Year: 2006

Vlogging really seems to be getting more popular on the right side of the blogosphere, so I thought it would be a good time to do a short post about it. Although she’s not a conservative, you have to give credit to Amanda Congdon from Rocketboom for proving that vlogging can draw a big audience: […]

Supposedly, after being stung by the macacca incident, George Allen is looking to hire a, “conservative blog maven who can blunt future attacks and help rally conservatives in the state and elsewhere behind Allen’s campaign.” Hey, wait a second: I’m a, “conservative blog maven,” so maybe I can help. Here’s the advice I would give […]

Well, what else would a nice Saudi boy believe about a plot to bomb German trains? I mean the Catholics had their Crusades in the Middle Ages and the Protestants need their own now. Other Muslims in Germany have other ideas. This just in: The Lebanese men suspected of having deposited bombs on German trains […]

Foreign U.S. Homeland Security Forbidden By Law From Tactics Brits Used To Foil Attack Iraqi Authorities Say The Number Of Violent Attacks Has Gone Down By 30 Percent. The U.S., Using Different Calculations, Says Such Attacks Have Decreased By 22 Percent The Number Of U.S. Troops In Iraq Has Climbed Back To 138,000 U.S. Spy […]

Day after day, since we went into Iraq, the mainstream media has inundated the public with the same sort of slanted, biased coverage of the war that you’d have expected to get from Pravda at the height of the Cold War. They’ve been excessively negative and hysterical. They’ve demonized the troops, been soft on the […]

David McSweeney is taking on Democratic incumbent Melissa Bean in the Illinois 8th District. This is a district that Bush won 56% to 44% in 2004 and it’s a great pick-up opportunity for the GOP. Earlier today, I got together with David McSweeney to do a short interview. What you are about to read is […]

Well, the good news is that Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wiig are alive. The bad news is that they were apparently kidnapped by the Palestinian terrorists who were stuck in all the “special” classes at terrorism school. First, it takes more than a week before the “Holy Jihad Brigades” made any contact to […]

Former chief spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department, Mark Corallo, is complaining about the ramifications reporters are facing for misbehavior: “All that is at risk in the Justice Department these days. In the past few months, the department allowed the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles to subpoena two San Francisco Chronicle reporters who broke the […]

Over at the Wall Street Journal, Arthur Brooks is pointing out the left’s “baby problem”: Simply put, liberals have a big baby problem: They’re not having enough of them, they haven’t for a long time, and their pool of potential new voters is suffering as a result. According to the 2004 General Social Survey, if […]

Jonah Goldberg over at the The Corner points out that Washington State is being overrun with murderous raccoons. “Raccoons have killed about 10 cats in a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail at Harrison Avenue West and Foote Street Southwest. Problem wildlife coordinator Sean Carrell of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife called […]

“Iraqi security forces now number 275,000 trained and equipped. The commanders in the field and the Iraqis say when this reaches 325,000, that would equal 10 divisions, and that’s what we need to take care of our own security.” — Senator James Inofe

Foreign Iran ‘Fires On Romanian Oil Rig’ Iran Says It’s Ready for ‘Serious’ Talks (Just Another Delaying Tactic) Assad: No UN Troops On Lebanon-Syria Border Israel Shelves Plan To Pull Out Of Settlements In West Bank (Free Wapo Reg Req) Train Bombing Plot Surprises Germany Sen. James Inhofe: Inhofe Optimistic On Iraq. It’s Well On […]

If you’ve been hanging around the blogosphere for a while, you’ve probably heard more than a few horror stories about bloggers losing their jobs, having their addresses posted online, or being harassed. A lot of those stories are true and it’s why bloggers should take some very basic precautions to safeguard their privacy while they’re […]

The UN ceasefire is now on the brink of total disentegration. Hezbollah has been refusing to disarm or go north and they’re continuing to attempt to rearm. Moreover, it’s now starting to look as if the international troops that are supposed to be supplementing the Lebanese army in the South may not be forthcoming at […]

Yesterday, as I watched my buddy Mary Katharine Ham’s debut on Hot Air, I heard her mention a name, Jackie Passey, without giving a real explanation of who she is. Well, after doing a little research, I found out that Ms. Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey, a Libertarian, is responsible for one of the most fascinating […]

Over at Eschaton, Atrios quotes Eric Alterman, who has a bizarre theory about what will happen if Lieberman wins: “Here’s my prediction: If Lieberman wins the election, he will not switch to the Republicans, as some fear. But he will do the functional equivalent, which is accept Bush’s appointment to replace Rumsfeld as Secretary of […]

Super sleuth Jerome Corsi has uncovered the latest details in George Bush’s nefarious plot to combine America with Canada and Mexico: “The NAFTA marketplace unrestrained in the pursuit of cheap labor has driven an increasing volume of manufacturing off-shore to Communist China, where slave prison camps offer a cost of labor that is hard to […]

Unfortunately, because I was under the weather yesterday, my schedule was thrown out of whack and the selection of quotes I planned to put together on, “Democrats and Race,” isn’t ready yet. However, while I was doing some research for the article, I ran across a column by Bob Parks, at Intellectual Conservative, called “Mel-icious […]

Thanks to all the guest bloggers who filled in yesterday on RWN. Mary Katharine Ham Sister Toldjah Betsy Newmark Danny Carlton The help was much appreciated and I hope everyone will head over and check out their blogs.

Foreign Moscow Market Blast Kills At Least 10 George Bush: “we’re Not Leaving (Iraq) So Long As I’m President” Bush Warns It Would Be ‘Disaster’ To Leave Iraq Before The New Iraqi Government Can Control The Country (Free WAPO Reg Req) Europeans Delay Decision On Role Inside Lebanon (Free New York Times Reg Req) Senior […]

Hey RWN readers! It’s so nice to hang out with you for the day while John’s getting better. You’ll have to forgive me. I’m gonna do a leetle bit of self-promotion to start with, but I thought y’all might be interested. I made my video-blogging debut over at Hot Air today, so head over and […]

From the Associated Press… American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed the black slaves, how Asians came in the mid-1800s to build Western railroads. The lessons have left out a lot. Forty-two years before Jamestown, […]

Well, once again, as before the Iraq war began, the French have pulled the football out as we played Charlie Brown again in the UN negotiations over the Lebanon resolution. When will people learn? The Wall Street Journal outlines how empty Resolution 1701 is and how the French have made it so. On Thursday, Jacques […]

Thank you very much to John Hawkins for inviting me to guest blog today. I hope John feels better soon and feels up to spreading the message of the right wing. Theodore Dalyrmple has a devastating article in the City Journal about the terrible criminal justice system in Britain and how the government is systematically […]

Folks, unfortunately I’ve been a bit under the weather so I’m not going to be able to post today. But, the show must go on! So, I’ve assembled an excellent crew of guest bloggers to fill in. Make sure to give a warm welcome to: Mary Katharine Ham Sister Toldjah Betsy Newmark Danny Carlton Thanks […]

Err … doesn’t sound quite right, does it? Well, according to the Jerusalem Post UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan is expected to recommend today that the UNIFIL forces that will (someday?) be deployed to Lebanon be given the go ahead to ‘open fire’ on Hezbollah if the need arises: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this an open thread, and have a great week-end! Rightroots Beltway Blogroll GOP Web Ad: A Safer America Elections Blog Election Projection German Suitcase Bombs Were Primed to Go Off, Kill The Hedgehog Report The Hill Hotline On Call Israel Alarm At UN Force […]

“If you could meet and have a deep conversation with any five people on earth, living or dead, from any time period, who would they be and why?” — Good_Ol_Boy First of all, there are two people I’d like to talk to for practical reasons… Jesus Christ: I’m a Christian, so this is a pretty […]

Chuck Blasdel is in a dogfight with Democrat Charlie Wilson for a seat currently held by Democrat Ted Strickland. Blasdel is in a tightly split district that went for Bush 51%-49%, in 2004. Yesterday, I did a short interview with Chuck, who is a Rightroots endorsed candidate in Ohio’s 6th District. Here’s an edited transcript […]