview. Unfortunately — and inexplicably — WND just posted the address and do not give the readers an actual hyperlink to click on. That’s too bad because it means that instead of getting several thousand WND readers checking out RWN, I didn’t end up getting […]

He’s right, and kudos to Betsy for the quote. Why are liberals incensed by Rove’s remarks? Because it forces them to confront an issue they’d been hoping to avoid– the split between America-hating leftists and America-tolerating liberals. They’ve got to keep this alliance intact for political reasons… but ideologically, it’s a muddle: In the liberal […]

In a pair of rulings on the constitutionality of the 10 Commandments on government property, the Supreme Court today said the

“What distinguishes the rule of law from the dictatorship of a shifting Supreme Court majority is the absolutely indispensable requirement that judicial opinions be grounded in consistently applied principle. That is what prevents judges from ruling now this way, now that thumbs up or thumbs down as their personal preferences dictate. Today’s opinion forthrightly (or […]