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10 Questions for 9/11 Truthers

Posted on April 5, 2011April 21, 2011 by John Hawkins

You can’t reason someone out of something that he didn’t get into by using reason in the first place. That’s why it’s so difficult to refute conspiracy theories with logic. This is especially relevant given the way that conspiracies spread in the Internet age. It starts out with a cuckoo theory promoted by crazy people […]

The Good News & The Bad News: Libya Rebels Just Learning How To Use Their Guns

Posted on April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 by John Hawkins

On the one hand, our new allies in Libya are, how can I put this delicately, a wee bit inexperienced. Bernwi, the exterminator, said his father practically ordered him to the front. He bought a Kalashnikov and found a military uniform abandoned by one of Kadafi’s militiamen. He had never owned a gun or fatigues. […]

My Fave Twenty 140 Character Thoughts For March

Posted on April 4, 2011 by John Hawkins

* We’d be a lot better off if most people in DC learned to love 3 little words, “Not our problem.” * If both sides are criticizing you, it may mean you’re doing twice as much wrong, not splitting the difference to be right * Just because there are bad guys on one side doesn’t […]

My Ears Are Open: What’s The Democrat Plan To Control Spending?

Posted on April 4, 2011April 5, 2011 by John Hawkins

Have you noticed that BOTH PARTIES say they want to reduce the deficit, but all the discussions inevitably center on REPUBLICAN plans? We also get quotes like this one from Chris Van Hollen, “It seems to be the same old, same old,” said Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the senior Democrat on the Budget […]

We Can’t Dictate What People Do Here Based On What Illiterate Muslim Savages Do Over There

Posted on April 4, 2011April 6, 2011 by John Hawkins

You have a First Amendment RIGHT to burn a Koran, just as you have a First Amendment Right to burn a Bible, a Torah, or a Bhagavad Gita. However, I wouldn’t recommend burning any of those books simply because it’s needlessly offensive to people of other faiths. Still, there’s only one religion that has followers […]

Buy A Copy Of Perez Hilton’s Children’s Book And Get A Free Visit From Social Services!

Posted on April 1, 2011December 30, 2012 by John Hawkins

There are few people on earth that any sane parent would want to expose his or her children to less than Perez Hilton. Perez Hilton is a crude, rude gossip blogger who’s famous primarily for being obnoxious, calling Carrie Prejean a “dumb b*tch, and drawing semen on the faces of celebrities. Wow, with a resume […]

There’s a Simple Reason Why Our Society Still Values Female Sex Symbols More Than Female Leaders

Posted on April 1, 2011January 5, 2012 by John Hawkins

Over at NationalJounal, Kathy Kiely is bemoaning the fact that our society still puts a higher premium on beautiful women than women leaders. Sex and Power: Our society still values female sex symbols more than female leaders. The pace of change is too slow. Like bookends on an era, the passing of two well-known American […]

Liberalism In 120 Seconds: Abu Ghraib vs. The Kill Team Story

Posted on April 1, 2011 by John Hawkins

Liberalism In 120 Seconds: Abu Ghraib vs. The Kill Team Story

This Week In Quotes: March 25 – March 31

Posted on April 1, 2011 by John Hawkins

‘Here’s the bottom line: Democrats are rooting for a government shutdown. We’re listening to the people who sent us here to cut spending so we can grow our economy.’ — John Boehner Reducing and eliminating needless spending and programs are appropriate, but a wholesale reduction in spending, without considering economic, cultural, and social impacts is […]

Q&A Thursday #105: What Do You Think Of ‘Anonymous’

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: What do you think of “Anonymous” and their recent DNS attack on the WBC? GHFs.org has been down for more than a month. — D-Vega Answer: Hacking and shutting down websites is not a joke; it’s a serious crime. The CIA and the FBI need to take a serious interest in “Anonymous” and they […]

Q&A Thursday #105: Why Are You Conservatives So Against What Obama’s Doing In Libya?

Posted on March 31, 2011April 1, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: Why are you (and you fellow contributors) so afraid that the potential regime change in Libya will put a magnifying glass on how poorly executed the invasion of Iraq? How the Bush Administration wasted human, financial and political capital going it alone. Are you really anti-democracy? Pro Gaddafi? or worse yet just a Republican […]

Q&A Thursday #105: Why Are Groups Like The Elks, Rotarians, Freemasons, And Kiwanis Dying Out?

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: What are your thoughts on civic fraternal organizations such as the Elks, Rotarians, Freemasons, Kiwanis, etc…? These organizations have long been an important source of charity and community, but go to any of their meetings today and you will notice a lot of old gray haired men and distinct shortage of young people. Are […]

Q&A Thursday #105: Why Do People In DC Oppose Auditing The Federal Reserve?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: Why does the Federal Government oppose any independent auditing of the Federal Reserve? — TheDickNixon Answer: A lot of people do support it. In fact, a bill to audit the Fed has 101 cosponsors in the House already. I think there are two major interconnected fears about auditing the Fed. 1) The first is […]

Q&A Thursday #105: Should We Put Tariffs On China?

Posted on March 31, 2011April 3, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: I would like to hear your thoughts on Tariffs, why not use our trade deficit to attack our fiscal one? I’ve heard Michael Savage advocate a 20% tariff on China until they revalue their currency(which seems extremely excessive) but it did get me thinking that if could address both our outsourcing and deficit problem… […]

Q&A Thursday #105: Moderators?

Posted on March 31, 2011March 31, 2011 by John Hawkins

Question: Is there any chance that you would appoint some of your fellow contributors, or perhaps select posters, to monitor the threads and address flagged comments? Having the ‘flag’ option is kind of pointless unless someone actually removes the posts. — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: My designers put in a new copy of Disqus and although people […]

Q&A Thursday #105

Posted on March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 by John Hawkins

Tomorrow will be Q&A Thursday #105 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 on just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, movies, music, literature, or TV. […]

Under The Weather

Posted on March 30, 2011March 30, 2011 by John Hawkins

I’m a little under the weather today. I should be back and posting normally on Thursday. Enjoy the other bloggers while I’m out.

7 Topics We Can’t Have Adult Conversations About in America

Posted on March 29, 2011April 21, 2011 by John Hawkins

In a world where politics has become all-consuming and there’s an interest group looking for an opportunity to exploit every issue, it has become almost impossible to have adult conversations about certain subjects. The moment you try to do so, legions of grievance mongers, ideologues and bottom feeders start belting out scripted responses that have […]

Liveblogging Obama’s Libya Speech At 7:30 PM EST

Posted on March 28, 2011March 28, 2011 by John Hawkins

Tonight at 7:30 PM EST, I’ll be liveblogging Obama’s speech on his ill-thought-out Libyan adventure. So, rather than watch the incoherence and scream at the TV alone, head on over to RWN, where you can commiserate with other people about what an idiot we have in the White House. 7:31. Here we go. 7:32: Oh, […]

The Best Quotes From “100 Simple Secrets Of Happy People”

Posted on March 28, 2011March 30, 2011 by John Hawkins

From 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People, The: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It. Happy people do not experience one success after another and unhappy people, one failure after another. Instead, surveys show that happy and unhappy people tend to have had very similiar life experiences. The difference is that the […]

No, Bill Ayers Didn’t Admit That He Wrote, “Dreams From My Father.”

Posted on March 28, 2011March 30, 2011 by John Hawkins

Barack Obama’s connections to reprehensible former terrorist Bill Ayers are well known. However, Jack Cashill, who wrote the excellent book “What’s The Matter With California?” goes a little further than most people. He’s theorized that Ayers was actually the ghost writer of Obama’s “Dreams From My Father.” Many people have poo-poo’d this theory, but Cashill thinks […]

Natural Disasters PROBABLY Aren’t From God

Posted on March 28, 2011March 28, 2011 by John Hawkins

Not that God couldn’t ever cause a natural disaster. He could. Not that He hasn’t ever done it before. He has. See Numbers 16:30–34 as an example: 30 But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down […]

Fighting Gaddafi To Help Al-Qaeda?

Posted on March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 by John Hawkins

Who would have ever thought that less than 10 years after 9/11, an American President would be using our military to help Al-Qaeda fighters gain power in another nation. Yet, that’s exactly what’s going on in Libya today, In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had […]

Frank Lautenberg: “Republicans…Don’t Deserve The Freedoms That Are In The Constitution”

Posted on March 25, 2011March 28, 2011 by John Hawkins

One of the Left’s favorite tricks is to completely sidestep arguments that are made by attacking motivations. It works like so, Republican: There’s a hole in the side of the boat! We’ve got to fix it before we sink! Democrat: Yes, I agree, but you’re just saying that because you’re racist! Republican: Ok, so what […]

So Are We Going To Bomb Syria Now?

Posted on March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 by John Hawkins

It was not in America’s national interest to bomb Libya and the only justification we’ve heard for it is that there are civilians in danger. So, that begs an obvious question: Are we going to bomb Syria now? Violence erupted around Syria on Friday as troops opened fire on protesters in several cities and pro- […]

False Flag Operations Are Not Okay, Whether Democrats Or Republicans Are Involved

Posted on March 25, 2011March 25, 2011 by John Hawkins

When the Tea Partiers were protesting the health care bill, instead of taking their normal route, Democrats walked through the crowd taking video of the reaction. What they were obviously hoping for was that someone would use a racial slur or assault them or do SOMETHING that they could use to smear the Tea Party. […]

This Week In Quotes: March 18 – March 25

Posted on March 25, 2011 by John Hawkins

The United States does not have a king’s army. President Obama’s unilateral choice to use U.S. military force in Libya is an affront to our Constitution. — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) When a woman got raped, blame her because she was wearing a skirt too short, she looked the wrong way or she wasn’t home […]

Hugo Chavez: Marvin The Martian Is Extinct Because Of Capitalism

Posted on March 24, 2011 by John Hawkins

True fact: Some of the greatest minds in the world including Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Guglielmo Marconi believed that there was a civilization on Mars that was trying to communicate with us. Fast forward to the current day and blithering idiots like Hugo Chavez are telling people Mars had a civilization that was destroyed […]

Don’t You Feel Sorry For These Poor, Retiring Government Workers?

Posted on March 24, 2011March 24, 2011 by John Hawkins

The slant of the this Wall Street Journal article is the trade off between the cost savings of replacing retiring public employees with cheaper hirees and the difficulties that may be caused by losing talented people. Obviously, this is a bit of a false dilemma in that if these people were all that talented and […]

Are We Wasting Our Brightest Minds?

Posted on March 24, 2011March 24, 2011 by John Hawkins

The most disturbing passage in “Physics of the Future” doesn’t concern the future; it’s about the present. In that passage, Mr. Kaku recounts a lunchtime conversation with physicist Freeman Dyson at Princeton. Mr. Dyson described growing up in the late days of the British Empire and seeing that most of his smartest classmates were not—as […]