Year: 2006

My husband, Sgt. Paul Fisher, died in November 2003 when his Chinook helicopter was shot down by a missile over Fallujah, Iraq. His life was the military and he believed in it 100%. Read more about Paul’s story here. Paul believed in his mission of fighting the war in Iraq. He also believed that they […]

“81, 76, 50, 49, 43, 25 What are these numbers? This week’s Powerball winners? A safe deposit combo? New numbers to torment those poor b*stards stranded on the island in Lost? No, they’re the number of troops that have died in hostile actions in Iraq for each of the past six months. That last number […]

ASAP, which is produced by the Associated Press and aimed at readers under 35, asked me to answer a simple question, “What should Tom DeLay do next?” You can see my answer here.

“(The Senate Illegal Immigration Compromise) is amnesty wrapped in bureaucracy surrounded by fraud.” — Congressman J.D. Hayworth “The apparent principle underlying these proposals are that the longer and more comprehensively you have broken the law, the better deal you will get from the federal government. But everyone illegal has won and all shall have prizes. […]

Ankle Biting Pundit reports that: Tom Vilsack wants to know which ten words best describe the Democrat Party. His project, called the Our Ten Words Project, is based on the faulty premise that Democrats can’t win elections because they can’t dumb down their sophisticated message into ten words the simple voters can understand. Ten words? […]

Yesterday, I got in on a teleconference with Deborah Pryce, Jack Kingston, and Michael McCaul. Also participating were Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth Co, Sheriff Rick Flores of Webb Co, Sheriff Tom Hererra Maverick Co, Rick Glancey of the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition, Sheriff Sigi Gonzalez of Zapata Co and Sheriff Oscar Carrillo of Culberson […]

America may be a land of opportunity for ordinary people, but for criminals, the land of opportunity is Britain, where their rights are guarded with the sort of zealotry that would make teachers’ unions in the US jealous: Burglars will be allowed to escape without punishment under new instructions sent to all police forces. Police […]

Domestic Senate Republicans Strike Immigration Deal On Amnesty Proposal (This Would Be A Nightmare Bill That’s Bad For America) Rep. Tancredo: We’ll Stop The ‘McKennedy’ Immigration Plan From An Insider To The Corner: No Illegal Immigration Bill Likely To Pass The Senate Schools Ban Patriotic Clothes, Flags To Avoid Offending Illegal Immigrants High-School Coach Fired […]

Harvey from Bad Example sent me an email that said the following: “First, please forgive the unsolicited e-mail, but I’m doing some research for a post on blogging, and I’m hoping you can help me. Someone recently remarked to me that bloggers with high-traffic sites don’t read e-mails from – or link to – anyone […]

I got an email today from someone saying Rush mentioned RWN again today. I only caught part of the show today, so can anyone confirm or deny that RWN was mentioned and give details? *** Update #1 ***: I spoke with my step-brother, who heard the show today, and he did confirm that Rush mentioned […]

Consider the case of two men, “Oswaldo,” and “Vikas.” Vikas is a highly educated, experienced computer software engineer from India. He obtained a good job with a US company that was looking for certain specific high-tech skills. In order to obtain a “H1-B” visa to the US, Vikas went through an arduous process, which included […]

Unbelievable. “Senate Democrats refused to allow consideration of an amendment yesterday that would bar illegal aliens convicted of felonies from obtaining U.S. citizenship. Democrats said the amendment would “gut” the immigration bill under consideration in the Senate and refused to allow a vote on it. “It hurts the bill,” said Minority Leader Harry Reid of […]

“I’ll just say this about the so-called porkbusters. I’m getting damn tired of hearing from them. They have been nothing but trouble ever since Katrina.” — Trent Lott I keep hearing rumors that Trent Lott wants to be Senate Majority Leader again once Bill Frist leaves at the end of 2006. That would really send […]

In the last post, I pointed out that RWN had been mentioned on the Democratic Party’s weblog. Well, I took a look through the comments section over there and it just reinforced something that people who have been paying attention to the illegal immigration debate already knew: a lot of libs are not drinking the […]

Yesterday, not only did I make Rush’s blog, a quote from an old Tom Tancredo interview that I did actually made it onto the blog of The Democratic Party. Here’s the quote: Contrast that with Tom Tancredo, one of the Republican Party’s foremost voices on the issue of immigration. We will never be able to […]

Domestic Democrats Seek Vote On Immigration Bill Republican Senators Work On A Compromise Immigration Proposal (They’re Still Discussing A Nightmare Proposal That Would Be Bad For America) Union Leaders Boo McCain On Immigration Boycott Set To Support Illegals Patriotic Clothes Banned At Colorado High School Out Of Fear Of Offending Illegal Immigration Supporters High school […]

So today, I’m headed over to pick up my taxes — and yes, I got absolutely soaked because of the self-employment tax. But, on the way over, again, I hear Rush Limbaugh mention RWN and part of the Answering 13 Frequently Asked Questions About Illegal Immigration article that I put out. Apparently, the comments from […]

Uh-oh, Oliver Stone is angry at all of us peons out here who have the audacity to criticize their betters in Hollywood: “Movie-maker OLIVER STONE has blasted media groups who “slander” celebrities for their political comments – because intelligent stars have every right to question their leaders….The NATURAL BORN KILLERS director says, “We’re Hollywood wackos […]

“VIRGINIA BEACH — The city has reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve allegations that it discriminated against black and Hispanic police recruits. Under a consent decree filed Monday in federal court in Norfolk, the city will change the way it scores the police entrance exam. The Justice Department had complained that […]

Given the ethics cloud DeLay’s under in the Abramhoff case, the fact that his seat would have been in jeopardy, and that it can’t be that much fun just to be another face in the crowd after being Majority Leader, I think DeLay did the right thing by resigning. It’s good for the Party and, […]

The last time “Basic Instinct” man-eater Catherine Tramell prowled the big screen, the studio erotic thriller was hitting box office heights. The first “Instinct” took the top spot when it debuted in 1992, with an opening weekend of $15.1 million, the equivalent of $20.45 million in today’s dollars. By comparison, “Basic Instinct 2” limped into […]

…(A)ccording to an official translation published by the Organization of American States, the Mexican constitution includes the following restrictions: * Pursuant to Article 33, “Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.” This ban applies, among other things, to participation in demonstrations and the expression of opinions in public […]

This is an interesting — as in completely wrong — take on the GOP’s woes helping John McCain take the brass ring in 2008: “It’s still a long time until the Iowa caucuses formally kick off the 2008 race for the White House. But it’s hard not to conclude that events are lining up perfectly […]

I just got off a teleconference about illegal immigration with Senator John Cornyn and fortunately (from my perspective), they changed around the time of the conference and the only two bloggers who showed up were Tim Chapman from Townhall’s Capitol Report and me. As a general rule, I’m fan of John Cornyn, but I can’t […]

This comment from Ramesh Ponnuru at The Corner, bugged me… “1) Republicans are preparing to bring the Federal Marriage Amendment to a vote. So I guess the plan from now on is to do this in all even-numbered years, and then throw the idea aside in odd-numbered ones? I know a lot of people support […]

“Ronald Hilton estimates that, over the 24 years of Saddam Hussein’s rule, about 600,000 people were killed by the Iraqi government. Now, maybe I ain’t all that good at cipherin’, but by my math, if you assume that Saddam Hussein was in power for 24 years (8,646 days, including leap years), and 600,000 people were […]