Year: 2006

Outraged Democrats initiated impeachment proceedings today aimed at ousting Republican President George W. Bush from office, following the Administration’s failure to prevent the destruction of Israel by nuclear weapons. Israel’s destruction yesterday by Iran was accomplished by the use of five nuclear weapons, one in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheva, Jerusalem and Nazareth. It was timed […]

“The Fascists and the Nazis are only on the right if you yourself are communist—and therefore, they are barely to the right of you on the political spectrum. To the rest of us, Fascists, Nazis and communists are different sub-species of the same murderous monster, a blood-drenched beast that believes in the power of the […]

Foreign U.S. Is Holding Iranians Seized In Raids In Iraq (Free New York Times Reg Req) Security Council Approves Very Weak Iran Sanctions Iran To Install 3,000 Centrifuges After Sanctions Egypt Slams Iranian President Claim: Islamic Terrorists Want To Attack The Channel Tunnel Between England And France During The Holiday Season Ethiopia Opens ‘War’ On […]

I’m going to be on vacation Friday and Monday, but, I will still be putting up retro-RWN posts on both of those days. So, have a great Christmas, consider this to be an open thread, and look for new content on RWN, Tuesday.

5 Misconceptions About Blogs & The Mainstream Media Why There’s A Dearth Of A-List Female Bloggers 25 Pieces Of Advice For Bloggers Right-Of-Center Bloggers Decide Who Should Rule The World The 10 Most Fascinating People In The Blogosphere For 2005 The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes For 2005 The 10 Biggest Stories Of 2005 The 3rd […]

3 Illegal Immigration Myths 9 Ways To Make America A Better Place To Live A Conversation About Abortion Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism Coming To The Obvious Conclusion About Homelessness How Do We Get To A Balanced Budget? I Practice Speciesism I’m Not A Fan Of School Breakfast & Lunch Programs Libertarian Blinders […]

Here are some of my favorite quotes and excerpts from the interviews that were done at RWN in 2006. “The phenomena to be explained are the irrationality and the ardor of European anti-Americanism. Irrational, because entirely disproportionate to any real faults in American society. Of course America has flaws, and no, it is not lunacy […]

Here’s Hunter’s 2nd ad ( You can see the first ad here) and it also deals with “fair” trade.

Maybe it’s because of the season, but I thought it was a good time to write something about “hate.” Conservatives are often accused of being “haters.” We’re accused of hating this group, hating that group. As a conservative, let me clarify the record about a few groups conservatives supposedly “hate:” Conservatives are often accused of […]

“Liberals are like people with stale breath talking into your face at a party. You try backing away from them or offering them gum, but then they just start whimpering. They’ve been using the exact same talking points about how we’re losing in Iraq since before we invaded. It seems they’ve finally succeeded in exhausting […]

As Bush has so aptly demonstrated, any idiot can make enemies. But it takes a man of courage, compassion, and a robustly French approach to diplomacy to turn enemies into friends. Senator John Kerry is such a man. On a fact-finding mission to Syria – a mystical land where facts magically leap into the laps […]

Domestic Congress Closes With A Pork-Filled Flourish. Dialysis Industry, Other Interests That Donated To Lawmakers Get Lavish End-Of-Session Breaks. (Free LA Times Reg Req) President Clinton’s National Security Adviser Removed Classified Documents From The National Archives, Hid Them Under A Construction Trailer And Later Tried To Find The Trash Collector To Retrieve Them Applicants Line […]

Dear Mr. President: It goes without saying that the last couple of years have been tough for you and the Republican Party. The GOP lost 6 Senate seats and 30 House seats; you’re currently sitting on an average approval rating of 36.3% and you haven’t cracked 50% all year. Moreover, 63% of the country thinks […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Extreme Mortman: Top 10 funniest things celebrities said about politics in 2006. The Fourth Rail: The shortcomings and successes of the Iraqi military’s training (from Iraq) The Superficial: “The real moral of the story? You can do anything when you’re pretty. Want […]

On a semi-regular basis throughout the year, RWN has posted “Quotes of the Day.” Here are my favorite 15 “Quotes of the Day” for 2006. 15) “The Republicans lost and the Democrats won for the same reason — they distanced themselves from their base.” — Dave S. from Tim Blair’s comment section Via Instapundit & […]

Now this is funny stuff: a Daily Kos diary called, “Is DKos ‘too white’, and in need of ‘Affirmative Action’?” From the diary (the bolding is from the original post): “If, out of 3,807 Kossacks surveyed, 82% of ‘us’ self-reported as white, 4.2% as black, 4.5% hispanic, 4% asian, 1.1% native american, and 0.08% were […]

The Bush Administration should be acting aggressively to plug exactly the sort of leak you’re about to read about at Time: “The Bush Administration has been quietly nurturing individuals and parties opposed to the Syrian government in an effort to undermine the regime of President Bashar Assad. Parts of the scheme are outlined in a […]

Stick a Neopet program in a toaster and the Brits will want make it one of the Queen’s subjects: “Far from being extracts from the extreme end of science fiction, the idea that we may one day give sentient machines the kind of rights traditionally reserved for humans is raised in a British government-commissioned report […]

I never took the time to go back and really take a hard look at the final predictions that were made right before the elections because until very recently, the final numbers weren’t in for the House. However, they’re in now and when all was said and done, the GOP lost 6 seats in the […]

Foreign U.S. Not Winning War In Iraq, Bush Says For 1st Time. President Plans To Expand Army, Marine Corps To Cope With Strain Of Multiple Deployments (Free WAPO Reg Req) Schools Have Been Closed In Gaza Amid What Officials Say Is A State Of Anarchy Caused By Fighting Between Palestinian Factions Hamas And Fatah Blair […]

“American Capitalism is a malignancy that permeates our economic, social, and political systems and institutions. This untreated cancer ravaging the body of civilization is spreading like an unchecked conflagration in a munitions factory. Feudalism didn’t die; it simply evolved. Corporatism, Consumerism, wage slavery, debt slavery, free trade agreements, deregulation, and privatization condemn most of the […]

— A 10 year aggravated child molestation charge for a 17-year old who had consensual oral sex from a 15 year old? I’m from the “lock them up and throw away the key” school when it comes to lawbreakers and even I think that’s an insanely harsh sentence. In fact, that 10 year term is […]

Tomorrow, I’m planning to put together a post called, “RWN’s favorite quotes of 2006.” How about suggesting some of your favorite quotes of 2006 to make sure I don’t forget any of the really good ones.

Hillary Clinton has finally changed her stance on the war in Iraq: “Clinton has often been asked if she regrets her vote authorizing military action and she usually answers that question with an artful dodge, saying that she accepts responsibility for the vote and suggesting that if the Senate had all the information it has […]

Over at YouTube, an anti-jihad music video by a group called Stuck Mojo is causing controversy. According to the band: Something very strange happened today with the “Open Season” video on YouTube. As previously announced, the video rocketed to a highspot of number 11 on the “Most Viewed” list of music videos for December 11th. […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Tammy Bruce: Americans line up to get jobs held by illegal aliens captured in a raid. Honest Reporting: 2006 Dishonest Reporter of the Year Award Redstate: Why I’m not supporting John McCain in 2008. You can check out all those links and […]

“(O)n sober reflection, things in fact are hardly lost. There has been no repeat of 9/11. The U.S. military has killed thousands of jihadists. The Taliban and Saddam are gone. There are still democratic governments in Afghanistan and Iraq struggling to make it, the first in the history of the region. Our troops in the […]

Here’s the first Duncan Hunter ad which he’s running in South Carolina. It’s about “fair trade,” which, along with national security and illegal immigration is one of Hunter’s three big issues, but is that really the issue to start a campaign on? On the upside, it does differentiate Hunter from the other ’08 contenders and […]

Domestic Cali Merchant Wanted To Buy Military Arms To Send To Terrorists In The Middle East Hillary Clinton Says She Wouldn’t Have Voted For Iraq War Sen. Tim Johnson Has Been Conscious At Times Since His Emergency Brain Surgery Last Week. Has Opened Eyes, Responded To Voices, Moved Limbs. Laura Bush Had Skin Cancer Tumor […]

40) “I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially…They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, […]