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Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: WorldNetDaily: Anti-Falwell venom flows on liberal blogs. Jerry Falwell: His last column: Boldly live your faith! Beltway Blogroll: The Republican Party stonewalls the Rightroots. Popular Science Blog: Video: How to survive a nine-meter kiddie-pool high dive You can check out all those […]

 

Who Won The Debate?

Who won the debate? Sam Brownback James Gilmore Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee Duncan Hunter I didn’t watch it John McCain Ron Paul Mitt Romney Tom Tancredo Tommy Thompson    Free polls from Pollhost.com

 

Live Blogging The Debate Tonight

I’ll be liveblogging the 9 P.M. EST debate tonight, which will be on Fox News. So, if you’re watching and prowling the blogosphere at the same time, make sure to stop in and refresh constantly. 9:01: Let’s get reaaaady to rrrrruuuuuuummmmmmbbbbblllleee! 9:06: Tommy got a haircut. He looks sharper than at the first debate. 9:09: […]

 

Rest In Peace, Jerry Falwell

I was sorry to hear that Jerry Falwell passed away today. I sometimes criticized him harshly, but he seemed like a decent man and he has certainly done a lot of good in the world. My condolences go out to his friends and family. PS: I’m keeping the comments closed to keep the liberal posters […]

 


2006 Election Demographics And How They Apply To 2008

The WAPO’s “The Fix” blog is featuring some demographic information supplied by, “Third Way, a centrist Democratic group.” There’s a lot of good data in the post, starting with this, Let’s start with the overall shape of the electorate as laid out in the Third Way survey. “Compared to 2004, the 2006 electorate was wealthier […]

 



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Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Flopping Aces: Bruce Willis tells Hollywood to shut up. Salon: How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign. Hint: It involves the Drudge Report. Sports by Brooks: An index full of snaps of the incredibly hot […]

 



Five Of The Least Manly Action Films Of All-Time

Last week, I put out a post called, “The Ten Best Manly Action Films Of All-Time.” Well, this week-end, Lorie Byrd from Wizbang suggested I do a post on the 10 least manly action films of all-time. This is a considerably harder task because if the movie looks really wimpy, I quite naturally avoid it […]

 

Giving The GOP A Kick In The Pants On Corruption

From the Hill, “A popular conservative blog will step up its efforts this week to force Republican leaders to pull Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) from the powerful Appropriations Committee. In addition, the website will begin a coordinated effort to target members of the GOP Steering Committee in order to save the party from electoral disaster […]

 


Scott Ritter: Americans Are Worse Than The Nazis

At one time, Scott Ritter was a weapons inspector in Iraq with a tough guy reputation. After the weapons inspectors were pulled out in 1998, because the Iraqis wouldn’t cooperate, Ritter talked in blunt terms about the threat that Saddam and his WMDs posed, “Once effective inspection regimes have been terminated,” he warned in Senate […]

 


Top 10 For The Week At Townhall

My column at Townhall last week, Five Things You Can’t Say In America finished as the 6th most read column on Townhall last week. Neal Boortz and Ann Coulter are just in front of me on the list and Dick Morris and Thomas Sowell are right behind me.

 

Just Fire Katie Couric Already

Personally, I don’t get my news from the Big 3 because the news they dole out is incredibly slow, incomplete, and dull compared to the info you can get from the internet. However, the inordinate amount of hand wringing about Katie Couric bombing in the ratings has caught my eye, The numbers are stark. Eight […]

 

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Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Gawker: The top ten worst party pictures Redstate: California students go undercover: expose Planned Parenthood breaking law by encouraging a 15 year old to have an abortion. Power Line: To the DNC: Sue us. Alarming News: I grew up with 2 of […]

 

What Is Your Favorite Blog?

What is your favorite blog (RWN & CG are not eligible). Ace of Spades HQ Althouse Blackfive Captain’s Quarters Hot Air Hugh Hewitt Instapundit Little Green Footballs Mary Katharine Ham’s Blog Michelle Malkin Newsbusters IMAO Other Outside the Beltway Protein Wisdom Redstate The Corner Tim Blair The Other Side of Kim Wizbang    Free polls […]

 

Week-End Links

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and have a great week-end! Help RWN Out By Taking This Demographic Survey Carbon Debits – Increasing Your Carbon Footprint Cindy Sheehan is considering a run for US Congress in 2008 Michael Steele: An Open Letter To The […]

 

Q&A Friday #65: The Most Important Trends That Will Shape Our Lives Over The Next 50 Years

Question: “Can you name the ten most important trends in the world that will shape our lives in the coming half century?” — mannning2 Answer: This sort of question is almost impossible to answer because a technological advance that occurs tomorrow or some, as Donald Rumsfeld might put it, “unknown unknown” might blow everything out […]

 

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Q&A Friday #65: How Would You Improve The Newspapers?

Question: “As things currently stand, given technology, there’s relative strengths between the traditional media companies and the blogosphere. Traditional media companies, given their resources and training, tend to be better at gathering facts and information. The blogosphere, given the much wider skill set and experience level tends to be a lot better at analysis of […]

 


Q&A Friday #65: Would You Consider Voting For A Third Party Candidate Now?

Question: “Given the Republican’s head-in-sand refusal to change their rhetoric about spending since their defeat last November (as evidenced by Tom Cole’s recent “spending wasn’t the problem” comment)… has your attitude about third parties changed at all? Could you see yourself ever voting for a third party Presidential candidate if he was clearly more aligned […]

 

Q&A Friday #65: What About The Republican Moderates Who May Vote With The Democrats To Surrender In September?

Question: John, what is your take on the Republicans moderates meeting with Bush? Tom Davis seems to be suggesting a strategy of “declare victory and leave”. — blue-hog Answer: Politically, the GOP blue staters are caught between a rock and a hard place. The war is extremely unpopular with Democrats and Independents. However, if we […]

 


Five Things You Can’t Say In America

The title of this column is taken from Larry Elder’s superb book Ten Things You Can’t Say In America, even though we don’t cover much of the same ground. Hopefully, Larry won’t mind because imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery. 1) The U.S. military should be far less concerned about civilian casualties. We’ve […]