Year: 2005

Question: “What’s the deal with liberals and their fascination with code words? How come they don’t actually focus on what is said but rather look for specific words? Is that why when Gore says he took the initiative to create the Internet, conservatives called Gore a liar but the libs actually decipher what he said […]

Today is Q&A Friday #16 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Question: “What beef do libertarians have with religion?” — covok48 “I like covak48’s question, “What beef do libertarians have with religion?” That is a very interesting question.” — dshompe Answer: Truthfully, I don’t think most libertarians have a problem with religion. What ya gotta understand is that libertarians have a political philosophy that in essence […]

Question: “I have wondered about this one for a while: John, what’s your banning policy? Anybody who reads the comments can see you’re pretty lenient, but it’s happened before. What does a person have to say/do before you consider him for banning?” — Raposa Answer: Here’s the official policy from the FAQ: Yes, please don’t […]

Question: “I think the biggest part of the illegal alien problem is the “illegal” part. What can be done by states and/or the federal government to legitimize an “acceptable” amount of immigration?” — OC_Chuck Answer: When you cut through all rhetoric, the biggest obstacle to dealing with the illegal immigration is that there are large […]

Question: “What do you think of the Laura Bush flap?” — HerrKant Answer: Personally, I didn’t have any problem with her stand-up routine. While I can understand some people thinking that a few of the jokes were beneath the dignity of the first lady, the whole performance, even the “milking the male horse gag” which […]

The goof who disrupted Ann Coulter’s college lecture, Ahai Raj, wrote an email that has been posted in one of the Daily Kos Diaries. So, as a service to the community, I decided to post a few select excerpts from this dashing young hero of the left along with some of the praise he received […]

I shudder to think what the “moderates” will make of this: A federal judge on Thursday blocked Montgomery County public schools from instituting a new health curriculum that includes discussions of homosexuality and a videotaped demonstration of how to use a condom. U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the […]

Usually I only get to complain about the reporting of the deficit in mainstream outlets. However, this story in the Washington Post (which James noted below) is a pleasant surprise. For that fiscal year, the government recorded a $412 billion deficit, the largest ever in nominal dollar terms, although not as large as some of […]

If you’re a left-of-center-columnist, today is when you find out how good you really are. That’s because Right Wing News has polled the left-of-center members of the blogosphere on who their favorite columnists are and today, everyone learns the results. You can find out who the left side of the blogosphere believes are the best […]

FT HOOD, TX (IFOC) – A military judge has rejected Abu Ghraib torture suspect Pvt Lynndie England’s guilty plea today. “I’ve been watching the Robert Blake and Michael Jackson trials, and I was hoping for my own media circus,” said presiding judge Col. James Pohl. “Maybe even a shot at Jay Leno doing a ‘Dancing […]

Well, it seems we live in a police state, folks, and perhaps not surprisingly, Ann Coulter is somehow responsible. It seems she was giving a speech last night and….well, I don’t want to explain it just yet…not without acquainting you with the HORRIBLE OPPRESSION described by someone who says he was there. The description you […]

Companies that are unionized are too inefficient to compete with companies that aren’t and liberals are generally hostile to successful businesses. Therefore, it’s no surprise that both unions & liberals detest Wal-Mart. It’s tempting to simply ignore the kvetching about Wal-Mart because in the long run, consumers don’t care all that much about the whining. […]

Wal-Mart Stores today surrendered to pressure from labor unions to increase hourly pay for its workers, and began a new corporate campaign to emulate the historical success of the U.S. auto industry. “Our union critics were right,” said H. Lee Scott Jr., Wal-Mart’s chief executive, “We have an obligation to behave like General Motors did […]

Orson Scott Card inexplicably disses Star Trek in the LA Times: “The original “Star Trek,” created by Gene Roddenberry, was, with a few exceptions, bad in every way that a science fiction television show could be bad. Nimoy was the only charismatic actor in the cast and, ironically, he played the only character not allowed […]

“On lofty questions of policy, perhaps it isn’t that the American people are for or against – but that they just don’t care. Americans care more about Michael Jackson than judicial filibusters. They are more concerned with Paula Abdul than with the Pozen proposal for progressive indexing. And that is as it should be. Currently, […]

A 13-year-old girl, who ran away from a government home and got pregnant, today received permission from the state of Florida to abort her 14-week-old child. However, a spokesman for the state Department of Children and Families announced that because she broke the rules by running away, “this young lady is in big trouble and […]

Syria has withdrawn from Lebanon (though there are indications that they have left some intelligence assets in place), and now this news story indicates that Syria might be trying to extricate itself from the terrorist campaign in Iraq: …Syria’s decision to re-establish ties [with Iraq] after 23 years of severance could be key to easing […]

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. […]

Ever so often in the mainsteam media, you’ll run across a story written by a liberal reporter pondering the profound mystery of conservatives. What makes them tick? Why are they so uncivilized? Are they really taking orders from Rush Limbaugh? In short, conservatives are treated as these baffling creatures that are impossible for the “normal” […]

“In addition to those with these liberal attitudes, there are some conservatives who think that we need workers from Mexico to do work that Americans will not do. Virtually every job in the country is work that Americans will not do, if the pay is below a certain level. And the pay will not rise […]

Remember this ridiculous radio billboard put up by Clear Channel? When you see so many illegal immigrants in an area that a company feels a need to pander to them like this, you have a problem. Which is why I liked this response from KFI 640 AM in LA: Something Tom Tancredo said in an […]

“I want to thank all of the bloggers who like my columns. Kathryn posted this earlier, but apparently I’m the second-favorite columnist among rightwing bloggers. Mark Steyn — who I will obviously have eliminated by the end of the week — came in first. Assuming I’m reading the numbers correctly, what’s interesting and oddly gratifying […]

If you’re a right-of-center-columnist, today is the Grammys, Super Bowl, and Golden Globe awards all rolled into one. That’s because Right Wing News has polled the right-of-center members of the blogosphere on who their favorite columnists are and today, everyone learns the results. You can find out who the right side of the blogosphere believes […]

From Damian Penny of Daimnation!: “There’s a new book out called South Park Conservatives, by City Journal editor Brian Anderson, which uses the long-running animated series to illustrate his argument that an increasingly media-savvy right is fighting back pop-culture’s anti-conservative hostility. It’s an interesting thesis, and I’ve requested a review copy from the publisher – […]

Jerry Lembcke is a leftie revisionist who runs around claiming that no soldiers were ever spit on when they returned from Vietnam. Since the Boston Globe recently saw fit to publish his ridiculous, easily refuted claims, I thought it would be a good time to blow him out of the water by again posting links […]

The New York Times’ pet conservative David Brooks claims to have the inside scoop on a secret deal Harry Reid offered to break the judicial filibuster impasse: “Bill Frist should have taken the deal. Last week, the Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, made an offer to head off a nuclear exchange over judicial nominations. Reid […]

If I were only allowed to read 20 political websites (and the links from them) for the next year they would be (in order): 20) Hundred Percenter 19) Tim Blair 18) Jewish World Review 17) FoxNews 16) Power Line 15) Cybercast News Service 14) Ravenwood’s Universe 13) Little Green Footballs 12) TownHall 11) Blacksheep News […]

“The United Nations has sadly become a creepy organization. Its General Assembly is full of cutthroat regimes. The Human Rights Commission has had members like Vietnam and Sudan, regimes that at recess must fight over bragging rights to which of the two killed more of their own people. The U.N. has a singular propensity to […]

“If I’m ever shot in California, I’m glad to know that the cops can carve the bullet out of my body and use it’s microprinted serial number to track down my killer. Assuming, of course, that they can still read the serial number on the mishapen and fragmented bullet. And assuming that the killer is […]