Year: 2006

In the past, to inspire people to suggest new music that I might be interested in and just for entertainment’s sake, I’ve posted the music I was currently listening to on RWN. Now, thanks to wonders of modern technology, I can tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last month. Here’s […]

Foreign North Korea Fired Taepodong Missile Which Failed Israeli Aircraft Attack Hamas Camp In Gaza Strip Olmert Issues Veiled Threat Against Syria Terrorists Cave In On Israeli Hostage Ultimatum Israel Warns Of “Long War” Over Soldier Leftist Demands Full Recount in Mexico Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents (Very Dumb Idea) Domestic House Gop Leaders Say Vote […]

A Message From The Citizens Of The ‘Great Satan’ To The Rest Of The World America, Superman, Liberia, & Magic Buttons Anti-Americanism Is Nothing New Envy & Anti-Americanism Great Patriotic Quotes Humor: The Guide to Anti-Americanism Patrick Henry & The Bookbag Massacre! Patriotism Litmus Test. America vs. the U.N Quotes from Reagan on America, Freedom, […]

First of all, thanks to all the guest bloggers for doing such a great job yesterday. They were: Betsy Newmark from Betsy’s Page. Sister Toldjah. Lorie Byrd from LorieByrd, Wizbang!, & Wizbang Politics. Patrick Hynes from Ankle Biting Pundits & The Channel Changer. Patrick is also the author of, In Defense of the Religious Right: […]

The values-don’t-matter caucus of politicians and pundits had better hope it is right that conservative Christian appeals to social issue voters have and will continue to fall on deaf ears. They have staked a great deal of their political fortunes and personal reputations on this dubious contention. Only a couple weeks after the U.S. Senate […]

The AP reports: On Monday, an Iraqi legislator said authorities found telephone numbers of senior officials in al-Zarqawi’s cell phone after his death. Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party, did not give names of the officials. But he said they included ministry employees and members of parliament. He called for […]

The unfolding train wreck at the New York Times continues. Executive Editor Bill Keller has demonstrated a truly impressive mastery of the flexible urban viewpoint for which the Times is justly renowned. He argues, at various times, that we should not allow governments to keep secrets, that the decision was “agonizing”, that our friends in […]

Charles Lane at the Washington Post, David G. Savage at the Los Angeles Times, and Dahlia Lithwick at Slate all wrote basically the same article this weekend. Analyzing the decisions that were decided by a five-justice majority, it is clear that Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote. Some days he swings to the right as […]

It seems fitting that so many news stories leading up to the 4th of July involve issues of patriotism. The question of whether or not newspapers should have published classified national security information raises the question, among others, of whether the American media should be patriotic and choose sides. For many years, this was not […]

Since Tuesday of next week is the 4th of July, I’m going to be vacationing on Monday and Tuesday. But, RWN will still be updated. On Monday, there will be guest bloggers and on Tuesday, Retro RWN posts will be up. The guest bloggers for RWN on Monday are: Betsy Newmark from Betsy’s Page. Sister […]

Every once in a while a news article comes along that contains a liberal bias in it so subtle that you’d miss it if you weren’t reading it carefully. Today’s example comes from Charles J. Hanley, writing for the Associated Press. See if you can spot the liberal media bias below: Some Republican lawmakers called […]

Question: “Who do you favor to win the 2006 Football world cup?” — surfside6 Answer: Like most Americans, I don’t pay much attention to sports that can end in 0-0 ties. Still, if the US is still in the hunt, I have to root for our country. If we’re not in, is Israel? They would […]

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Question: What do you make of the effort within the Democrat Party to knock off Lieberman? What does it mean if they succeed? How about if they beat him in the primary, but he comes back to win and keep his seat as in independent?” — Mike_M Answer: A lot of liberals are angry at […]

Question: “What would you define as “winning” the WOT?” — D-Vega Answer: Put simply, it would be dismantling terrorist organizations with international reach and overthrowing the governments of any nations that continue to support such groups.

Question: “And do you think Obama will be this country’s first African American president?” — huckupchuck Answer: I’m of the opinion that the first black President is likely to be a conservative Republican who pulls in a big chunk of the black vote without turning off the rest of the country by being in favor […]

Question: In the distant future, when George W. Bush writes his memoirs, what do you think some of the more interesting revelations will be about his presidency? Yes, it is wildly speculatory, but it can make for some interesting discussions.” — President_Friedman Answer: Presidential memoirs are boring because they’re written in politician speak and the […]

Question: “I have a question for you, that will make for a nice change of pace from the usual stuff.How’s Patton doing? I haven’t seen any posts on him for a good while now.” — SilentStorm Answer: He’s doing great! He’s been sleeping, eating, chewing on bones, chasing squirrels, playing with toys, and doing all […]

Question: “What Constitutional rights (if any) should be retained in times of national emergency? If none, how would you describe the purpose of the Constitution? Do you think this is consistent with the Founders’ intentions?” — cburst Answer: You wrote the question like you expected me to say, “none.” The answer is all constitutional rights […]

Domestic Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo (Free New York Times Reg Req) An Amendment On “Internet Neutrality” Was Rejected By A Senate Committee Studying Telecommunications Reform The Bush Administration Has Been Unable To Muster Even Half Of The 2,500 National Guardsmen It Planned To Have On The Mexican Border By The End Of June […]

Today will be Q&A Friday #43 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, […]

So, back in May, I’m reading Human Events and I notice an article by Jerome Corsi of Swiftboat Veterans for Truth fame. It was called, North American Union to Replace USA?, and it was a hysterical overreaction to a run-of-the-mill report that talked about ways that America, Canada, and Mexico can increase our ties and […]

Over at the Huffington Post, left-wing conspiracy kook Mark Crispin Miller is trying to get an early start on the rest of the, “The election was stolen by the _____ (George Bush, Karl Rove, Ken Blackwell, Katherine Harris, Jeb Bush, VRWC, Diebold, etc., etc., etc., just fill in the blank) crowd: “Alright, let’s pretend, just […]

As most of you have no doubt heard, the Supreme Court has said that Bush doesn’t have the authority to make the terrorists at Gitmo face military Tribunals: “The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President George W. Bush lacks authority to try Guantanamo Bay inmates before military tribunals, a blow to the administration’s anti-terrorism strategy […]

From the Democratic Underground: Cyrano: If we lose this year’s elections, there may not be an election in 2008. Unless we can win either the house or senate this year, I don’t believe we will see a presidential election in 2008. For the past six years, the Bush/Cheney mob and their cohorts in congress have […]

The whole Astrologer Jerome/Ko$ola scandal is just the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving. Today, over at MyDD, a frustrated Chris Bowers lashed out at Democrats and progressives in general for not supporting the liberal netroots. Here’s a quote about how netroots are treated on the left that gives you an idea […]

“Israeli warplanes buzzed the summer residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad early Wednesday, military officials said, in a message aimed at pressuring the Syrian leader to win the release of a captured Israeli soldier. The officials said on condition of anonymity that the fighter jets flew over Assad’s palace in a low-altitude overnight raid near […]

“Karl, yesterday Ted Kennedy gave a passionate speech on the Senate floor supporting President Bush’s proposal. If you get in bed with Ted Kennedy, you’re going to get more than sleep.” — Congressman Rick Keller’s remark to Karl Rove PS: I know this is actually from May, but I just heard it today and it […]

“There are no bad guys on the left. There are only people who’ve been driven to desperation by conservative evil.” — Allahpundit

Now that it has been revealed that Jerome Armstrong of MyDD fame used to give advice about politics and stocks based on astrology, a lot of people have been relentlessly mocking him for it — as well they should. But, some of his compatriots on the left are rising to his defense. Digby claims that […]