Author: John Hawkins

Why Would We Expect The Children Of Illegal Immigrants To Like America?

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As per usual, when liberals hear something that challenges them or makes them uncomfortable, they reflexively try to shut down the discussion: An Arizona state senator has set off a hot debate over racism and taxpayer-funded education of illegal immigrants with her public reading of a constituent letter that said most Hispanic students “hate America.” […]

 

The Long Term Consequences Of Bombing Libya For Obama: The Perception Trap

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One of the problems with getting involved in a country militarily is that the whole business has a tendency to take on a life of its own, one that you don’t always expect, particularly if it’s not clearly defined. Welcome to mission creep, boys and girls. For example, when Reagan bombed Libya, we knew exactly […]

 

America Already Has The Most Progressive Tax Code Of Any Western Nation

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The more the rich pay in America, the more people insist that they’re getting a free ride. Never mind the fact that 47% of Americans pay no income tax at all, we have the 2nd highest corporate income tax in the world, and even if we confiscated EVERYTHING the rich are making, it wouldn’t fix […]

 

The Compliments Just Keep Pouring In For Obama In Libya

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Aren’t we lucky to have a President who’s so wise and so beloved by the world to handle our war with Libya? Why, just look at how fantastic the reviews have been so far! Indiscriminate bombing. Who gave those countries the right? Neither the United States, nor France, nor England, nor any country has the […]

 

7 Questions For Liberals About Obama’s Libyan War

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It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an “imperialist warmonger” in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised “hope” and “change” instead. It’s funny how that worked out, isn’t it? We still have troops in Iraq, we’ve escalated the war in Afghanistan, and now […]

 

Balancing The Budget Is Like Blaming The Victim For Rapes Says Joe Biden

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In the time Joe Biden has been Vice-President, the United States has added more debt than every President from George Washington through Ronald Reagan. But, somehow or another, that’s all the fault of Republicans and if you want to do anything about it, that’s like blaming rape victims for being raped or something another….aww, who […]

 

How Did Obama Squander The Goodwill Of The World In Libya?

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Remember when nations across the world were kvetching about America after we invaded Iraq? What was it that libs said? “How did Bush squander the sympathy of the world after 9/11?” We tried to tell them the truth. Nobody squandered anything. The world’s just full of greedy, self-centered people who want America to do all […]

 

America: A Nation With An Addict’s Mentality

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As I was watching Intervention this week-end, Jeff VanVonderen popped off an absolutely brilliant explanation of why a lot of addicts don’t get better: Everyone around wants to help, but instead, ends up enabling their bad behavior: What I am telling you today is that your health is the most important thing. You have to […]

 

The United States Shouldn’t Be Involved In A Libyan No-Fly Zone

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So, the United Nations has authorized its members to take “all necessary measures” to protect civilians and civilian centers.. Oh, joy! Now we can put American troops at risk in Libya for….wait, why exactly are we sending American soldiers to Libya? Is it in our our interest to send our soldiers to Libya? Nobody thought […]

 

The Math Just Doesn’t Work: We CANNOT Balance Our Budget On The Backs Of The Rich

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The idea that we can have a massive government with a lavish social safety net funded almost entirely by wealthy Americans is an enduring fantasy of the Left. It’s part of the reason they resist cutting spending so strongly, it inspires their demonization of successful Americans, and it’s at the core of the economic policies. […]

 

Sagging Pants Aren’t The Government’s Business

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Should high school kids be walking around with their underwear showing and their pants sagging? No, of course not. It makes them look like trash or idiots, or more accurately, idiotic trash. That being said, why is that the government’s business? Seems the best way to sell legislation these days is that it’ll be good […]

 

Illegal Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Able To Sue The Government. Period.

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The idea that people who’ve broken our laws by entering our country illegally should be able to sue our government for things that happened while they were engaged in criminal activity is obnoxious. No American tax dollars should go to illegal immigrants, ever… The family of a Mexican who man who died after an immigration […]

 

Answering Rush Limbaugh’s Question: The Sarah Palin Symbolism Generating Machine

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Rush Limbaugh asked an intriguing question on his show yesterday, which is interesting in and of itself, since Rush is the one who usually provides the answers: Ladies and gentlemen, there’s a story at Politico today. I’m gonna have to turn to some of you for some help. I thought I had this figured out, […]

 

A Teleconference With Herman Cain

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Ah, the first teleconference of the 2012 presidential cycle! Here are my notes, not quotes from Herman Cain’s first presidential teleconference. Intro by Ellen Carmichel Hermain Cain has won a straw poll, been to Iowa 20 times, and has been supporting Scott Walker in Wisconsin. He hasn’t officially decided to run, but it’s going well. […]

 

6 Reasons You Teabaggers Should Give Up On Controlling Spending

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It’s time for all of you toothless hillbillies in the Teabagger movement to learn something from your betters on the Left. So, you need to stop listening to hateful ideologues like Rush Limbaugh, Thomas Sowell, and whoever the KKK’s Grand Dragon is these days and start listening to reasonable voices of moderation like Paul Krugman, […]

 

George Will Brings Up The Questions More People Should Be Asking About Intervening In Libya

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Back on Feb 28, I wrote the following, We Should Support The Libyan People, But Not With Our Troops Muammar Gaddafi is a tyrant, he has American blood on his hands — and he’s just plain old evil. What will follow him in Libya is a mystery, but he’s such a monster, it’s hard not […]

 

How Elite Are America’s Elite Universities? Most Americans Say, “Not Very”

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We’ve heard a lot about “anti-elitism,” but if the “elite” could better be described as “well connected,” rather than “better qualified,” why should anyone be impressed with the “elite?” They shouldn’t — which brings us to graduates of America’s “elite” universities: Ronald Reagan was the last president we had who didn’t graduate from an Ivy […]

 

The Deliberate Economic Stupidity Of Paul Krugman On Social Security

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Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning economist, which makes me think he’s deliberately playing stupid on Social Security: Social Security is a government program supported by a dedicated tax, like highway maintenance. Now you can say that assigning a particular tax to a particular program is merely a fiction, but in fact such assignments […]

 

Why Does Barack Obama Get A Pass On Bradley Manning, Liberals?

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“President Present” has raised non-leadership to an artform, which is a rather noteworthy accomplishment for a man who’s considered the leader of the Free World. Just to give you one of many, many examples, let’s consider the Bradley Manning case. Liberals are INFURIATED by what they view as tough treatment of the poor little traitor […]

 

It’s The Parents’ Job To Keep Their Caterwauling Brats From Disturbing People In Public

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So, this week-end, a friend of mine rolled into Myrtle Beach and I was supposed to show her the town. It was a tough choice: Did I take her to see Cats, Les Misérables, or the Opera? Just kidding. This is Myrtle Beach. She’s lucky we didn’t end up visiting a bunch of golf courses […]

 

The Government Should Get Out Of Our Bathrooms

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Rand Paul used the pro-choice analogy to hit the Obama Administration about controlling what kind of toilets Americans can use, but I like the bedroom analogy better. If we want the government out of our bedrooms, then we should get them out of our bathrooms first. The Kentucky Republican began making the link between the […]

 

This Week In Quotes: March 4 – March 10

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At this point, feminism is chiefly a guild interested in securing advantage for its members at the disadvantage of its non-members, and can and should then be treated as such by non-members. — Ace Public sector workers are pursuing their own narrow financial interests to the detriment of everyone else in their states. That’s fine, […]

 

Blogger Poll: The 2nd Annual Ultimate Like/Dislike Poll For Famous People On The Right

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Right Wing News emailed more than 260 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to rate 55 prominent people and organizations on the Right as either strongly liked, liked, disliked, or strongly disliked. Representatives from the following 69 blogs responded: 101 Dead Armadillos, Alexa Shrugged, All That Is Necessary, American Glob, And Rightly So, Argghhhh!, Black and […]

 

The Liberal Tweet Of The Day: “DEAR AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES: #Wisconsin Was Your 9/11.”

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Hat tip to my buddy Tabitha Hale for pointing out this Tweet, This is a fab liberal tweet for two reasons. #1) It’s SOOOOOOO overwrought. Some of the unions in Wisconsin aren’t going to be able to loot the taxpayers for quite as much money as they have before. Boo-hoo! They still exist and they’re […]