Robertson: Ignorant Remarks Caused by God’s Wrath — Satire By Scott Ott

Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson, who yesterday told viewers that God’s wrath spurred Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s massive stroke, today said his own “ignorant remarks are another manifestation of God’s anger.” The popular Tv Personality said God punished Mr. Sharon, 77, for dividing the land that God gave to the Israelites, and that Mr. Robertson’s […]

 


A Judge Who No Longer Believes In Punishment?

This story from (big surprise) Vermont has been getting a lot of play in the blogosphere: “There was outrage Wednesday when a Vermont judge handed out a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl many,many times over a four-year span starting when she was seven. The judge said he no longer […]

 


Daily News For January 6, 2005

Foreign Ariel Sharon Stable, In Medically Induced Coma Iranian President Hopes Sharon Perishes (An Evil And Dangerous Man) Iran leader ‘Disgusts’ US Over Sharon Robertson Says Sharon’s Stroke Is God’s Punishment (What A Towering Idiot) ‘Anti-Semitic’ Talk By Hugo Chavez Angers Jews UK: Muslims Boycott Holocaust Day Muslim Gang Terrorizes Train In France Young US […]

 


Law Enforcement 101 By Tongue Tied

Pro-immigrant activists in California decried as racist a city’s plans to train its police to help enforce federal immigration laws, reports the LA Times. The city council Costa Mesa voted last month to allow its police officers to question suspects arrested for other crimes about their immigration status. Mayor Allan Mansoor insists that enforcement will […]

 


The Immutable Laws Of Business By DJ Drummond

Yesterday, I noted the difference in one comparable experience between United Parcel Service (UPS), a private delivery service, and the United States Postal Service (USPS), the government mail delivery service. An interesting debate followed concerning the value and need for certain government functions. Certainly a key difference between Republicans and Democrats, is the question of […]

 

“Root Canal” Named “Best Dental Procedure” For 7th Straight Year — Satire By Buckley F. Williams

Earlier this week we reported that Black Entertainment Television has named Reverend Louis Farrakhan as their 2005 Person of the Year. Today the network has released the list of their other top honors of the past year. These include: * Auto-immune Disease of the Year- Wegener’s Granulomatosis * Acquitted Pedophile of the Year- Michael Jackson […]

 


Daily News For January 5, 2005

Foreign Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Has Suffered A “Significant” Stroke And Cerebral Hemorrhage Attacks Kill 100 In Iraq; Bomb Kills 5 U.S. Troops Domestic NSA “Whistleblower” Asks To Testify Jobless Claims Plunge To Five-Year Low Alito Gets Highest Marks From Bar Association 40 Of 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus Have Taken Money […]

 

The Dems Privacy For Terrorists Plan

Look out, Republicans, because it seems that the Democrats have a crafty plan for 2006 in the works! From the Washington Times.. “Democrats on Capitol Hill are drafting a strategy to attack the Bush administration and Republicans as having little regard for the privacy of Americans. “We will initiate at the beginning of this year […]

 


Holocaust Denial

From political analyst Hosein Rouyvaran on the Islamo-Fascist Iranian News Channel via Memri: The number of Jews in the world (before World War II) was about 13 million. After World War II, the number of Jews in the world was over 12 million. The killing of six million Jews in the crematoria is a myth, […]

 


Excerpt Of The Day: Steyn On The Death Of The West

One of the themes Mark Steyn hammers on with some regularity is that the demographics of much of Western civilization seems to be unsustainable. In other words, Europeans are dying significantly more rapidly than they’re being born and unassimilated Muslims are being brought in to fill the gap. Well, Steyn has written his magnum opus […]

 

Daily News For January 4, 2005

Domestic 11 of 12 Miners Reported Alive Are Dead Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate In Probe That Could Target 20 Members Of Congress Bush Assails Democrats Over Patriot Act. Opponents Are Blocking Law’s Full Renewal for Political Reasons, President Says (Free WAPO Reg Req) Secret Surveillance May Or May Not Have Occurred Before Authorization From […]

 


The Libertarian Party Isn’t Ever Going To Catch On

Over at Election Projection — which is a fine blog — Scott Elliott is predicting great things for the Libertarian Party in the future: “So, here’s my prediction. In the next twenty years or so, we’ll become a three-party political system. The Republican Party and the Democratic Party will be joined by the Libertarian Party […]

 


Quote Of The Day: Iran And Niagra Falls

“When you are boating on the Niagara River, there are signs marking the point at which you must go ashore or else you will be sucked over the falls. With Iran moving toward the development of nuclear weapons, we are getting dangerously close to that fatal point of no return on the world stage. Yet […]

 


What I Was Listening To In December

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 now tell you which songs I listened to the most over the last month. […]

 



Daily News For January 3, 2006

Foreign ‘Palestinians Agree’:Wipe Israel Off Map. Arab Leader Claims There’s Consensus Iran’s President Correct With Solution The Number Of Israelis Killed By Terror Attacks During 2005 Fell By More Than 60 Percent U.S. Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding (Free WAPO Reg Req) Russia Vows To End Gas Shortage Australia Refuses To Raise Its […]

 

Retro RWN For Jan 2, 2006

Interviews An Interview With Victor Davis Hanson The Walter Williams Interview The David Horowitz Interview The Hugh Hewitt Interview An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo Bloggers Select Bloggers Select The Greatest Figures Of The 20th Century Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select The Books That Have Had The Biggest Impact On Their Thinking Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select History’s Most […]

 

RWN Returns Tuesday

On Monday, I’ll be running retro RWN posts and on Tuesday, I’ll be back with the 4th annual “Most Annoying Liberals of 2005.” Until then, consider this an open thread and have a great holiday week-end!