Author: John Hawkins

Domestic Congress Closes With A Pork-Filled Flourish. Dialysis Industry, Other Interests That Donated To Lawmakers Get Lavish End-Of-Session Breaks. (Free LA Times Reg Req) President Clinton’s National Security Adviser Removed Classified Documents From The National Archives, Hid Them Under A Construction Trailer And Later Tried To Find The Trash Collector To Retrieve Them Applicants Line […]

Dear Mr. President: It goes without saying that the last couple of years have been tough for you and the Republican Party. The GOP lost 6 Senate seats and 30 House seats; you’re currently sitting on an average approval rating of 36.3% and you haven’t cracked 50% all year. Moreover, 63% of the country thinks […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Extreme Mortman: Top 10 funniest things celebrities said about politics in 2006. The Fourth Rail: The shortcomings and successes of the Iraqi military’s training (from Iraq) The Superficial: “The real moral of the story? You can do anything when you’re pretty. Want […]

On a semi-regular basis throughout the year, RWN has posted “Quotes of the Day.” Here are my favorite 15 “Quotes of the Day” for 2006. 15) “The Republicans lost and the Democrats won for the same reason — they distanced themselves from their base.” — Dave S. from Tim Blair’s comment section Via Instapundit & […]

Now this is funny stuff: a Daily Kos diary called, “Is DKos ‘too white’, and in need of ‘Affirmative Action’?” From the diary (the bolding is from the original post): “If, out of 3,807 Kossacks surveyed, 82% of ‘us’ self-reported as white, 4.2% as black, 4.5% hispanic, 4% asian, 1.1% native american, and 0.08% were […]

The Bush Administration should be acting aggressively to plug exactly the sort of leak you’re about to read about at Time: “The Bush Administration has been quietly nurturing individuals and parties opposed to the Syrian government in an effort to undermine the regime of President Bashar Assad. Parts of the scheme are outlined in a […]

Stick a Neopet program in a toaster and the Brits will want make it one of the Queen’s subjects: “Far from being extracts from the extreme end of science fiction, the idea that we may one day give sentient machines the kind of rights traditionally reserved for humans is raised in a British government-commissioned report […]

I never took the time to go back and really take a hard look at the final predictions that were made right before the elections because until very recently, the final numbers weren’t in for the House. However, they’re in now and when all was said and done, the GOP lost 6 seats in the […]

Foreign U.S. Not Winning War In Iraq, Bush Says For 1st Time. President Plans To Expand Army, Marine Corps To Cope With Strain Of Multiple Deployments (Free WAPO Reg Req) Schools Have Been Closed In Gaza Amid What Officials Say Is A State Of Anarchy Caused By Fighting Between Palestinian Factions Hamas And Fatah Blair […]

“American Capitalism is a malignancy that permeates our economic, social, and political systems and institutions. This untreated cancer ravaging the body of civilization is spreading like an unchecked conflagration in a munitions factory. Feudalism didn’t die; it simply evolved. Corporatism, Consumerism, wage slavery, debt slavery, free trade agreements, deregulation, and privatization condemn most of the […]

— A 10 year aggravated child molestation charge for a 17-year old who had consensual oral sex from a 15 year old? I’m from the “lock them up and throw away the key” school when it comes to lawbreakers and even I think that’s an insanely harsh sentence. In fact, that 10 year term is […]

Tomorrow, I’m planning to put together a post called, “RWN’s favorite quotes of 2006.” How about suggesting some of your favorite quotes of 2006 to make sure I don’t forget any of the really good ones.

Hillary Clinton has finally changed her stance on the war in Iraq: “Clinton has often been asked if she regrets her vote authorizing military action and she usually answers that question with an artful dodge, saying that she accepts responsibility for the vote and suggesting that if the Senate had all the information it has […]

Over at YouTube, an anti-jihad music video by a group called Stuck Mojo is causing controversy. According to the band: Something very strange happened today with the “Open Season” video on YouTube. As previously announced, the video rocketed to a highspot of number 11 on the “Most Viewed” list of music videos for December 11th. […]

Make sure to check out Conservative Grapevine today, where you’ll find links like: Tammy Bruce: Americans line up to get jobs held by illegal aliens captured in a raid. Honest Reporting: 2006 Dishonest Reporter of the Year Award Redstate: Why I’m not supporting John McCain in 2008. You can check out all those links and […]

“(O)n sober reflection, things in fact are hardly lost. There has been no repeat of 9/11. The U.S. military has killed thousands of jihadists. The Taliban and Saddam are gone. There are still democratic governments in Afghanistan and Iraq struggling to make it, the first in the history of the region. Our troops in the […]

Here’s the first Duncan Hunter ad which he’s running in South Carolina. It’s about “fair trade,” which, along with national security and illegal immigration is one of Hunter’s three big issues, but is that really the issue to start a campaign on? On the upside, it does differentiate Hunter from the other ’08 contenders and […]

Domestic Cali Merchant Wanted To Buy Military Arms To Send To Terrorists In The Middle East Hillary Clinton Says She Wouldn’t Have Voted For Iraq War Sen. Tim Johnson Has Been Conscious At Times Since His Emergency Brain Surgery Last Week. Has Opened Eyes, Responded To Voices, Moved Limbs. Laura Bush Had Skin Cancer Tumor […]

40) “I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the internet commercially…They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, […]

Unfortunately, I have to respectfully disagree with my pal Hugh Hewitt who’s peddling a line that I’ve heard quite a lot of late, that the 2008 nominations are going to be almost solely about national security. The only twist here is that Hugh seems to be using this line to sell Mitt Romney, which is […]

Oh, what nauseating, feel good, liberal pap this is: “Congratulations! You are the Time magazine “Person of the Year.” The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals – citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners […]

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Some People seem to be upset that the US is using foreign aid to sway votes on the UN Security Council: “Kofi Annan, the outgoing UN Secretary-General, expressed his frustration at the power the US wields over the UN in his parting speech last week. In a detailed analysis of 50 years of data, Harvard […]

It amazes me that a movie like Pursuit of Happyness could actually get made because it breaks all of Hollywood’s rules. There are no special effects; the dad, Will Smith, is a better parent than mom — and he makes it on his own, without getting any lucky breaks, help from the government, liberals, or […]

If moonbat George Monibot were an American, this quote would have earned him a top 10 spot in the most obnoxious quotes of 2006: “There was one proposal in Sir Rod Eddington’s report to the Treasury with which, when I first read it, I wholeheartedly agreed. He insists that “the transport sector, including aviation, should […]

Domestic Top Democrats: No More Troops The Hottest Potential Contender For The 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination, Barack Obama, Has Been Drawn Into His First Scandal After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America — Al Franken Leaving To Run For Senate (Free New York Times Reg Req) Gingrich: Imams Should Have Been Arrested Newt Gingrich:’Wait […]

RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Andi’s World At Least Two Bomb Blasts Went Off In Iran In The Last 24 Hours. One Of The Blasts Was Outside Of The Governate Building In Southeast Iran. At Least One Person […]

Question: Rocky Balboa, aka Rocky VI, opens this week, starring Sylvester Stallone at the age of 60 reprising his role as a challenger for the heavyweight championship of the world. Meanwhile, the fourth installment of the Die Hard series is expected to be released in the summer of 2007 with a 51-year-old Bruce Willis as […]

Question: “If a horde of flesh-eating zombies were to suddenly begin spreading across America… (Hey don’t laugh, those poor schmucks in the movies never think that it could happen to them either) what steps would you take to survive? Where would you go? Are you prepared for this unlikely event?” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: In a […]

Question: “Is there any truth to the rumors about a possible NC Governor’s run by Rick Flair? If so, would you support him? Which is really just my way of politely asking what the Nature Boy’s political leanings are.” — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: As an ex-Charlottean, I can tell you that Ric Flair is a diehard […]