Author: John Hawkins

This Week In Quotes: Mar 5 – Mar 11

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I may be guilty of extortion, but I never took a bribe. — Monica Conyers Big business is not “right wing,” it’s vampiric. It will pursue any opportunity to make a big profit at little risk. Getting in bed with politicians is increasingly the safest investment for these “crony capitalists.” — Jonah Goldberg Back in […]

 

The Day Health Care Reform Finally Died?

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Simply put, if this holds up, I think health care reform just died: The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that President Barack Obama must sign Congress’ original health care reform bill before the Senate can act on a companion reconciliation package, senior GOP sources said Thursday. The Senate Parliamentarian’s Office was responding to questions posed by […]

 

The Obama Administration Vs. The Insurance Industry: The Double Standard

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The Obama Administration’s demonization campaign against the insurance industry is proceeding apace with Kathleen Sebelius publicly carping about the companies: The head of the Health and Human Services Department is sketching out a stark choice for the nation’s insurers: oppose reform and eventually lose customers, or work with the Obama administration to improve the legislation. […]

 

A Funny Conservative Image Dump: More Pics From John Hawkins’ Hard Drive (22 Pics)

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I’ve been running RWN for almost 10 years and during that time, I’ve accumulated a lot of funny conservative images on my hard drive. I thought today might be a good day to put some more of them out in a post. Enjoy! Who says Matt Drudge isn’t funny? This was a graphic from the […]

 

The Stupidest Story Ever On ABC? Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart

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Before you ask, this is not a story from The Onion, it’s not a prank, and, no, it’s not April Fool’s Day. To the contrary, the story you are about to read actually comes from ABC News: Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that […]

 

The GOP Isn’t Going To Let The Dems’ Stupak Amendment Pass

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What part of “We Will Kill Your ‘Fix’” do the Democrats not understand? Using reconciliation to try to pass socialized medicine is the nuclear option and it means all-out-political-warfare in the Senate. If the Democrats are going to play it dirty by going that way, the GOP is going to use every procedural trick in […]

 

5 Ways Liberals Misjudge the American People

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“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” — Ronald Reagan One of the reasons liberals tend to do such an incredibly poor job of governing is that they fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the American people. Given that liberals also fundamentally […]

 

John Cornyn: Guess The Base Was Right About Charlie Crist After All

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Time and time again, the conservative base has asked the Republican establishment to stay out of competitive primaries. They don’t listen to us. Know why? Because they’re Beltway dumb. No matter how many Arlen Specters, Harriet Miers picks for the SCOTUS, or illegal immigration disasters they maneuver themselves into over the protests of the base, […]

 

Liz Cheney Was Right About The Al-Qaeda Seven At The DOJ

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Liz Cheney has made an issue of the fact that the Department of Justice has hired a number of lawyers who’ve defended Al-Qaeda. Predictably, liberals and some conservative lawyers have gotten upset with Cheney. What’s the conservative lawyers’ beef? Since everybody has a right to counsel, they believe whom a defense attorney represents has no […]

 

Will Reconciliation Ever Happen? It Seems Unlikely.

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One of the biggest stumbling blocks for Obamacare is the very legitimate fear of Democrats in the House that Senate Democrats won’t pass a “fix” of the bill through reconciliation. First of all, here’s how Democrats in the House want the process to work: They pass the bill already voted through in the Senate. Then […]

 

How They Get Away With Abramoff Tactics In Congress

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One thing I’ve been fond of saying over the last couple of years is that Jack Abramoff didn’t get in trouble for bribing members of Congress, he got in trouble for being explicit about it. The sort of chicanery that Abramoff engaged in goes on every day of the week in Congress, but they just […]

 

A Funny Conservative Image Dump From John Hawkins’ Hard Drive (27 Pics)

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I’ve been running RWN for almost 10 years and during that time, I’ve accumulated a lot of funny conservative images on my hard drive. I thought today might be a good day to put some of them out in a post. Enjoy! One of the most ghoulish liberal ideas of the last few years has […]

 

Conservative Bloggers Choose Their Favorite Movies Of All-Time

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Right Wing News emailed more than 255 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of their favorite movies. Representatives from the following 55 blogs responded… All That Is Necessary, The Anchoress, Argghhhh!, Atlas Shrugs, Bad Example, Basil’s Blog, Bookworm Room, Lorie Byrd, Classical Values, Melissa Clouthier, Copious Dissent, Classical Values, Conservative Compendium, […]

 

The University Of Washington Protest: Socialism Makes You Stupid

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As you may have heard, yesterday there were protests at universities in several states over tuition hikes and funding cuts for schools. Well, University of Washington student, Nick Jacob, headed out to get some snaps of the UW protest and got an absolutely hilarious shot: Nick’s comment? “Pure irony. The students who are cutting class […]

 

Eric Massa: How Wide Is His Stance?

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So, how much chatter are you hearing about Eric Massa today? Maybe so little that you’re asking, “Who the heck’s Eric Massa?” He’s a netroots endorsed congressman from New York and he has apparently gotten caught up in a little Mark Foley/Larry Craig action: First-term Rep. Eric Massa announced Wednesday that he will not seek […]

 

Message From A Senate Source To Democrats In The House: “We Will Kill Your ‘Fix'”

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First off, here’s the two-step Democrats want to execute on health care: 1) The House passes the bill that has already been approved by the Senate. At that point, Obama can sign the bill and it’s the law. However, ideally they will also pass a 2nd bill via reconciliation. 2) The House and Senate pass […]

 

The Best Quotes From Eric Hoffer’s “The Passionate State of Mind.”

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Eric Hoffer is one of my favorite philosophers and what you’re about to read are the quotes that caught my eye from his book, The Passionate State of Mind: And Other Aphorisms. Passions usually have their roots in that which is blemished, crippled, incomplete and insecure within us. The passionate attitude is less a response […]

 

The Coffee Party Movement: More Of The Same Old, Same Old

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After studiously ignoring, demeaning, and slandering the Tea Party movement, the mainstream media has finally found a beverage based movement they can support: The Coffee Party Movement! Read all about it in this fluff piece from the New York Times: Fed up with government gridlock, but put off by the flavor of the Tea Party, […]

 

Stop Your Disingenuous Whining About The Filibuster, Liberals

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It’s hilarious to see liberals complaining that they’re helpless to pass any legislation because they only have 254 Democrats in the House, 59 senators, and the presidency. Wah, cry me a river, you whiny little crybabies. Speaking of whiny crybabies, here’s Steve Benen from Washington Monthly sobbing about the GOP’s use of the filibusters. Try […]

 

The Best Quotes From Thomas Sowell’s “The Housing Boom And Bust.”

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If you want an excellent, in depth explanation of what caused the housing bust that led to our country’s recent recession, I’d highly recommend Thomas Sowell’s The Housing Boom and Bust. It’s easy to understand, packed with great research, and features Sowell’s clear no-nonsense writing style. Here are the quotes that caught my eye from […]