Author: John Hawkins

A few weeks back, a couple of Jehovah’s witnesses showed up at my house and I was nice to them and took their literature (I skimmed it to see if there was something kooky in it worth writing about, but no dice). Well, they came by again just now to drop off some more literature […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 7 questions. The following 50 blogs responded, Aaron’s CC, David All Group, Althouse, The American Princess, AtlanticBlog, Bad Example, The Captain’s Journal, Conservative Grapevine, Dispatches from Blogblivion, Blonde Sagacity, Bookworm Room, Lorie Byrd, Dr. Melissa Clouthier, Argghhhh!, Ed Driscoll, Eckernet, Fraters […]

In case you haven’t heard, amnesty is on the comeback in the Senate via the DREAM Act. Granted it doesn’t give a blanket amnesty to all the illegals, but the DREAM ACT has been deliberately designed to have huge loopholes that will allow enormous numbers of illegals to get amnesty. Here’s Jeff Sessions explaining the […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Papermag: Word Up!: Fabian Basabe Interviews… um… Ann Coulter! Cracked: The 20 worst album titles of all time Celeb Slam: Eva Longoria wore a bikini John Stossel: Nationalized health care is broken You can check out all those links and more by […]

Hot Air has video of Rep. Jack Murtha being confronted over his blood libels against US Marines over the Haditha incident. His shameless defense: that the “trial’s still going on.” That’s true in the case of Frank Wuterich, but the charges have been dropped against three other Marines and Murtha made no distinctions between them […]

You may have already seen this video of a conspiracy theorist being tasered at a John Kerry speech… But, via a letter written to Michelle Malkin, here’s what happened before this kid started disturbing the peace and resisting arrest… So I went to the John Kerry town hall forum this morning trying to get students […]

A former New York Knicks executive at the center of a sexual harassment lawsuit repeatedly complained to a friend from work that coach Isiah Thomas had berated her with foul language, according to trial testimony Tuesday. “What the f— is your job? What are your job responsibilities, you f—ing ho?” Thomas told former vice president […]

When Sally Field won her Emmy, she gave a long, addled speech that included this line, …(I)f the mothers ruled the world there would be no godd*mn wars in the first place.” You’ve probably heard some variation of that line, over and over throughout your life, and probably from some embittered, feminist harpy who’d like […]

You may not realize it, but there was another debate last night. It was the “Values Voter” debate and if you didn’t hear about it, it was probably because it was carried on a tiny TV network most people don’t have and because the four top tier contenders didn’t show up. However, I, in the […]

Iraq Vets Against the War, a liberal veterans group, is actually encouraging people to prank, lie to, manipulate military recruiters in an effort to waste their time. Some of their suggestions include, Is your enemy the state? Befriend a recruiter and keep your friends close and your enemies closer!… This campaign is not about (badgering?) […]

Robert Jordan wrote some absolutely fantastic Conan novels, but he’s most famous for writing the “Wheel of Time.” We’re talking about a wildly popular, 12 book (and we’re talking long, long, books too), fantasy series. I’ve read 10 of the books myself, but while I enjoyed the character development, I thought the series was getting […]

Although it’s far too early to say for sure, I tend to think that the GOP will probably lose a few Senate seats in 2008, gain a few House seats, and I think the presidential race will probably be a toss-up or lean towards the Dems by a slight margin, maybe 60-40. Granted, that’s not […]

Anyone who follows politics knows that there is a lot of intellectual discussion on the right and very little on the left. Why? Because conservatives are willing to criticize each other and debate policies while liberals, as a general rule, only allow criticism of other liberals for not being liberal enough. For example, take the […]

Throughout his last term in the Senate, rumors were constantly floating around that Lincoln Chafee was about to change parties. In fact, just two days before the election, this story was floated at the Plank, I have a friend in Rhode Island, a Democrat torn between his affections for Lincoln Chafee and his desire to […]

The guy responsible for the 2nd worst campaign of the 21st century (behind Katherine Harris) has decided to fail upwards and run for the presidency. That’s right; contain yourself, folks, because Alan Keyes is here to save us, Alan Keyes filed a Statement of Candidacy (Form 2) with the Federal Election Commission–thus officially announcing as […]

Last week, I wrote a column for Townhall called, “The Non-Existent North American Union” and I wanted to show you some of my favorite responses to the column over there. Enjoy! Fight4Truth writes: LIARS LIARS LIARS!!!! The North American Union is real It’s all over the median you LIARS! This site is just a neocon […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Dr. Helen: The starter husband Extreme Mortman: Top ten Tony Snow exchanges with Helen Thomas Egotastic!: Hayden Panettiere at the beach in a bikini. Mark Steyn: Looking for love in all the wrong places You can check out all those links and […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end. CNSNews Cox & Forkum Good News For Al-Qaeda: CIA Bans Water-Boarding In Terror Interrogations What National Journal’s “Experts” Think About The Presidential Race What If MoveOn.org Existed 65 Years Ago? (Funny Image) President […]

“I love (the North American Union theory) because if you ever doubt your own sanity, all you have to do is read this stuff and realize that you’re okay.” — Charles Krauthammer “You lay out a conspiracy and then force some people to try to prove it doesn’t exist. That’s just the way some people […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Fred File: Video: Fred Thompson slams MoveOn and the Democrats in Congress Wizbang: John Kerry’s former lover tries to get embarrassing post removed because she wants to run for Congress Cracked: 5 things Hollywood thinks computers can do Celeb Slam: Camilla Alves […]

“B*tch, I don’t give a f*** about these white people.” — Knicks president and coach Isiah Thomas on the team’s season ticket holders? On the one hand, that quote comes from a woman, “who filed a $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Thomas.” On the other hand, it sounds like something Isiah Thomas would say. […]

Over at the HuffPo, John Kerry is pulling out all the stops to mislead people about something John Boehner said, Just yesterday on CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked John Boehner, the leader of the GOP in the House, this question (video on Horse’s Mouth): “The loss in blood, the Americans who are killed every month, how […]

I caught Bush’s short speech about the war last night and although there wasn’t anything wrong with what he said and there were a few things right with it (We will be withdrawing troops, we’re doing what Petraeus wants), it wasn’t all that effective. Bush is just so unpopular, has such a wooden delivery in […]

Besides Duncan Hunter, whom I used to consult for, Fred Thompson is my 2nd favorite candidate running for President. Although he has done “OK” since his official entry into the race, it’s pretty clear that he hasn’t done the necessary prep work for a run. When you run for the presidency, you are going to […]

This seems weirdly funny somehow, Daily Kos commissioned the following poll from independent pollster Research 2000: Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 9/10-12. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines) For whom did you vote for in the 2006 race for U.S. Senate, Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, or Joe Lieberman, an Independent? […]

Via Alexa, I put together a list of the 75 most popular right-of-center websites. Do keep in mind that while I think this is a fairly comprehensive list, I’m sure some pages were probably left out. That wasn’t intentional; it’s just something that is going to happen when you try to take on an undertaking […]

A weepy, anti-American post by Joseph Palermo over at the Huffington Post caught my eye. Here’s an excerpt, I Am So Sorry Not to belittle or downplay the suffering of the Vietnamese people under the U.S. assault from 1965 to 1975, or the Chilean people who had to endure 17 years of illegitimate and brutal […]

Well, that didn’t take long… “A school that had ordered students not to wear representations of the U.S. flag on their clothing has rescinded the ban, after word of the order that prevented a student from recognizing the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks became public. Supt. L. Stewart Hobbs Jr. said officials […]

Media Matters, which is a left-wing outfit, put together an attention grabbing study that purports to show that conservative columnists get significantly more of their work published on editorial pages across the country than liberals. Here are some of the conclusions from their report, * Sixty percent of the nation’s daily newspapers print more conservative […]