Year: 2008

Today’s news brings a foolishly short-sighted question: Mumbai’s Trauma: How Quickly Will Recovery Come? How quickly? The blood of hundreds of dead and wounded hasn’t even been cleaned up yet! What kind of “recovery” can Mumbai possibly have while the butchers who planned this vile attack remain free to launch additional attacks on innocent civilians […]

The wayward son of an extended family, upon request, offers his post-Thanksgiving thoughts on what the 2008 elections mean within an increasingly polarized nation. My household is a dual-income one, now, which means two sets of job responsibilities. So the political loudmouth could not make the trek “home” for the festivities. It would appear, from […]

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, one of my writing clients, is part of the same Chabad community in Brooklyn, where Gavriel Holtzberg grew up. He told me yesterday via email that they are “rocked” by the murder of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29 and his wife Rivkah, 28 in India. More here. They are asking for donations to […]

Oh, this sounds like a splendid idea: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to help start a nuclear energy program in Venezuela and said Moscow is willing to participate in a socialist trade bloc in Latin America led by President Hugo Chavez. Medvedev used his visit to Venezuela–the first by a Russian president–to extend Moscow’s reach […]

Here’s the Right Wing News guest blogger line-up this week-end. Saturday ——– Ali Akbar Bookworm from Bookworm Room Cassy Fiano Kathy Shaidle Five Feet Of Fury Morgan from House of Eratosthenes Gina Cobb John Stephenson from Stop The ACLU Little Miss Attila Sunday ——- Ron Coleman from Likelihood of Success Sister Toldjah William Teach from […]

You sometimes get the horn. Hint for the Taliban. If the ratio isn’t better than 8:1, you may want to consider retreat as first option: In the city of Shewan, approximately 250 insurgents ambushed 30 Marines and paid a heavy price for it. Shewan has historically been a safe haven for insurgents, who used to […]

Three bodies found on the 2nd floor of the Nariman House. The terrorists killed the hostages before moving on to the next floor. They killed two more hostages on the 4th floor. Third floor is the only floor remaining, commandos are there. It is just a matter of time.(hat tip Randall) Joshua wrote me, "how […]

Here’s the perfect gift for the moonbat on your list: an abortion. Planned Parenthood, which in past years has promoted a “Choice on Earth” abortion campaign during the Christmas season, has a new outreach, offering Christmas gift certificates to be used for abortions. Abortion gift cards are particularly appropriate during the Christmas season, in light […]

Despite its sneering contempt for those who respect the sanctity of human life, even Slate is a little concerned that Obama’s pro-abortion fanaticism could lead to the closure of one third of American hospitals: If the Freedom of Choice Act passes Congress … Obama has promised to sign it the second it hits his desk. […]

K. Ryan James (who is in fact a bit of a big deal): So for Barry, when did it all become about Barry? Now note that I somehow missed the moment when Barack became “Barry.” I picked this up on right wing blogs all too late to get in on the fun and, as regulars […]

A father and his daughter: The U.S. State Department said on Friday two Americans were among those killed in the attacks by militants in the Indian financial capital Mumbai. Spokesman Gordon Duguid said the department had notified the families of the victims. He did not give details or identify the dead Americans. Earlier, a group […]

After a GOP beating, there is always a debate between the people who want the party to become more principled and those who want to turn the GOP into a poll-driven pile of mush that they believe will be more appealing to centrists. The problem with this whole discussion is that the “we need to […]

I wondered if perhaps the Mumbai attacks were enough for Reuters “news service” to admit the existence of terrorism? Here’s the article. The answer: Nope. “Militants” all. “Fighters.” Because after all, if they’re merely killing you-know-whos … who’s to say? Ron Coleman says every day on Likelihood of Success, where this item was cross-posted Add […]

Watching the spectacular horror continuing in Mumbai, my thoughts turn to American cities. Could this happen here and what elements would have to be in place for it to happen? 1. Terrorists like drama and dense populations. So, that would favor a city. Some cities are more suitable–Chicago, DC and New York come to mind. […]

Michelle Malkin has a nice column today: In The Year of Bottomless Bailouts, I am most grateful this Thanksgiving for Americans who refuse to abandon thrift, personal responsibility, and self-reliance. When the moochers and entitlement-mongers drive you mad, remember that our nation still serves as home to millions of citizens who do for themselves. Like […]

Extremist Muslims lashing out angrily at the West, as leverage on the Hindu majority in India, have slaughtered over 100 people in the Indian city of Mumbai. These people were killed, in classical Islamist terrorist style, for just being who they are. So naturally the Jews were on their list of targets too, and the […]

Making The Case For A Federal Marriage Amendment. The Problem With Our Education System Is Not Money. How I Became A Conservative. Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism. On Anti-Intellectualism. Tackling a Handful of Immigration Myths, Misnomers and Red Herrings. Don’t Go Ga-Ga Over Global Warming. Seven Don’ts For Our Modern World. Hard Truths […]

RWN is taking turkey day off and I’ll be posting retro-RWN material today. Tomorrow, I’ll be posting my Townhall column, but I’ll have a crew of guest bloggers taking up the rest of the slack. Head on over and check out their blogs. Cassy Fiano David All Ron Coleman Pamela Gellar Over at Conservative Grapevine, […]

It’s so upsetting, but here’s some information about the attacks over in India. The Brits and United States citizens were singled out. Here are some links: Infidels Are Cool Ace has this. Allah has an excellent round-up. Bill Roggio has good analysis: Indian intelligence believes the Indian Mujahideen is a front group created by Lashkar-e-Taiba […]

I touched on the Netroots reaction to the Gates appointment and the implication that desired defense cuts probably aren’t in the offing. Erica Etelson doesn’t deal in implications. She pretty much comes right out and says why they should be made: The president-elect is very smart, but he’s not a magician. He cannot conjure from […]

Finding a cure for cystic fibrosis has been deemed politically incorrect, on the grounds that this awful disease tends to effect those who deserve to suffer — the source of all evil, male Caucasians: OTTAWA – The Carleton University Students’ Association has voted to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual […]

No wonder financial institutions require the government to steal $billions from us to prop them up, if this is an example of how wisely they allocate their resources: Four major banks, including one that collapsed, two that received federal bailout money and one that filed for bankruptcy this past September, paid former President Clinton $2.1 […]

Iowahawk reports: WASHINGTON DC – Ending weeks of speculation and rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government’s executive branch. “I am pleased that Bill Clinton has agreed to come out of retirement to head up this […]

From Fausta, here is what’s happening with our “good friend” Russia: Naval maneuvers in the Caribbean A potential Russo-Venezuelan OPEC-like agreement for natural gas Trade agreements throughout South America with Russia delivering food, medicine, and NUCLEAR material. Russia does nothing accidentally. Their Georgian act of war was timed while the world was looking toward China. […]

Over at Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds is expressing a sentiment I’ve been hearing semi-regularly behind the scenes, HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Leaving the Bush tax cuts alone. Putting Iraq-war supporters in as Vice President and Secretary of State. And now keeping Bush’s Defense Secretary on. I’m beginning to feel like I won this election! Obama is not a […]

Mort Kondracke says the Republican Party can be as popular as he is if they’ll simply stop listening to those darn conservatives, How can the Republican Party rebound? The first step would be to quit letting Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham set its agenda. …But step 1 is to fire Limbaugh and his […]

Late last week, I was pleased to have an opportunity to once again interview Senator Jim DeMint (Previous interviews here and here, on the bailout crisis). What follows is a slightly edited transcript of our phone conversation. The GOP has taken a tremendous beating, two elections in a row now, and I hate to say […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Cracked: The 10 least subtle product placements in video game history Ace of Spades HQ: Top ten signs that unnamed 20-for-20 Marine marksman might be a bad*ss Stop the ACLU: Left celebrate Ann Coulter’s broken jaw Totally Crap: Doutzen Kroes bikini pics […]

“Jim Bianco of Bianco Research crunched the inflation adjusted numbers. The bailout has cost more than all of these big budget government expenditures – combined: * Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion * Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion * Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, […]

From my email last night, “Just wondering why you refuse to have any articles any longer on the topic of Obama’s eligibility and citizenship, especially in light of the fact that this will be before the full Supreme Court on December 5th?…” — rrobin There’s a simple reason that I haven’t spent much time on […]