Mitt Romney And Other People’s Money AKA Explaining Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital Problem

A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win […]

 



This Week In Quotes: Double Edition (Dec 22 – Jan 5)

Last chance for light bulbs. Make sure you’ve got enough to last a lifetime… with extras to leave to your children and grandchildren… so that they can know that once there was light… and it was a warm light… there were bulbs that glowed. And the heartless government, which had no feeling for warmth and […]

 

The Top Eleven Reasons Why John Kerry Lost The Election

John Kerry was a terrible candidate who did everything wrong, a real Michael Dukakis version 2.0. In fact, Kerry ran such a poor campaign that I think we in the GOP should examine the Kerry campaign and try to learn from it, so we don’t make the same mistakes. With that in mind, here are […]

 

Iraq Is Another Vietnam? It’s Not Even Close.

Perhaps it’s because so many left-wingers view the war protests in the sixties as the “glory days” of the liberal movement or because like: Ted Rall, they believe that… “Losing to Third Worlders in PJs led Americans to decades of relative humility, self-examination and taking the moral high ground in conflicts such as Haiti and Kosovo.” […]

 


The 50 Best, Most Notable, & Most Controversial Posts From John Hawkins In 2011

50) Interviewing Barbara Oakley About Her Book “Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer” And The Concept Of Pathological Altruism 49) The United States Shouldn’t Be Involved In A Libyan No-Fly Zone 48) The 50 Most Popular Conservatives on the Web (According to Google 2011) 47) A You Suck List: 10 People, Places, And Things […]

 




The GOP Is Out Of Step With America On Illegal Immigration

One of the hot topics in the blogosphere over the last few days has been an enormous rift in the Republican Party over immigration. That’s a good thing because this is an issue that deserves a lot more attention. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that A-list blogger and popular radio host […]

 





My 75 Favorite Tweets For 2011

In no particular order, from my Twitter account, @johnhawkinsrwn. 1) Don’t be cocky because people USED TO be so ignorant. We’re every bit as ignorant. Only the subjects have changed 2) For good or ill, your big decisions tend to be consistent with your little decisions. 3) You can’t be charitable if you don’t raise […]

 



Debunking 8 Anti-War Myths About The Conflict In Iraq

1) George Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.: This is a charge that has been repeated ad nauseum by opponents of the war, but the claim that Bush “lied” about stockpiles of WMDs doesn’t hold up to the least bit of scrutiny. Once you understand one crucial fact, that: numerous prominent Democrats with access […]

 



The 10 Biggest Political Debacles of 2011

10) Rod Blagojevich gets to make license plates. Illinois made history this year by sending its second of two successive governors to the big house. Blago’s 14 year sentence was made even more noteworthy by the fact that he’s going to the pokey for trying to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat. It’s oft-forgotten that Rahm […]

 


22 Problems With The Senate’s Illegal Immigration Bill

1) The Senate Bill Would Make It Impossible To Deport Most Illegal Aliens For Years   “What about illegal alien protection? The alien and their families who file applications for amnesty ‘shall not be detained, determined inadmissible, deported, or removed until their applications are finally adjudicated, unless they commit a future act that renders them […]

 

We Have a Moral Duty to Help Afghanistan Rebuild

Afghanistan has been steeped in conflict and war since 1973 when Zahir Shah was deposed in a bloodless coup. In the eighties, Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union. With the help of United States and a few other countries the Afghans bravely defended their country and drove one of the world’s two super powers […]

 

My Final Short & Sweet Case For Newt Gingrich

Why Newt Gingrich? #1) At this point, given the national poll numbers and the money/resources available to the candidates, we’re realistically probably already down to two choices: Newt or Mitt. What about the other candidates? A) Ron Paul. Has money and organization, but isn’t electable. B) Rick Perry. Has money and organization, but isn’t getting […]

 


The 50 Most Obnoxious Quotes Of 2011 (8th Annual)

50) Take the vehicle, I have 10 more. Police don’t have anything else (expletive) to do except (expletive) with me. Do you know who I am? — Allen Iverson 49) Storms Kill Over 250 Americans In States Represented By Climate Pollution Deniers — ThinkProgress Headline 48) I’m in, like, dating Babylon. Like, I go on […]

 

John Hawkins’s Guide to Child Care Age 2 months – 1 Years

If you missed “John Hawkins’s Guide to Child Care: The First Two Months”, you can read it: here. This is part two of the series. So your baby survived it’s first two months of life and you’re wondering what to do now? Well trust me..you came to the right place. For example, did you know that […]