Year: 2006

This is the sort of thing that makes me wonder if Israel is just waiting for the UN ceasefire to fail before getting back to work: “Israel rejected a call from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the 7-week-old siege once […]

The Iowa-01 seat currently held by Jim Nussle keeps getting listed as one of most vulnerable seats for the GOP. That’s because the district leans a little bit to the left. However, I’ve interviewed Mike Whalen, the Rightroots Endorsed GOP candidate in that district, and am privy to their internal polling numbers. Although I am […]

“On a continent where belief in black magic and evil spirits is common, witch hunts are nothing new, usually targeting older, unmarried women. But in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there’s a new twist to this ancient inquisition. A majority of those said to be involved in witchcraft and sorcery are children, and such allegations […]

Domestic Man Named Omeed Aziz Popal Goes On Hit And Run Spree In San Francisco Yes, Omeed Aziz Popal, Is A Muslim Arnold Schwarzenegger Yesterday Signed A Bill That Would Require All Businesses And Groups Receiving State Funding — Even If It’s A State Grant For A Student — To Condone Homosexuality, Bisexuality And Transsexuality […]

Rudy Giuliani, a contender for the Presidency in 2008, is receiving an inordinate amount of positive attention. That’s quite understandable since Rudy is charismatic, did a great job on the campaign trail for President Bush in 2004, and his phenomenal performance after 9/11 was much appreciated. However, likeable or not, having Rudy as the GOP’s […]

After reading my Conservative Case Against Rudy Giuliani In 2008 column, slightly rightward leaning middle-of-the-roader (How’s that for a description, lol) Ann Althouse wrote in part: “But what about the potential to appeal to people like me who are in the middle? What I like about Giuliani is his ability to embody the strong national […]

If you’re not convinced that defending America from terrorism has become a partisan issue, then you need look no further than the latest poll from the Daily Kos: That just goes to show you the mentality with which Democrats approach terrorism now that they think it’s not an important electoral issue because Joe Lieberman lost […]

Bridget Johnson attended a pro-illegal immigration rally in Maywood, California this week-end and here’s just one of the signs she caught on camera: This is the same protest where they ran a Mexican flag up the flagpole at the Post Office. Remind me again why people like George Bush, Harry Reid, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, […]

Jesse Jackson has a sit-down with terrorist leader: Veteran US activist Rev. Jesse Jackson discussed an Israel-Hizbullah prisoner swap with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday, and appealed for dialogue as a means to solve the Mideast’s problems. Jackson, who arrived in Damascus on the first leg of a tour that also includes stops in […]

The Marines holding Saddam Hussein have found something even crueler than waterboarding. They’re making Saddam watch South Park making fun of him. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is being made to watch his appearance in cult cartoon South Park while he is behind bars. The deposed leader on trial in Iraq was featured in the […]

Foreign 40 Killed As Shiites Battle Iraqi Forces Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki: “The Violence Is Not Increasing. We’re Not In A Civil War. Iraq Will Never Be In A Civil War. The Violence Is In Decrease And Our Security Ability Is Increasing.” Annan Booed In Hezbollah Stronghold Ahmadinejad Claims Holocaust Invented To Embarass Germany Court […]

One of themes Democrats love to hammer home is multilateralism. We’ve got to get more nations on board! We’ve got to reach out! It’s all about allies, allies, allies! Yet, many of those very same Democrats often strike a dismissive and insulting pose towards the nations that do ally with us. Remember this quote from […]

Chris Wakim has a very impressive background. He’s a Christian conservative who is the grandson of immigrants from Lebanon. He was educated at West Point and Harvard and then went into the military, where he worked his way up to “Captain in command of a mechanized infantry company in the Fourth Infantry Division.” Chris also […]

Seldom do I have a kind word for Democrats on matters of National Security (because seldom do they deserve it). Moreover, as a general rule, it is not in my opinion helpful for a single member of the House to take it upon himself to interfere with America’s foreign policy. That being said, in my […]

The anti-Christian zealotry in the United States hasn’t gone this far yet, but give the ACLU and their liberal buddies enough time and I’m sure they’ll get around to it: “Footballer gets criminal record for making sign of the cross The Catholic Church has condemned the cautioning of a Polish footballer for gestures which allegedly […]

“…(O)n the eve of the 2004 election, an election dominated by “moral values” voters (despite what some have written), fully 42% of Americans saw the Democrat Party as “friendly toward religion.” Of course, the Dems got walloped in 2004, largely because they were so remarkably out-of-step with the values of those “values voters”. The Dems […]

If you’re a young, black American, would you be safer serving in Iraq or walking the mean streets of the city of Brotherly Love? The answer may surprise you: “Between March 21, 2003, when the first military death was recorded in Iraq, and March 31, 2006, there were 2,321 deaths among American troops in Iraq. […]

This woman’s got the right idea: Caption: Marge Trowbridge, a lone supporter of President George W. Bush, carries a sign claiming she is surrounded by idiots as she walks in front of an anti-war protest on Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine, Saturday afternoon Aug. 26, 2006. President Bush is visiting his parents for the weekend […]

Just hours after Iran opened a new plant capable of making plutonium “for peaceful purposes”, U.S. President George Bush assured his Iranian counterpart that any B-2 Bombers that appear over Tehran in the near future would also serve peaceful purposes. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cut the ribbon on the new heavy-water nuclear plant Saturday as part […]

Foreign Ten British Holidaymakers Among 21 Hurt In Turkish Resort Explosions Defying U.N., Iran Opens Nuclear Reactor Fox News Crew Freed After Gaza Ordeal — Forced To Convert To Islam At Gunpoint UN Will Not Stop Syria Sending Weapons To Lebanon (Israel Should Start Bombing Again) Hezbollah Leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah Said In A TV […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Help Rightroots Reach $50,000 For Our Candidates! The 2,996 Project Daily Pundit Chinese Storms Leave 15 Million Homeless David Frum’s Diary Hoystory Mark Levin Fan Polipundit The Real Ugly American Rhymes With Right […]

Over at the HuffPo, Russell Shaw says what a lot of hard core liberals have been thinking for a long time: that another terrorist attack on America would be OK with him if he thought the Democrats would benefit politically. After giving all the obligatory disclaimers, including, “I hope and pray we don’t get hit […]

This is just disgraceful: “Members of Utah’s Jewish community are alarmed by a proposed demonstration that will call for “Death to Israel.” A man – whose name wasn’t available Thursday – has applied for a free-speech permit from Salt Lake City to demonstrate on sidewalks near City Hall on Wednesday. The city is reviewing the […]

Like most people, I normally pay little heed to Bill Clinton 1.0 AKA Gary Hart. But, Hart wrote a piece on the Huffington Post that was so vacuous that it deserved a response. Hart discussed the, “demise of the ancient Roman Republic and its transition to the Roman Empire,” and specifically the Roman Emperor, Augustus, […]

— If the mainstream media were objective, instead of biased to the left, wouldn’t this be front page news? A security operation was helping to curb an increase in violence in Baghdad in recent months after a surge of bombings and shootings, America’s two top generals in the Middle East said. …Army Gen. George Casey, […]

From World Magazine: “Police and prosecutors in Hialeah, Fla., are investigating an abortion clinic incident that has all the markings of murder. On the morning of July 20, an 18-year-old girl walked into the A Gyn Diagnostics Center to abort her baby at 23 weeks. She had received medication to dilate her cervix the night […]

The owner says he didn’t realize that some people would be so offended by his calling his restaurant “Hitler’s Cross” and so he’ll give it a new name. Puneet Sablok said he would remove Hitler’s name and the Nazi swastika from billboards and the eatery’s menu after it had angered so many people. He had […]

Foreign General: Iran Training Shiite Insurgents (Free Wapo Reg Req) Israeli Poll: 63 Percent Of Israelis Feel That Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Failed In Managing The War In Lebanon And Should Resign. Only 29 Percent Believe The Prime Minister Is Fit To Continue Leading The Country U.S. Generals Say Baghdad Violence Slows Denmark: Four Charged […]

— John McCain has hired a new staffer for his future failed run at the presidency: Nicco Mele, a former webmaster for the Howard Dean campaign. What’s the matter? Couldn’t he even find a prominent Republican web guru, like Patrick Ruffini, that would work with him? — Speaking of 2008, some people have asked me […]

Over at the Daily Kos, Daily Kos diarist gshenaut, thinks we should have a nice, long, conversation with the terrorists, perhaps in a nice cafe, with soft music, tea, and burka clad waitresses: “Let’s take an extreme example: should the US enter into official negotiations with representatives of al-Qaeda? I believe that most Americans would […]