Author: John Hawkins

25 Short, Random Thoughts

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* The secret is that there is no secret. The people who do the best are the talented ones who work the smartest, hardest, and longest. * The solution to America’s problems isn’t new government programs, it’s scaling back the power of government. * As the power of the state increases, our freedoms contract and […]

 

Tea Party Nation: Scandal, Shock, & Sarah Palin.

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Rarely do I do a post just to promote someone else’s work, but my friend and co-blogger, Melissa Clouthier, has done an outstanding piece of original reporting on the Tea Party Nation event that Sarah Palin is headlining next month. Before any liberals get too excited, no, Sarah Palin hasn’t done anything wrong, but the […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Jan 8 – Jan 14

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I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up. — Rod Blagojevich It’s not the ‘Kennedy Seat. It’s the people’s seat. — Scott Brown Coakley bristles at […]

 

The Anti-War Rallies Of The Bush Years In 20 Pics

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It has been enlightening to see how differently the anti-war rallies and Tea Parties have been covered by the mainstream media. The anti-war rallies were given prominent coverage and the radical sentiment was hidden away from the public. On the other hand, positive news about the Tea Parties is buried by the MSM and the […]

 

The 8th Annual “20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2009”

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Honorable Mentions: Joy Behar, Barbara Boxer, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Chris Dodd, Maureen Dowd, Dick Durbin, Thomas Friedman, Glenn Greenwald, Maurice Hinchey, Arianna Huffington, Jesse Jackson, Hank Johnson, John Kerry, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Pat Leahy, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, MoveOn, Lawrence O’Donnell, Markos Moulitas, Clarence Page, The New […]

 

This Week In Quotes: Jan 2 – Jan 7

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President Obama hasn’t even made a token effort to keep his campaign promises of more openness and transparency in government. It was all just another lie. — Jack Cafferty When the president stopped the enhanced-interrogation programs and revealed our tactics to our enemies, he significantly reduced our ability to successfully interrogate any senior al-Qaeda leaders. […]

 

The Top 20 Liberal Pick-Up Lines

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20) Your Birkenstocks must stink, cause you’ve been nature-hiking through my mind all day. — JCred 19) You had me at “Mao.” — ResistTyranny 18) We’re both workers, of the world ……let’s “Unite” — TheGenuineDavid 17) Hey honey, wanna come back to my place and test my emissions? — sarahbellumd 16) My pants need a […]

 

Scott Brown? Game-On!

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On Monday, I wrote a post called “Very Skeptical About Scott Brown’s Chances.” In that post, I pointed out that there hadn’t been any polling released in Brown’s race and since that was the case, he was likely way behind. Of course, I also said this: Now, if someone can produce a poll showing that […]