Year: 2005

Karl Rove, George Bush’s hired political gun, has been so successful that he has spawned a number of conspiracy theories in Democratic circles. If something bad happens to a Democrat, you can almost be certain that someone is going to try to pin it on Karl Rove. Here are just a few of the things […]

Austin Bay thinks that the era of the hard left is over, and the Truman Democrats will reemerge: “9/11 marked the end of multi-cultural nostrums dear to the Democrat’s hard left. It marked the end of welfare states as we know them –now the strategic game’s either globalize or die. The “die option” bifurcates: either […]

Liberal hero Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, is mostly known for ignoring California law and illegally allowing almost 4000 gay marriages which were all later nullified by the courts. But now Newsom has decided to do for law enforcement San Francisco what he did for marriage. From a press release by the SAF: […]

Friends don’t let friends drive drunk, right? Wrong! At least if you’re in Waterville, Maine where the police arrest designated drivers: “Five more Colby College students were summonsed over the weekend and charged with possession of alcohol by a minor — this, after nine Colby students were charged Friday with similar offenses. The increase in […]

I’m not sure whether buying an ad on RWN was a good idea for the corrupt clowns at the United Nations given the thrashing I gave them for it, but selling the UN an ad turned out to be a great move for me. So far, I’ve been linked by Glenn Reynolds and the queen […]

Ever since the first bomb was invented 5000 years ago in Egypt by Alfred Nobel, bad people have used them to blow up innocent civilians. Mainly in Israel. However, for the first time since then, the The UN has vowed to take concrete action to put a stop to these heinous acts. Secretary General Kofi […]

One of the hot topics in the blogosphere over the last few days has been an enormous rift in the Republican Party over immigration. That’s a good thing because this is an issue that deserves a lot more attention. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that A-list blogger and popular radio host […]

Welcome To Harvard comrade! The school where all students are equal! Why, the very idea that one member of the proletariat could afford to have something that another member could not is so infuriating that the school paper, the aptly named Harvard Crimson, has written an editorial denouncing such capitalist practices! Read and learn comrade, […]

This MSNBC story called “Activists fight for electric cars” is fascinating reading because it’s an important cautionary tale, although MSNBC doesn’t intentionally try to present it that way. But, let’s do a bit of reframing and put things into perspective. Originally, a bunch of environmental activists threw a fit in California and convinced them to […]

Some of you may have noticed my new advertiser: the United Nations Foundation. Now, I must admit, it seems very odd to me that the UN is advertising on RWN. In fact, it’s kind of like the KKK buying an ad at the ADL website. You know — who would imagine it? But, I am […]

In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of misunderstood dictator… as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small Middle East country. Saddam Hussein, a former dictator and unrepentant murderer is now facing a tribunal court to determine his fate. But when a judge and lawyer […]

Although 2008 is a long way away and no one can truly predict what will happen in politics that far out, the race for the presidency is already starting to vaguely take shape. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton already looks to be all but unstoppable. HC is polling well ahead of Kerry and Edwards […]

Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of the decisions the Supreme Court makes. When they cherry-pick foreign legal decisions to cite as the basis for some of their more Left-leaning rulings, for instance, it can make anyone’s head spin. Why, I often wonder, do they speak of the “values we share with a wider civilization” […]

We frequently hear about “deadbeat dads” who don’t pay child support. However, the patently unfair way fathers are often treated by the family court system in this country is usually ignored because most stories on the subject focus more on vilifying men in child support disputes than pointing out how some of them may be […]

To be honest, I’m surprised this sort of incident doesn’t happen all the time given the malevolent and crazy rhetoric that’s tossed around on the left these days: “This week, though, a Tampa woman learned that simple Bush-Cheney bumper sticker can bring trouble, if not danger, from a total stranger. Police say Michelle Fernandez, 35, […]

An Ex-Marine claims the official version of the capture of Saddam was staged. You might be surprised… if you aren’t smart like me. In wars, stuff is staged or made up all the time. For example: * The Assassination of President Lincoln: Lincoln was dead from a heroin overdose six days before he supposedly went […]

Along with the election in Iraq, we’ve seen Lebanese protests for Democracy, Assad has agreed to at least partially pull Syrian troops out of Lebanon, & Mubarak agreed to the first ever multi-party elections in Egypt. Combine that with the recent Palestinian elections and Saudi foreign minister Saud al-Faisal’s announcement that women may be able […]

If you want to understand how the left really thinks, read a column called “Tackling the Tyranny of Wal-Mart” by Joel S. Hirschhorn that’s currently the featured article on the front page (not the forums) of the Democratic Underground. In many respects, the column is run-of-the-mill leftist fist shaking at Wal-Mart. Words and phrases like […]

On Monday, here’s what I wrote about the botched Giuliana Sgrena rescue: “There are a lot of wild claims flying around about American troops firing on the car of rescued journalist Giuliana Sgrena. I could go into detail about them, but I suspect that this is one of those events that has been initially obscured […]

I know some people may be disheartened by the size (an estimated 500k) of the Hizbollah sponsored Pro-Syria rally on Monday — but they shouldn’t be. Fascist thugs like Hizbollah can always use threats, bus in Syrians, and grease palms to make sure they have a big turn-out for their “Please Oppress Us, Syria” pep […]

There are a number of restrictions to my conceal carry permit, such as I’m not allowed to carry in a school zone, at a post office, or to a polling place. In those situation, I just have to rely on my mad kung fu skillz. That was somewhat acceptable until I found out that Democrats […]

Garance Franke-Ruta has created quite a firestorm with her American Prospect piece “Blogged Down.” Her argument, in a nutshell, is that despite the belief that the bloggers who helped bring down Dan Rather and Eason Jordan (not to mention Trent Lott, a far more significant case that doesn’t fit the thesis) are amateurs writing in […]

The minimum wage is one of those ideas that sounds good…until you actually consider the ramifications of forcing businesses to pay workers more than they’re worth. It costs jobs, it hurts businesses, “fewer than one out of five minimum wage workers has a family to support,” and let’s face it — nobody puts a gun […]

The kookiest member of the Kerry clan, Teresa, is now spinning conspiracy theories to explain how her husband could have lost the election despite his wildly popular “I fought in Vietnam and I’m not George Bush” platform. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has the latest on the election from the woman who almost became the loopiest first […]

Many conservatives haven’t bothered to comment on the running battle over how many women are published on the opinion pages of the LA Times…and for good reason. First off, watching someone as smug as Michael Kinsley go at it with a shrill feminist harpy like Susan Estrich is like watching France and Spain go to […]

Bank Longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan stunned the worlds of finance and pop music today by announcing that he would leave his post “effective immediately” to become lead singer of the Irish rock band U2. In filling the key position with the platinum-selling musical act, Mr. Greenspan is replacing U2 lead singer Bono, who […]

Misplaced opposition to GM crops violates poor people’s basic human rights. The Congress of Racial Equality’s recent conference, video and commentary on agricultural biotechnology* presented personal testimonials from African farmers whose lives have been improved by GM crops, impressive data on progress, and a message of hope for poor, malnourished people in developing countries. The […]

Yesterday, I finished up Ann Coulter’s “How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must)“. The book is for the most part a compilation of some of Ann’s columns (about 80%) mixed in with some new material and previously unpublished columns (about 20%). Like all of Ann’s books, it was a blast to read, although […]

There are a lot of wild claims flying around about American troops firing on the car of rescued journalist Giuliana Sgrena. I could go into detail about them, but I suspect that this is one of those events that has been initially obscured by the “fog of war,” like the tale of the Baghdad Museum […]

Are you a man who has been shamed into urinating while sitting down? Well, the the Chicago Tribune has found the perfect product to take with you to and from the toilet! That’s right, it’s the “murse!” “Guys are grasping the benefits of carrying, go ahead and say it, a purse It takes a big […]