Year: 2006

My condolences go out to the friends and family of Coretta Scott King. I was sorry to hear that she passed away.

I’ll be liveblogging the President’s SOTU speech tonight. For those of you who plan to watch, make sure to tune into Right Wing News at the same time.

Domestic Senate To Vote On Alito Today (Free WAPO Reg Req) Democratic Filibuster Attempt Fails 72-25. Alito Set For Confirmation Tomorrow Chafee Says He Will Vote Against Alito Rasmussen Polling: Bush Hits 50% Approval Wall Street Journal / NBC Poll: Bush Approval 39% (.PDF File) Dean Under Fire From Party Dems; Nearly All Cash Spent […]

Over at the Smirking Chimp, I ran across an ad for a book that was so eye catching, so compelling, that I just had to check it out. That’s right, folks, the Democrats finally have an answer for Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! and it’s called Why Mommy is a Democrat: Here’s […]

The latest John Leo column focuses on the hot new craze on the left side of the blogosphere: ranting about how conservative the mainstream media is =D. From Leo: “Liberals wage many battles, but have you heard which one is the major struggle now? Brace yourselves: It’s the campaign “against the established media and its […]

You’ll never guess which page linked RWN. No, really — guess! Believe it or not, the Democratic Underground blind linked RWN’s The Best Quotes From Ann Coulter’s ‘Slander’ as part of an effort to slag Ann Coulter in their latest Top 10 Conservative Idiots. Can you imagine the moonbats at that website coming here? It […]

I’ve just started reading a media copy of Judge Charles Pickering’s Supreme Chaos (His book was advertised on RWN and I’m working on getting an interview with him) and there was a quote in it from Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, an influential liberal activist group. Here’s what Nan had […]

“Mr. Armey, a former economics professor, vividly recalls the House leadership meeting in late 2001 that prompted his decision to retire. Afterwards he returned to his office and wrote down his summary of how he saw the GOP Congress behaving: “We come to this town and we do things we ought not to be doing […]

Foreign Churches Targeted In Iraq Blasts Hugo Chavez: ‘Down With The U.S. Empire’ Rice Rules Out Aid To Hamas Government Hamas Hints Long-Term Truce, Demanding Israel Change Flag Abbas Seizes Security Control ABC News Anchor Is Badly Injured By Bomb In Iraq (Free New York Times Reg Req) Saddam Storms Out Of Own Trial After […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this an open thread, and have a great week-end! Alex’s Blog Conservababes: Right from New Fallujah De Equitus Non Est Disputandum Erik with a “K” Jiblog Jihad Watch Joe Gringo The Nose On Your Face Radaractive ThoughtsOnline PS: You can still get a 468×60, […]

Questions: “Now that Hamas is in control of the Palestinian government, what are the chances that a major conflict will break out between Israel and Palestine?” — Son_of_Toejam on 2006-01-26 07:17:20 “Hamas v Fatah. Is there a difference? Will the US State Department continue to throw money at them?” — BIG “Now that the Palestinian […]

Question: “There has been more and more talk of trying to impeach the President. Is this an election tactic for November or are the democrats seriously going to pursue this?” — France_Sucks Answer: The Democrats are eaten up with hatred for Bush and they want to get payback for Clinton, so if they think they […]

Question: “Dick Morris continues to insist that the only person who could beat Hillary in ’08 is Condi. He also says that someone like Giuliani would never get nominated by the GOP and someone like George Allen would drive away too many independents. What do you think about all of that?” — WSOwen02 Answer: I […]

Question: “Although you are obviously very conservative, do you think such partisanship should exist between the two main parties?” — Schwartzenheimer2 Answer: We’d absolutely be better off if things were less partisan, especially when it comes to foreign policy where I think things have gotten so out of hand that it has actually helped our […]

Question: “What books are on your wish list for this year?” — President_Friedman Answer: Here are a few I have my eye on and plan to read at some point this year: Peter Collier: The Anti-Chomsky Reader Mona Charen: Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us) Barry Goldwater: […]

Question: “Let’s pretend for a minute that you’re Russia or China. You don’t like the United States. You think they’re a bunch of ugly, imperialistic, capitalist hegemons who get their kicks by throwing their weight around the world, encroaching onto your sovereignty, and embarrassing you in front of your regional allies. Suppose that somewhere down […]

Question: “Are Republicans doomed by demography? By 2050 whites will be a minority. With the same voting patterns among African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians the right will get 40% or less. Even if they vote Republican, will small-government philosophy survive?” — Tellerkhan Answer: Even if whites were a minority in 2050, there’s no reason to assume […]

Foreign The Man Who Served As The No. 2 Official In Saddam Hussein’s Air Force Says Iraq Moved Weapons Of Mass Destruction Into Syria Before The War Hamas Wins Landslide Victory: 76 Seats Vs. 43 Seats Israel Won’t Talk To Government Including Hamas Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll: 57% Back A Hit On Iran If Defiance […]

Todai is Q&A Friday #32 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, it […]

Please Link To My Lame New Blog: I get emails all the time asking me to take a look at people’s new blogs — and I do. There are plenty of “websites of the day” that have come as a result of those emails. But, you know what I really hate, so much so that […]

Back when John McCain betrayed his party to form the Gang of Fourteen, the seven Democrat Gang members pledged not to filibuster judicial nominees, except under “extraordinary circumstances.” But Democrats’ promises aren’t worth the ink they’re written with; so we have to take a headcount to see how many Democrats really won’t filibuster. Assuming all […]

From a New York Times editorial on Alito “Judge Samuel Alito Jr., whose entire history suggests that he holds extreme views about the expansive powers of the presidency and the limited role of Congress, will almost certainly be a Supreme Court justice soon. His elevation will come courtesy of a president whose grandiose vision of […]

One of Senator Tom Coburn’s people sent me an email letting me know that the following “letter from Senators Coburn and McCain was hand-delivered yesterday to the office of each United States Senator. In short, Senators McCain and Coburn announced their commitment to challenge each and every earmark on the floor of the Senate. In […]

It’s a shame that people in Evergreen Park, Illinois just haven’t received the message about how overwhelmingly evil Wal-Mart is and how working there is really a form of slave labor. The new Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location opening Friday in suburban Evergreen Park received a record 25,000 applications for 325 positions, the highest for any […]

Foreign Palestinian Government Resigns In Wake Of Hamas Win. Hamas Appears To Have Won Elections Iran: We’ll Put Israel In ‘Eternal Coma’ (Free Jerusalem Post Reg Req) A Texas Border Sheriff Yesterday Demanded That The U.S. And Mexican Governments Investigate Incursions Into The United States By Heavily Armed Drug Escorts Dressed In Mexican Military Uniforms […]

If you’re interested in being a moderator on RWN, please leave a comment here or shoot me an email. Only long time posters on RWN or people that I’ve had contact with before will be considered. I’ll probably add 4-5 moderators and although there isn’t any pay, there won’t be much to do either. Your […]

“The way they talk about Hillary — you’d almost think she was destined to be President. The mainstream press dotes on her, Republicans fear her, and any cleverly crafted poll that makes her look good gets press for days. However, she has a critical flaw that certainly makes me unlikely to support her candidacy were […]

Over at the Democratic Underground, there’s an eye catching thread called Is America even worth saving? On the upside, apparently even the majority of the people at the DU aren’t so far gone that they agree that the world would be a better place without America in it. On the other hand, there was a […]

Over at TCS daily, Glenn Reynolds is expounding on the wonders of podcasting: “If the past few years have been the Years of the Blogs, this year is shaping up to be the Year of the Podcast, as I sort of predicted last year. Sure, podcasts have been around for a while. (I even experimented […]

Jerry Bowyer of NRO compares the cost of the Iraq war to date with this handy chart of the costs of America’s previous wars as a percent of GDP. The chart was prepared by Robert Whaples, professor of economics at Wake Forest University. Bowyer then calculates the cost of the Iraq war as a percentage […]