Year: 2005

It’s hard to say if this report in the Daily Telegraph should be given any credence since none of the sources for the story are willing to go on the record, but if it’s true, it’s a very bad idea: “Saddam Hussein could avoid the gallows under a secret proposal by insurgent leaders that Iraq’s […]

It has been a long time coming and it’s finally here: the first Right Wing News T-Shirt! The cost is $15.95 for short sleeves and $19.95 for long sleeves. You can get them here. PS: If you have any great ideas for a RWN T-Shirt, feel free to leave them in the comments section. I’d […]

I have to get my taxes done by someone other than myself because I live in North Carolina, worked in South Carolina in 2004, plus I want a professional to handle the blogging income and write-offs. Unfortunately, I made just enough to go up to a tax bracket higher than the year before and despite […]

Supposedly there’s another “Terri Schiavo story” out there unfolding in Georgia. It involves a woman by the name of Mae Magouirk. The round-up from WorldNetDaily makes it sound almost like premeditated murder: “Mae Magouirk was neither terminally ill, comatose nor in a “vegetative state,” when Hospice-LaGrange accepted her as a patient about two weeks ago […]

Wesley Clark is living proof that not all generals understand military strategy. He still to this day misunderstands the war: The United States must reassure Syria and Iran about its intentions rather than trying to destabilize them, a former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate said. The U.S. retired general Wesley Clark said that President George W. […]

After reading this article, most people probably think: “Isn’t it worth it if it saves just one life?” Regrettably, I have to say, “no.” Read it and make your own call: “New passenger cars must have tire pressure monitoring systems in place by the 2008 model year, the government announced Thursday. To comply with the […]

Unfortunately most pundits, myself included, tend to spend a lot more time pointing out what’s wrong with proposals made by our political opponents than explaining what they believe should be done. That’s why I wanted to take a moment to give a brief explanation of what I think should be done about some of the […]

This was so bizarre and creepy that it actually took my mind a few moments to comprehend exactly what I was looking at: Yes, that’s a piercing! “Artist James Sooy proudly displays his piercings and metal jewelry, from the two captive bead rings in his upper ears to the thick stainless steel rings on each […]

From Mickey Kaus: “(Bill) Bradley wants the Democrats to emulate Republicans and generate ideas from a stable, pyramid-like institutional base–with “Democratic policy organizations” engaged in the “patient, long term development of new ideas or of new ways to sell old ideas.” Just plug in a candidate at the top of this institutional pyrmaid and … […]

WASHINGTON (IFOC) – President Bush signed legislation today authorizing the creation of the Department of Neverland Security and a Cabinet-level position to manage the new bureaucratic entity. “Visitors to the Neverland Ranch will never again experience the fear of a terrorist attack by Michael Jackson,” said Bush at a press conference. “We hope that we […]

Illegal Immigration has been one of Hillary Clinton’s pet issues lately and now Virginia Governor Mark Warner is getting in on the act: “Virginia Gov. Mark Warner yesterday signed into law a measure that denies illegal aliens public benefits, including access to Medicaid, welfare and local health care services.” Politically, going after illegals may be […]

What happens when a business can’t compete with its rivals? It can try to improve its performance, go out of business, or if it’s in a liberal state like Maryland, it can sic the government on its competitors to try to slow them down. It’s especially helpful when you’re picking on Wal-Mart, a company liberals […]

Patrick Hynes of Ankle Biting Pundits popped off a provocative column on the political divide between libertarians and conservatives. Here’s an excerpt to give you a feel for the piece: “Too often, though, the idea of a conservative-libertarian divorce reads like an ultimatum from libertarians, who occasionally express so much frustration at conservative apostasy they […]

My dog Patton has gone completely nuts over that football in his mouth. It’s the first thing he picks up when he gets up and the last thing he touches before he goes to bed. As a matter of fact, when he goes to sleep, he has been taking the football with him to bed…

The State of Kansas on Tuesday voted to re-affirm its existing ban on gay marriages. The margin was 71-29. And, along those lines, below is a breakdown of the voting margins, to ban gay marriages, in the 15 states which have done so, by direct referendums, since Howard Dean’s Vermont became the very first, and […]

From Hindrocket at Power Line: “Our disagreement with activist judges isn’t based only on the fact that they’re liberals and we’re conservatives. More importantly, it’s based on the fact that our Constitution didn’t establish the Supreme Court as a super-legislature, appointed for life, charged with nullifying popular opinion when it conflicts with more “sophisticated” sentiment. […]

Judging by his latest proposal to combat indecency, James Sensenbrenner III, R-Wis, must not have the word “overkill” in his vocabulary: “Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner III, R-Wis., told cable industry executives attending the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. conference here on Monday that criminal prosecution would be a more efficient way to enforce the indecency […]

Howard Dean comes across as quite the Holy Roller these days. Somebody must have told him that when you go to the South, you’re supposed to pepper all your speeches with “Jesus talk.” Just look at some quotes from this column on a Tennessee fund raiser Dean attended: “We don’t ever have to be ashamed […]

Here we’ll take a balanced look at social security with all sides weighing in on the matter. Social Security Question and Answer Session What is wrong with Social Security? Left Side – Nothing. Ok well, we’ll tweak it a little. Really the only thing that would improve it is putting it in the U.S. Constitution […]

Back in Feburary, I was mocking the left side of the blogosphere for pursuing the Jeff Gannon story like it was another Watergate. But who’s laughing now? Well…actually, it’s still me because according to The Des Moines Register, the left side of the blogosphere has devolved into full-on “moonbattery” over the story. This, you’ve got […]

Confederate Yankee, writing on the Border War, makes this interesting observation: In 2004, the equivilent of 160 12,500 military divisions simply walked northward across the U.S.-Mexican border to disappear into our country’s interior. Opposing them is an apathetic federal government, a complicit media, an overworked Border Patrol, and now, the militia the Constitution intended. Meanwhile, […]

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is being flayed in some quarters for saying: “I don’t know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. . . . And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, […]

As I write this, it’s 2:09 AM and once again, I’ve been hit with writer’s block. — Terri Schiavo? I’ve hit her killing as hard and as often as anything I’ve ever discussed on this blog and I’m not sure that there’s much more to say at least for the moment. — The Pope? I’m […]

From “The Knowledge Gap & The Terri Schiavo Case” (March 28, 2005) “Sadly, the liberal media has campaigned as hard to put Terri in the ground as they did for John Kerry during the election. The polling data on this issue? It has come almost exclusively from pro-death push polls that don’t adequately explain to […]

Unlike most libertarians, I don’t have an opinion on gay marriage, and I’m not going to have an opinion no matter how much you bait me. However, I had an interesting discussion last night with another libertarian about it, which devolved into an argument about a certain kind of liberal/libertarian argument about gay marriage that […]

Liberal blogger Oliver Willis takes a look around the blogosphere & opines that: “In the blogosphere, you have almost a reverse dynamic to that found in the media. Overwhelmingly liberal bloggers identify themselves directly as Democrats. Yes, there are many who see the party as the lesser of two evils, and in their hearts would […]

I’m not a Catholic and I’ve often disagreed with political stands taken by the Vatican, but I wanted to take a moment to say a kind word about the Pope since he passed on this week-end. During the eighties he was a power player in the war against Communism. This was a man who could […]

Thomas Sowell’s Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One explains what happens when economic principles are actually applied in the real world. Enjoy the quotes! “In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not die before the next election and no one traces […]