Author: John Hawkins

At 4:15 EST today, I am supposed to be doing 15-20 minutes on the Ron Smith show. We’re going to be talking about illegal immigration. You can listen by going here and clicking on the “Listen Live” button.

— It’s great to see Ethiopians routing the Islamo-Fascists in Somalia. Hopefully, behind the scenes, we’re feeding cash and weaponry to Ethiopia because it’s certainly in our interest to see the sort of Taliban clones that had taken over Somalia defeated. — This just goes to show you how we’ve gutted the First Amendment in […]

Every so often, a crazy who goes by the handle of “Bush-Adm-Planned-911” spams me with left-wing drek and lunatic conspiracy theories. I complained a few times to his provider, bellsouth.net, about the spam, but apparently their users are allowed to spam with impunity because they’ve never done anything about it. Anyway, I decided to read […]

Just a little follow-up to my Human Events column from yesterday. Many people are presuming that an amnesty bill is good as through Congress now that the Democrats have taken over. They may be right. After all, the average Democrat is as bad on the issue as the worst offenders on the right, like George […]

Check out the newest weapon we’re working on, “The Dread.” 120k rounds per minute… Update #1: Here’s more on the Dread Weapon System from Defense Review.

Foreign Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party Threatens To Retaliate If Their Leader Is Executed Hundreds Of Iraqis Apply To Be Hangman US Holding Two Iranians In Iraq Israel Says It Will Retaliate Against Rockets From Gaza (Free New York Times Reg Req) Islamic Forces Have Abandoned Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu And Clan Militias Have Begun Taking Control […]

Since the election, you may have heard pro-amnesty Republicans or liberals saying something like this, “The 2006 election proves that being tough on illegal immigration doesn’t work as a political issue. Look at J.D. Hayworth, John Hostettler, Randy Graf, and Henry Bonilla. After that debacle, the GOP is surely going to cave on illegal immigration […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Townhall Blog: Liberals attack little girl singing a Christmas song for her brother in Iraq. Power Line: On his visit to Iraq, Senator Kerry apparently got something like the silent treatment from the troops who are “stuck” there. Here are some of […]

You know for people who are always going on and on about fascism, liberals certainly do seem to be comfortable with certain fascist tactics as long as they’re directed at the “right” people. Take popular liberal cartoonist Ted Rall, for instance, who has this to say on his blog: “A reader responding to my column […]

Since the New York Times editorial columnists have gone behind a subscription wall, the number of links to and discussion of their columns has dropped down to a very minimal level. Combine that with the holiday season and it’s not a big surprise that I missed Paul Krugman, last Friday, explaining why it’s OK for […]

This Is DNN is a video that imagines, “What if Today’s Media covered WWII?” The video is clever and well done, but it was also shorter than I expected at 29 minutes. Although I enjoyed watching the video (and if you’re conservative, you probably will, too), $19.95 seems like a pretty steep price for a […]

The other potential title of this post is: “Why John McCain Is Not Fit to Be President.” The collusion among all 3 branches of government in restricting Americans’ right to air their opinions during election season – the Congress for passing, the President for signing and the Supreme Court for upholding McCain-Feingold – was one […]

The AP reports that, “at least 2,978? American soldiers have now been killed in Iraq, which is “five more than the number killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.” Some other bits of historical trivia: * More American soldiers died during World War II than at Pearl Harbor. * More […]

Domestic Former President Ford Dies At 93 (Sorry To Hear That. RIP Gerald) Democratic Lawmakers And Their Republican Allies Are Working On Measures That Could Place Millions Of Illegal Immigrants On A More Direct Path To Citizenship And Get Rid Of The Fence (Free New York Times Reg Req) Nonprofit Connects Murtha, Lobbyists Ties to […]

Honorable Mention) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Suffered A Stroke And Cerebral Hemorrhage: Israel’s Prime Minister is laid low by health problems after he formed a new party. Would Hezbollah have been picking fights and Iran talking so tough if the old soldier were still running the show? Probably not. Honorable Mention) Hamas Wins A […]

— Do you know what we have at the top of the food chain on the Republican side for 2008? A conservative when it’s convenient (John McCain), a Johnny-Come-Lately conservative (Mitt Romney), and not a conservative (Rudy Giuliani). Quite frankly, the conservative wing of the Republican Party isn’t well represented by any of these guys. […]

Stories like this one really help put the left’s hysteria over what they claim is “torture” at Gitmo into perspective. “Forcing store clerks to listen to the same holiday music over and over could be akin to torture and should change, a British noise pollution group said. The UK Noise Association and labor unions are […]

Supposedly, Muhammad Ali was the inspiration for Apollo Creed in the original Rocky movie and quite obviously, George Foreman’s return to boxing was the inspiration for Rocky in his sixth movie — and yes, it’s really Rocky #6! In this last movie, Rocky has long since retired from boxing, his beloved Adrian has passed away, […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Times Watch: The absolute worst quotes of 2006 from the New York Times. Relapsed Catholic: The GOP turned into the Adultery Party so gradually, I didn’t even notice. Michelle Malkin: 2006 Year in review: What ever happened to…? You can check out […]

Outraged Democrats initiated impeachment proceedings today aimed at ousting Republican President George W. Bush from office, following the Administration’s failure to prevent the destruction of Israel by nuclear weapons. Israel’s destruction yesterday by Iran was accomplished by the use of five nuclear weapons, one in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheva, Jerusalem and Nazareth. It was timed […]

“The Fascists and the Nazis are only on the right if you yourself are communist—and therefore, they are barely to the right of you on the political spectrum. To the rest of us, Fascists, Nazis and communists are different sub-species of the same murderous monster, a blood-drenched beast that believes in the power of the […]

Foreign U.S. Is Holding Iranians Seized In Raids In Iraq (Free New York Times Reg Req) Security Council Approves Very Weak Iran Sanctions Iran To Install 3,000 Centrifuges After Sanctions Egypt Slams Iranian President Claim: Islamic Terrorists Want To Attack The Channel Tunnel Between England And France During The Holiday Season Ethiopia Opens ‘War’ On […]

I’m going to be on vacation Friday and Monday, but, I will still be putting up retro-RWN posts on both of those days. So, have a great Christmas, consider this to be an open thread, and look for new content on RWN, Tuesday.

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3 Illegal Immigration Myths 9 Ways To Make America A Better Place To Live A Conversation About Abortion Answering 20 Frequently Asked Questions About Conservatism Coming To The Obvious Conclusion About Homelessness How Do We Get To A Balanced Budget? I Practice Speciesism I’m Not A Fan Of School Breakfast & Lunch Programs Libertarian Blinders […]

Here are some of my favorite quotes and excerpts from the interviews that were done at RWN in 2006. “The phenomena to be explained are the irrationality and the ardor of European anti-Americanism. Irrational, because entirely disproportionate to any real faults in American society. Of course America has flaws, and no, it is not lunacy […]

Here’s Hunter’s 2nd ad ( You can see the first ad here) and it also deals with “fair” trade.

Maybe it’s because of the season, but I thought it was a good time to write something about “hate.” Conservatives are often accused of being “haters.” We’re accused of hating this group, hating that group. As a conservative, let me clarify the record about a few groups conservatives supposedly “hate:” Conservatives are often accused of […]

“Liberals are like people with stale breath talking into your face at a party. You try backing away from them or offering them gum, but then they just start whimpering. They’ve been using the exact same talking points about how we’re losing in Iraq since before we invaded. It seems they’ve finally succeeded in exhausting […]

As Bush has so aptly demonstrated, any idiot can make enemies. But it takes a man of courage, compassion, and a robustly French approach to diplomacy to turn enemies into friends. Senator John Kerry is such a man. On a fact-finding mission to Syria – a mystical land where facts magically leap into the laps […]