Author: John Hawkins

From an actual instant messenger conversation I had today, Anonymous: …(I)t is my understanding that it violates international law… John Hawkins: …International law is whatever the people with the most weapons and most will to use them say it is…

Some people look at a crimewave and see a problem. Others look at a crimewave and see more votes for Obama, Experts say felons are disproportionately black and, if they can be found, more likely to be Obama backers. This provides a huge potential; about 1.1 million felons in Florida were ineligible to vote in […]

America’s foremost protest photographer, Zombie, took this video at a liberal protest against Marine recruiting in Berkeley. What you are about to see is the liberal reaction to the Star Spangled Banner. Before watching it, I would recommend moving any objects you might be tempted to hurl at the screen out of arm’s reach. Hat […]

It’s time for me to rank my favorite blogs for the 2nd quarter of 2008. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have, of course, moved up and others have dropped, based on how often I visit them, how much I like what I see when I get there, how […]

An Israeli friend of mine sent this link over to me this morning, with a “nice ceasefire going on” message attached to it, Ceasefire shattered? Residents of Israel’s south were rattled to hear the ‘Color Red’ rocket alert sirens blare throughout their towns twice on Tuesday afternoon as Palestinian terror groups launched two Qassam rockets […]

“Roadside bomb attacks and fatalities in Iraq are down by almost 90% over the last year, according to Pentagon records and interviews with military leaders.” — USA Today Update #1: The mainstream media couldn’t spend enough time covering the war in Iraq when things weren’t going well, but now that the situation has improved tremendously […]

NASA Moonbat, James Hansen, is the latest liberal fascist to suggest that people actually be prosecuted for daring to point out that manmade global warming doesn’t exist, James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high […]

I’ve been a big fan of Tony Robbins’ work for a long time and have read his books, Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement and Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!, multiple times. Here are some of my favorite quotes […]

“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?” — Barack Obama

This is the brassiest attack on the Democrats I’ve seen from a Republican Congressman in a long time.

“I was proud to work for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and If I am elected President I assure you that in 2009 I will ask Congress to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform.” — John McCain

As most of you probably know, birth rates tend to decline as a society becomes more prosperous and in Europe, things have gotten so bad that sans immigration, those societies would go into a death spiral. There are a plethora of reasons why this has happened and one of them is apparently soap operas, In […]

Over at the New Republic, they’re speculating that European nations will pursue war crimes charges against members of the Bush Administration, Is it likely that prosecutions will be brought overseas? Yes. It is reasonably likely. Sands’s book contains an interview with an investigating magistrate in a European nation, which he describes as a NATO nation […]

Most of our British cousins have lost their faith in Christianity and their culture. They’ve also been allowing immigrants to pour into their country in an effort to keep their uber-generous social safety net working. This is the result, It was a clear case of irreconcilable differences. The wife said there was no love left […]

Correcting the myths created and propagated by the liberals in the mainstream media could be an all day, every day job. In fact, there are organizations like the Media Research Center that do just that. However, the mainstream media is so biased to the Left and churns out so many inaccuracies each day, that sometimes […]

Here are my notes, not quotes from a teleconference with Tom Coburn & John Shadegg on the Enumerated Powers Act, which “would require that all bills introduced in the U.S. Congress contain ‘a concise and definite statement’ setting forth the specific constitutional authority ‘relied upon for enactment’ and establish a point of order in the […]

It’s scary that someone who’s this dopey to begin with may become President and be advised by people who think that Winnie the Pooh should be driving our foreign policy, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday he would bring Osama bin Laden to justice in a way that wouldn’t allow the terrorist mastermind to […]

“In Raleigh, N.C., last week, Sen. Obama promised, “I’ll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we’ll use the money to help families pay for their skyrocketing energy costs and other bills.” Set aside for a minute that Jimmy Carter passed a “windfall profits tax” to devastating effect, putting […]

You can always tell when liberals think they’re winning. When they become puffed up with hubris and allow their masks to slip a bit, that’s when they think the American people are eating out of their hands. That’s when they just can no longer contain their loathing of the military, contempt for America, and rampant […]

Imagine being a parent put in this situation, Colleen Leduc already had a lot going against her. The Barrie woman was holding down a job while struggling to raise her autistic 11-year-old daughter. She couldn’t afford to give the child the intensive therapy she needed, and was forced to send her to a public school […]

Over at the HuffPo, Derek Shearer has a post called, “Waiting For Obama: The First Global Election.” Here’s an excerpt, Nothing could be more accurate today than the political chant from Chicago in 1968: “The Whole World is Watching.” The level of interest in the upcoming U.S. presidential contest is incredibly high, greater than at […]

From Memeorandum, PS: I know that there will be irony impaired liberals scratching their heads and not getting why this is ironic, but I’ll let RWN’s readers explain it to them in the comment section. *** Hint *** Speak slowly, don’t use big words, and go into the same level of detail you’d use if […]

This is counter-intuitive, but as a general rule, if you’re in trouble and need help from a stranger, you’re better off if there are only one or two people around rather than dozens. Here’s just one more incident that proves that’s the case, The town of Turlock and much of the rest of the nation […]

The Left, being the Left, keeps pushing the completely ineffective law enforcement approach to the war on terrorism that utterly failed before 9/11. Typical liberals. It’s not about whether it works or not, it’s whether it makes them feel good about themselves. But, take a look at what the law enforcement approach to the war […]

This moronic woman should have no case because this is certainly not a violation of her First Amendment Rights, Fatuma Hassan has just enough rice in her near-empty cupboards to make it through the month. The anger she felt when she lost her job in May has given way to a dull, nagging hunger. Yet […]

My favorite quotations from one of my favorite shows, “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” “If you need anything, you know who to look to – someone else.” — Carl Okay, I’m sorry, Candy. I guess we’re not in America. I guess now, I’m not allowed to pay for sex with pennies.” — Carl Delivery Man: It’s, […]

John Yoo wrote a fantastic piece on the 5 tyrants in black robes who handed foreign terrorists privileges they have no right to under the Constitution. Here’s an excerpt from Yoo’s piece on the absolutely outrageous Boumediene v. Bush decision that recently came down from the Supreme Court, Under the writ of habeas corpus, Americans […]

From Susan Faludi, in what is meant to be a complimentary column, in the New York Times, The reason is a gender ethic that has guided American politics since the age of Andrew Jackson. The sentiment was succinctly expressed in a massive marble statue that stood on the steps of the United States Capitol from […]

Look out, Al-Qaeda, because Barack Obama is about to send Winnie the Pooh to get medieval on your candy *ss! Barack Obama aide: Why Winnie the Pooh should shape US foreign policy Winnie the Pooh, Luke Skywalker and British football hooligans could shape the foreign policy of Barack Obama if he becomes US President, according […]

From the WAPO, Sen. John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high gasoline prices and immediately drawing the ire of environmental groups that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has courted for months. The move is aimed at easing voter anger over rising […]