Author: John Hawkins

To blame deregulation or Laissez Faire capitalism for the financial woes we have right now is not just getting it wrong, it’s getting it EXACTLY backwards. It was government regulations that forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are quasi-governmental entities, not truly private enterprises, to give home loans to people that couldn’t afford it. […]

Although I have probably been the single harshest critic of Mitch McConnell in the blogosphere, I have to say that for the 2nd time since Obama was elected, he has done the right thing in the clutch. (He also encouraged Senate Republicans to oppose the bailout of the Big 3.) Congressional Republicans on Monday said […]

Just in case you were wondering, I did get Patton a Christmas gift. This year, he got an American Kennel replica of his most hated adversary from the yard — the dreaded squirrel. The dog spent a good portion of the day chewing on ole Squirrely, but so far, the toy is holding up fine.

Never before have I seen an unintentional (?) parody that so perfectly summed up Barack Obama’s “hope and change” campaign, his supporters’ ridiculously high expectations for him, and his media portrayal — as the image on this t-shirt, If you’re so inclined, you can get the shirt here. Hat tip to E.M. Zanotti from The […]

7) The punditocracy goof’s up the Granite State: Because it’s not fair to just pick on the politicians, it’s worth remembering that this campaign season had an enormous number of twists and turns that proved pundits, pollsters, and “political experts” of all stripes wrong again and again. The biggest of these foul-ups was in New […]

In the slow-news period following Christmas, RNC Chair candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas gifts seem to have drawn an inordinate amount of attention, A leading contender to become chairman of the Republican Party has left senior officials horrified after he distributed a CD featuring a parody song called Barack the Magic Negro. At a time when […]

From an email I received from a RWN reader who would prefer to remain anonymous, Today was my first time actually visiting your site — it proved to be a source of solace. I’ll explain. There is, indeed, lots of anti-American sentiment on the internet. There’s NWO talk, U.S. /FEMA camps for red/blue list targets, […]

Some of my favorite Twitter posts from the last few days… @abigvictory Wondering why Wiki is trying to raise 6 million dollars. How much does it cost to make sh*t up? @JPFreire The bus driver just denied passengers a right to their secret ballots in an election to stop at Burger King. UNION THUGGERY! @JulieJoyce […]

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My Favorite Quotes From Rick Warren’s “The Power To Change Your Life!” RWN’s Favorite Quotes From Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life. An Interview With David Limbaugh About His New Book, ‘Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity’ Movie Review: The Passion Of The Christ Bloggers Select The 20 Greatest Figures In American History […]

Five Pieces of Liberal “Wisdom” That Need to Be Put Out to Pasture Why Liberals Lie About What They Believe 10 Of The Greatest Pieces Of Conservative Wisdom 10 More of the Greatest Pieces of Conservative Wisdom Why I Am A Conservative What Conservatism Can Do For America’s Middle Class 10 Differences between Conservatives And […]

Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism Making The Case For A Federal Marriage Amendment Your Guide To The Liberal View Of Foreign Policy & Defending America How I Became A Conservative Star Trek’s Prime Directive And Conservatism Quotes From The American Revolution The Best Quotes From Thomas Sowell’s ‘The Vision Of The Anointed’ What […]

Question: “John, first off, I’m a big fan and loyal reader for several years now. You have even added me to your friends on MySpace. Keep up the good fight! Now my question is: Why is it that the RNC and republicans in general are not interested in these lying, thieving, cheating, liberal democrats steal […]

Question: “Leaving aside all the pre-election predictions and hand-wringing about Obama, what do his Cabinet appointments say about his governing style / ideology / chances of persuading Congress to enact his programs?” — metatron Answer: Very little. Setting aside the fact that many of Obama’s selections are not moderate as many people in the media […]

Question: “Who are your Top 5 Favorite Movie Villains of all-time?” — D-Vega Answer: My personal faves, huh? I’m going to go with the following in no particular order, Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs): Clever, incredibly perceptive, and absolutely deadly. A very memorable villain — and not just because he eats people. The Joker […]

Question: “Where does the belief come from that Obama secretly supports gay marriage? Just a guess? Based on what? I’d be more likely to believe that he doesn’t care in the slightest about gay marriage or any other gay issue. I bet such things barely register as blips on his mental radar, and that when […]

Question: “I work for Lithia Motors, and I have to tell you am pretty scared as to what will happen to the big 3, we have already downsized quite a bit and so I guess my question is: John what do you think will happen and how bad could it possibly get? It is so […]

“I ask the three of you, how can we, as symbolically the children of the future president, expect the three of you to meet our needs, the needs in housing and in crime and you name it.” — A question from Denton Walthall AKA “The ponytail guy” at a 1992 presidential debate In America, we […]

Oh yeah, any kid raised in this household has a really bright future, This Hitler youth is blond-haired, blue-eyed and just turned three. Adolf Hitler Campbell is the middle child of three kids given Nazi-themed names by their parents, including a dad who denies the Holocaust occurred and decorates his home with swastikas. “They’re just […]

Christmas is almost upon us and if you’re like me, you’ve got certain friends and family members who “have everything.” Finding something different or unusual for these people is almost impossible. Well, thanks to the fine folks at InventorSpot, that’s not going to be a problem this year! For example, let’s say you have a […]

Although Rick Warren takes his Christian beliefs seriously, he has always come across as a centrist politically. In other words, he can fairly be called “religious,” but he’s not really a member of the “religious right.” Since that’s the case and since Barack Obama has spent much of his adult life surrounded by ultra-left wing, […]

Yesterday I polled RWN’s readers on whether “short haircuts are attractive on women.” Here are the results from the more than 500 readers who answered the question: Yes: 45% No: 55% For women with short hair, this is probably bad news. However, for me, it’s good news because I like short hair on women and […]

David Petraeus and Ray Odierno, our top generals in Iraq, have now weighed in on Obama’s plan to have our combat troops out of Iraq in sixteen months and their verdict isn’t favorable, A new military plan for troop withdrawals from Iraq that was described in broad terms this week to President-elect Barack Obama falls […]

My home state of North Carolina is considering levying yet another tax, With gas-tax revenues plummeting, the state of North Carolina is looking seriously at taxing motorists for how far they drive. If the “road-use tax” is implemented, it would at first be simple – with the state checking your odometer annually and taxing you […]

Matt Yglesias, a snobby, know-it-all, chomskyite punk who graduated from Harvard the same year the war in Iraq began, has deigned to enlighten the rest of us about how horrible the people who supported the war in Iraq really are, The harsh reality is that (the Iraq war) was not a noble undertaking done for […]

“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system,” Bush told CNN television, saying he had made the decision “to make sure the economy doesn’t collapse.” — George Bush Oh, he’s trying to “save the free-market system,” is he? That’s funny, because to the untrained eye, Bush looks like a rudderless big government Republican who’s […]

Via Emily Zanotti at The American Princess comes my favorite post-election 2008 Barack Obama shirt so far, The t-shirt can be found here.

My buddy Cassy Fiano wrote a post that accepts as its premise that men find short hair on women unattractive. As I told Cass, personally, that’s not the case for me. I’ve always been a fan of short, stylishly done, short haircuts on women. Obviously, opinions on this subject are going to vary, but I […]

If you don’t use Twitter, here’s the sort of thing you’re missing — or alternately, not missing if this doesn’t catch your fancy =D Some recent posts from My personal Twitter profile, Watched “The Happening.” 10 min. of cool, gory suicides. 81 min. of unsympathetic characters runnin from grass, trees and the wind. Really. Once […]