Author: John Hawkins

Question: “I keep hearing that “big business” favors the amnesty bill because it provides a continuing source of cheap labor. Shouldn’t the opposite be true, because if your grant amnesty to illegals, wouldn’t labor costs go up, because now you have to pay for all the things that were skipped before, e.g. unemployment and insurance […]

Question: “If only one were possible, would you rather see us (the right) win the White House or take back the Congress in ’08?” — WSOwen02 Answer: The presidency will be more important because if the next President is a Republican, he may very well get a chance to make the most important Supreme Court […]

Question: “Who do you want to win, Hamas or Fatah?” — BIG Answer: Well, first off, I’d like to see the fighting drag on and be as long and bloody as possible. After all, the more they fight each other, the less time they have to murder Jews. But, in the end, I’d prefer to […]

Question: What do you think of the following quote? “Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.” (Winston Churchill) — scalt Answer: I think it’s half right =D.

Today will be Q&A Friday #67 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: The Superficial: Britney Spears has a wardrobe malfunction (w/pics). Newsmax: Local government: Cancel Rush Limbaugh Or lose contract. Robert Novak: Vultures circling McCain. The Danger Room: Someone dug up a soldiers guide from 1943 that the government gave to soldiers heading to […]

30) Cassy Fiano 29) Ralph Peters 28) Larry Elder 27) Mike Adams 26) Frank Pastore 25) Mike Gallagher 24) Rob Bluey 23) Robert Novak 22) Newt Gingrich 21) Jack Kelly 20) Lorie Byrd 19) Kathleen Parker 18) Mary Katharine Ham 17) James Lileks 16) Mac Johnson 15) Dick Morris and Eileen McGann 14) John Fund […]

According to four star general, “Dingy” Harry Reid, the surge has failed, “Top US congressional Democrats bluntly told President George W. Bush Wednesday that his Iraq troop “surge” policy was a failure. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the president over Iraq by sending him a letter, ahead […]

It was almost 3 AM and unfortunately, I had watched almost everything I had saved on Tivo, I didn’t have any movies from Netflix in, and I didn’t feel like listening to music. So, for the first time at this hour of the night, I turned on my local talk radio station. I didn’t catch […]

“President Bush was so buoyed by the warm reception he was given in Albania that he immediately gave all 3 million Albanians American citizenship, provided they learn Spanish. The offer was withdrawn when Bush found out most Albanians haven’t broken any U.S. laws. Bush keeps claiming he’s dying to enforce the border, but he just […]

You know it’s funny: you have these polling agencies and MSM shills that are contorting themselves into pretzels to come up with ways to claim that the Senate amnesty bill is popular. They use open borders friendly language in the polls, they treat the American people’s support of narrow slices of the bill like it’s […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 8 questions. The following 52 blogs responded, Aaron’s CC, The Absurd Report, The Agitator, The American Princess, Argghhhh!, AtlanticBlog, Bad Example, Betsy’s Page, Bit’s Blog, BizzyBlog, Bluey Blog, Blogs of War, Brainster’s Blog, Conservative Grapevine, dcthornton.com, Eckernet, Election Projection, Cassy Fiano, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Mavrixonline: Serena Williams’ almost had a Janet Jacksonesque wardrobe malfunction during a recent visit to Miami Beach (w/pics) Florida Today: U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney’s ‘terrible top ten’ on immigration bill Film School Rejects: The 10 best ultra-violent films of all-time. Paul Weyrich: […]

One of the more bizarre claims of the open borders crowd is that the amnesty bill in the Senate is actually popular and that it’s only opposed by a small, but vocal minority. Their evidence for this assertion is several polls that show that the majority of the American people are not opposed to a […]

From Newsbusters, As already noted on NewsBusters, former CBS anchor Dan Rather appeared on Monday’s edition of “Morning Joe” and lobbied for a “a strategic withdrawal from Iraq.” He also found time to twice bash his “Evening News” successor Katie Couric for dumbing down and tarting up the news. After giving the standard caveat that […]

The Associated Press reports on some studies of the deterrent effect of capital punishment. “Science does really draw a conclusion. It did. There is no question about it,” said Naci Mocan, an economics professor at the University of Colorado at Denver. “The conclusion is there is a deterrent effect.” A 2003 study he co-authored, and […]

And David Obey threatens to stop all earmarks if Republicans continue making a fuss. Ummm… your offer is accepted in principle. I put the blame for this on President Bush. What a shock, I know. The fact of the matter is that these earmarks have no leglislative or legal force; they’re stuck into the Congressional […]

For years, I’ve heard the fantastic tales of untapped black wealth beneath the sun-beaten Iraqi earth. So, when the mayor of Fallujah insisted he had no gas to run school and hospital generators, I had to ask the obvious question, where’s the gas? From day one, we’ve seen the slogan “No war for oil” painted […]

Folks, I hate to tell you this, but I am hearing that the Senate amnesty bill is going to be coming back up for another vote, probably within a month’s time. Translation: The arrogant “noblemen” AKA as senators are furious that mere peasants AKA as “you” have thwarted their amnesty bill and no matter how […]

A suicide bomber has struck in Kenya, “The Kenyan capital was rocked Monday by a bomb blast thought to be the work of a suicide bomber who blew himself to bits while clutching a copy of the Koran, injuring dozens of people. “It was a bomb explosion and body parts have been thrown apart,” policeman […]

Today is the 20 year anniversary of Reagan’s famous speech calling for Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall!” Here’s part of the speech, including those legendary words, on video, If you’d like to read the entire speech, you can do it here.

Back on January 25th, I wrote about Genarlow Wilson, a 17-year-old who was sentenced to 10 years in jail for receiving consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old. Wilson’s case was particularly grating because of some bizarre quirks of Georgia law, “When he was a senior in high school, he received oral sex from a 10th […]

This is a thing of beauty.

If this is true — and I do mean “if,” because I am not so sure that it is — everyone involved with making this decision should be forced to resign. “The insurgents who kill our young soldiers are ruthless, but we have sometimes been cautious in our response. Take the question of targeting bomb […]

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It has been about 3 months since the last time I ranked my favorite 40 blogs, so I thought it was about time to do it again. 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, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Ace of Spades HQ: John Edwards’ former campaign blogger: “Break something. Set something on fire. Tonight you can find a way to resist.” Mark Steyn: How a lame joke on immigration became a reality. Cassy Fiano: A cute, new Cassy Fiano pic. […]

After writing my Proving The 9/11 Conspiracists Wrong column for Townhall last week (it finished just outside the top 10 for the week), as you’d expect, I received a lot of email from deranged truthers who insist that 9/11 was an inside job. So, I thought it might be interesting to post some excerpts from […]

Uh oh… “US President George W Bush drew gasps at the Vatican on Saturday by referring to Pope Benedict XVI as “sir” instead of the expected “His Holiness”, pool reporters said.” So when do we get the follow-up articles that start out like this, “Today, tens of thousands of outraged Catholics took to the streets […]