Author: John Hawkins

Explaining The GOP’s Fund Raising Hole

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The fact that the Republican:  Party is having a hard time raising money has been much remarked upon. So has the amount they’ve been spending to do it: Both the national Democratic and Republican party committees spend about two-thirds of the money they take in on the care and comfort of committee staffs and on […]

 

Obama Homeowner Bailout Program A 75 Billion Dollar Bust

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The government has no business using taxpayer money to prevent foreclosures in the first place. As Jeb Hensarling has said, We must remember that 93.6% of households rent, own free and clear, or are current on their mortgages…Programs…that force the responsible majority to subsidize the irresponsible minority should be rejected. That brings us to Obama’s […]

 

Special Report: A Briefing On All The Key Republican Senate Primaries

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This year there:  is : a surprising number of competitive Republican primaries. All in all, that’s a good thing because it gets more Republicans involved, it makes the establishment Republicans respect the base, and it encourages Republicans in D.C. : to pay close attention to their constituents. That being said, at the end of the day, if […]

 

A “Take Murtha’s Seat” Moneybomb

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The biggest race in America next month is going be Tim Burns (R) vs. Mark Critz (D) for “John Murtha’s seat.” Burns is a solid conservative who’s come out in favor of repealing Obama’s health care reform. It’s also worth noting that he’s winning. The latest numbers from Public Policy Polling look good: Buoyed by […]

 

Obama And Chris Dodd Lay The GroundWork For More Bailouts

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If Barack Obama came up to you and told you the sun is shining outside, you’d be wise to grab an umbrella because not only does he incessantly lie, as a general rule, whatever he says is:  the:  exact opposite of the truth. He talks about slashing the deficit, even as he’s spending like no […]

 

Seven Reasons Government Has Become Completely Dysfunctional in America

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The government of our country has become increasingly incompetent, corrupt, and dysfunctional. Although Barack Obama has certainly hastened our government’s slide toward mediocrity, the problems didn’t begin with him, nor are they likely to end on the very happy day when he leaves office. Moreover, many of the issues that prevent our government from operating […]

 

DTG: Don’t Trust The Government

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“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” — Ronald Reagan If the Gipper were alive today, I’m sure he’d at least be pleased to see that a staggering percentage of the American public agrees with the sentiment expressed in that quote: Public confidence […]

 

Is Charlie Crist About To Take The Dede Scozzafava Route?

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When Joe Lieberman declared that he was going to run as an:  Independent, I immediately told people he could go that route and win. Here’s what I penned on RWN back on August 10, 2006, the same day that Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary: A Breakdown Of CT. voters according to […]

 

Joe Biden: Not As Generous With His Own Money As He Is With Yours

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Even though he made over 300 thousand dollars : last : year and knew that people would see his tax returns, Joe Biden gave very little money to charity last year, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill, earned $333,000 in 2009, and gave $4,820 — 1.44 percent — of that to charity in […]

 

This Week In Quotes: April 16 – April 22

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I miss the swaggering cowboy. He may have been tongue-tied; he may have screwed up with an errant backrub, but the didn’t boy to royalty, he didn’t give embarrassing gifts to allies, he didn’t show the Dalai Lama the back door. He never said to a visiting ally (paraphrased) “I’m gonna go have dinner with […]

 

The April 15, 2010 Myrtle Beach Tea Party (W/ 13 Pics + Video And Text Of My Speech)

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Yesterday, I attended the Myrtle Beach Tea Party. It’s the third one I’ve been to and the crowd looked even bigger than before. Although I’m terrible with crowd estimates, I’d say 400-500 people were there over the course of the afternoon. That may not sound like a lot of people, but Myrtle Beach only has […]

 

An Interview With Anti-Rudeness Ninja, Amy Alkon

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I read and enjoyed Amy Alkon’s book, I See Rude People: One woman’s battle to beat some manners into impolite society. The book was funny, gave me a new way of looking at rudeness, and Amy’s relentless desire to confront the rude was intriguing. In fact, you could say that Amy Alkon is the first […]

 

Abortion: Safe, Legal, And…Oh, Who Am I Kidding, Kill It, Kill It!

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When conservatives point out that liberals believe in killing children for convenience sake, what do liberals usually say? Typically, it’s some variation of, “Why, nobody wants more abortions. We just believe that abortions should be safe, legal, and rare!” Of course, then they follow that up by trying to make sure that as many children […]

 

First It Was “Kennedy’s Seat.” Is “Murtha’s Seat” Next?

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Things are looking up for Tim Burns, whom : I interviewed a couple of weeks ago. As you may remember, Tim Burns is going up against Mark Critz, John Murtha’s former:  Chief of:  Staff, in a May 18th special election. Murtha’s old district is +5 Democratic, but that’s a bit deceptive since the Democrats there are […]

 

Could Illegal Immigration Solve Our Problems With Social Security And Medicare? Ehr…No.

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Robert Reich is making the argument that if we want to keep Medicare and Social Security solvent, all we need to do is give American citizenship to the illegals: This is where immigration comes in. Most immigrants are young because the impoverished countries they come from are demographically the opposite of rich countries. Rather than […]

 

The Welfare Mentality: British Style

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Sure, this example is from Britain, which is further down the road to Obamaworld than we are, but the mentality is the same. When you read this story, what you’re reading is the future that liberalism will create in this country if people like Obama, Pelosi, and Reid get their way: The Davey family’s :£815-a-week […]

 

Once Again, We’re About To See Who Was Right About The Gang-Of-14 Debacle

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Democrats treat judicial nominations like war — while Republicans keep being gracious, hoping Democrats will learn by example. — Ann Coulter John Paul Stevens is getting ready to step down, Obama is sure to appoint a judge who will vote the same way as Michael Moore, and Republicans are going to do what about it? […]

 

Being On The Cusp Of A Gaming Addiction

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Oddly enough, this brief article about Japanese housewives reminded me of, well….believe it or not…me a decade ago: I’ve never covered a subject that has raised as many questions as this,” says writer Yuki Ishikawa, speaking about her new book portraying the lives of housewives addicted to online games. …the more Ishikawa listened to the […]

 

Protest Sign Reminders: What The Liberal Rallies From The Bush Years Were Like (22 pics)

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There are a lot of Tea Parties coming up this week and we all know what the routine will be. The left-wing media will descend on the rallies, find the most ignorant people they can, carrying the most ludicrous signs, some of whom will undoubtedly be liberals trying to make the Tea Parties look bad, […]

 

We Need To Get The Deficit Under Control — But, Not Now?

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Getting government spending under control, like securing the border, is something “everyone” supposedly agrees on. Whether they’re liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat — it doesn’t matter — every politician insists:  he’s:  : the one you can trust on the budget. Yet, what do we get in practice? Bad (The Republicans) and much, much, much worse (The Democrats). […]

 

The Best Quotations From Ann Coulter’s 2009 Columns (62 Quotes)

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What follows are the best quotations from Ann Coulter’s 2009 columns. Enjoy! When the Obama family materialized, the media was seized by a mass psychosis that hadn’t been witnessed since Beatlemania. OK! magazine raved that the Obamas “are such an all-American family that they almost make the Brady Bunch look dysfunctional.” Yes, who can forget […]

 

Of Course, Virginia Should Have A Confederate History Month…

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…every state that was in the confederacy should have one in my opinion. It’s an important part of the history of those states and most importantly, the Southern soldiers who honorably fought and died defending their homes in the Civil War deserve to be honored just as much as those who died in every other […]