Author: John Hawkins

The Single Best Strip & Grope Suggestion EVER!

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Rather than copying the best security procedures in the world, the ones used by Israel’s El Al, our own TSA has decided to go with a strip and grope approach. Either you get to let airport security look at you naked or they’re allowed to run their hands over you like it’s prom night at […]

 

Naughty, Naughty Willow And Bristol! Watch What You Say On Facebook.

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Don’t wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. — Anonymous Apparently, Sarah Palin is not the only member of the Palin clan on Facebook. It looks like Willow and Bristol are on there as well and they’re not quite as good at using the medium as their mother: During the […]

 

Obama Blames Himself for Tone in Washington? Well Yeah, He Should.

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After spending two years encouraging Democrats not to work with Republicans, getting their wish, and then complaining about it, liberals are really going to hate Obama pretending to go back to his new tone flibbity-flabitty-floop from the campaign: Just 20 days after his inauguration, with Republicans trying to block his stimulus bill, President Obama refused […]

 

Lawsuit Lottery: The Let’s Rip Off The Huffington Post Edition

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Although I’m not a big fan of Arianna Huffington or the Huffington Post, this lawsuit strikes me as a massive pile of horseflop, Two Democratic consultants are accusing Arianna Huffington and her business partner of stealing their idea for the powerhouse liberal website Huffington Post. Peter Daou and James Boyce charge that Huffington and partner […]

 

A Conservative Misinterpretation Of The Laffer Curve

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If you’re reading a blog like Right Wing News, you’ve probably heard of the Laffer Curve. If you haven’t, here’s the self-explanatory graph: Long story short, what Arthur Laffer is trying to get across is that contrary to what some people believe, tax increases DON’T ALWAYS increase revenue to the government and tax decreases DON’T […]

 

My Fave 25 140 Character Thoughts For October

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* The Swift Boat Vets told the truth, the Willie Horton ad wasn’t racist, and Max Cleland’s patriotism wasn’t challenged in his Senate race. * You can’t have good without naming evil, rights without responsibilities, or decency without limits on behavior. * The GOP has completely rejected the advice of Frum, Brooks, Meggie Mac, etc. […]

 

The 12 Traits That Made The Most Exceptional People I’ve Ever Known Stand Out

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Have you ever thought about what makes human beings stand out from the masses? What makes them exceptional, extraordinary, and well worth knowing? Well, as a thought experiment, I decided to approach this topic a little differently. I decided to go back, throughout my life, and think about the most exceptional people I’ve ever PERSONALLY […]

 

An Open Letter To Republicans In Congress: Put An End To Strip And Grope Airport Searches

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We have a system for detecting terrorists. You have a system for annoying people. — Attributed to ex-El Al security chief Dan Issacharoff Conservatives are committed to bettering the lives of the American people, but too often, we don’t start the process by asking, “What problems do people have today and how can we use […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Nov 5 – Nov 11

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“Ethics,” in modern practice, basically consists of taking what the law would term mala in se offenses (bad in and of themselves; the sort of thing that people have a visceral, morality-based reaction to) and turning them into fairly minor mala prohbiata offenses (bad only because they’re prohibited by state action). More importantly, though, the […]

 

Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2010 Election And The Aftermath

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Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on election 2010 and the aftermath. 70 bloggers responded (This one time, the respondents ARE NOT going to be listed. Expect them to be listed as per usual, on the next poll). What follows are the results. Do keep in mind that because some people skipped […]

 

Mitch McConnell’s Part Of The Problem In The Senate, Not Part Of The Solution

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Does the Republican Party get it? Do they understand that business as usual isn’t good enough anymore? Do they realize that they have to start walking the talk now? Some of them do and some of them don’t. Unfortunately, some of the ones that don’t are in the GOP’s leadership in the Senate. One of […]

 

Republican TV Shows Vs. Democrat TV Shows Vs. John Hawkins’ TV Shows

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Over at Townhall, they posted the results of a fascinating study that showed Republicans and Democrats have very different tastes when it comes to TV shows: Know what really stood out the most for me? The fact that I don’t regularly watch ANYTHING on either list. So, what do I regularly watch? Here’s the list, […]

 

Kanye West: On Second Thought, Bush Doesn’t Hate Black People

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While President Bush has been making the rounds to promote his new book, he has made it known that he was extremely offended by Kanye West’s suggestion that he was a racist because of the response to Katrina: “He called me a racist,” Bush tells reporter Matt Lauer. “And I didn’t appreciate it then. I […]

 

Jim DeMint Was Right: “You Can’t Be A Fiscal Conservative And Not Be A Social Conservative” — At Least In The Senate

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You can’t be a fiscal conservative and not be a social conservative. —Jim DeMint In the wilds of the Internet, it’s not unusual to find Libertarians who are diehards about fiscal conservatism, but tend to be socially liberal. They wouldn’t call themselves socially liberal, of course — but they are. For example, if you favor […]

 

The Real World Impact Of One Regulation: 14 Million Plus Hours

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Liberals have never met a regulation that they don’t like — well, unless it impacts trial lawyers, unions or some other special interest group that jerks them around like puppets. Whenever conservatives note that regulations kill jobs and suggest that the government tread lightly, we hear howls of outrage from the Left. Yet in the […]

 

Manners Matter: Don’t Excuse Your Child’s Bad Behavior In Public

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Courtesy of Red Eye comes this seemingly minor story about flatulence, 11-year-old Christian Summers thinks playing video games is fun. According to his school bus driver, he also thinks passing gas is fun. She didn’t find his flatulence so funny. …For letting it rip on the ride home, Christian was slapped with an hour of […]

 

7 Lame Liberal Excuses For The 2010 Election Shellacking

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“Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet! Oh, the tears of unfathomable sadness! My-yummy!” — Cartman, South Park Admittedly, it has been a lot of fun to watch the wailing and gnashing of teeth on the Left after the savage beating they received on election day. However, it’s more than a little disturbing that […]

 

What The Continued Existence Of Somali Pirates Tells Us

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Somali Pirates may be fearsome foes to unarmed merchant vessels, but they’re no match for any nation with a modern military. If the United States or Britain decided to put an end to Somalian piracy, we could probably do so relatively easily. So, why does this keep happening? Somali pirates are reported to have received […]

 

“Now The Republicans Will Have To Govern”

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Since the election, we’ve heard the Democrats say over and over, “Now the Republicans will have to govern!” First off, that’s not really true. Yes, the GOP controls the House, but the Democrats still have the presidency and the Senate. That means the American people will still be looking to Democrats to lead the way. […]

 

The 20 Most Notorious Campaign Ads Of The 2010 Cycle

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20) Sharron Angle (Lost): The Wave (Controversial illegal immigration ad) 19) Joe Manchin (Won) Dead Aim: (Manchin literally shoots a hole in the Cap and Trade bill) 18) Sean Duffy (Won): Get America Rolling Again! (Yes, I’m a lumberjack — really!) 17) John Hickenloper (Won): Shower (I take showers with my clothes on because I’m […]

 

Post Shellacking: Why The Establishment Republicans Still Hate DeMint, Palin, And The Tea Party

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First off, let me give you a little history lesson. Before Sarah Palin or the Tea Parties made a big splash, Jim DeMint was on point in the Senate, fighting on behalf of conservatives. Time and time again, conservatives would be cheering themselves hoarse because of something DeMint was doing and yet, his staffers would […]

 

RWN’s Thomas Sowell Interview #5: Dismantling America

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Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant and respected conservatives in America and I was thrilled to have an opportunity to interview him about his latest book, Dismantling America: and other controversial essays. Here’s a slightly edited transcript of our conversation. Enjoy! When I asked around for suggested questions for you, Reuters’ James Pethokoukis […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Oct 29 — Nov 4.

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I imagine that thrill is maybe not quite so tingly on your leg anymore. — Michele Bachmann to Chris Matthews I’m delighted that the country will not be plagued by Senators Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell, and probably Joe Miller in Alaska. In a wave election a candidate has to beat the voters over the […]

 

The Liberal Blogger Reaction To The Shellacking They Just Suffered

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The most fascinating thing about the liberal blogger analysis of the election? Very few of them seem to be concluding that the beating that they just suffered has anything to do with all the unpopular policies that were pushed over the last two years. In other words, the idea that forcing through widely disliked liberal […]