Author: John Hawkins

Well, my gut instinct is that the fighting was stopped a few weeks too early and that the UN effort is doomed to failure, but it looks like there is a ceasefire that’s about to go into effect: “At the heart of the agreement lies the deployment to southern Lebanon of an international force of […]

One of the hottest congressional races in America right now is in Iowa’s first district where Rightroots Endorsed candidate Mike Whalen (R) is going toe to toe with Bruce Braley (D) for a seat currently held by Jim Nussle (who’s running for governor). Yesterday, I did a short interview with Mike Whalen and what follows […]

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The first poll from CT., after the Democratic primary, is out and it seems that Lamont doesn’t have quite enough NedMentum: “Just released by Rasmussen (behind the subscription wall), in a three way race, Lieberman (I) leads Lamont (D) 46-41. Schlesinger has 6.” On the one hand, I thought Lieberman would have a bigger lead […]

The Democrats — for the most part — are trying to put up a stoic front about Joe Lieberman’s loss, as much as anything, so that they don’t offend Kos and his pals in the liberal blogosphere. But, as you can imagine, there’s probably a lot of grumbling behind the scenes about Ned Lamont’s victory […]

Don’t hold me to this because it’s still very early and there isn’t enough polling data out yet, but, at the moment, after taking a hard look at how the individual races are shaping up around the country, I see the GOP losing: 3 To 5 Senate Seats: The Dems would probably need to have […]

It’s August, the slowest time of the year for political bloggers and it’s Friday, the work day when the least amount of news tends to break. So, if I have to get a little creative to come up with content, you’ll have to forgive me =D This idea was stolen from Right Thinking Girl.

Here’s a particularly wacky statement that was in the comments section of the The Democratic Underground: Terror Threat? What Terror Threat? thread yesterday: “Remember, Remember Bush MIHOP. He seduced the American people into believing that the biggest threat to our existence was the A-rabs. Bush threw a dart at a map to determine which non-white […]

When freelance photojournalist Adnan Hajj’s camera caught shocking images of unbelievable destruction brought down upon the peaceloving Hizbollah people by a brutal Zionist aggressor, little did he know it would cause such a firestorm. It seems the photographs, published by Reuters and described as “IDF forces marching across a field of human skulls while firing […]

Foreign British Police Arrested 24 People In Overnight Raids And Said On Thursday They Had Foiled A Plot To Commit “Mass Murder” By Blowing Up Several Aircraft Flying Over The Atlantic Ocean To The United States U.S. Says Terrorists Planned Dry Run Within Two Days U.S. Picked Up The Suspects’ Chatter And Shared It With […]

These people may be complete idiots, but you have to give them credit for having the courage of their convictions: “International and local activists are planning on Saturday to bring a civilian convoy to southern Lebanon, worst hit by Israel’s 28-day-old war on Hizbollah, to deliver aid and show solidarity with suffering residents. …One idea […]

If you want to get an idea of how useless the left has become at fighting terrorism, a trip to the Democratic Underground Forums today would be very instructive. Here we have a massive terrorist plot uncovered in Britain that may have been, “meant as next 9/11.” The terrorists were planning to take down multiple […]

Here we are, on a day the Democratic Party has purged their former vice presidential candidate from their ranks for being serious about the war on terror and we have a massive Al-Qaeda terror plot discovered. It’s quite a juxtaposition, isn’t it? Yes, even as the Democrats are demanding that their Party members abandon Iraq […]

A Breakdown Of CT. voters according to the 2006 Almanac of American Politics: 43% Independent 34.2% Democratic 22.9% Republicans If Joe Lieberman gets 60% of the Independent vote, which seems entirely plausible given Joe’s popularity with them and the fact that he’ll be running as an independent, that’s 25.8% of the electorate for him and […]

Mike Wallace came out of retirement to interview Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Wallace found him to be “an impressive fellow.” Indeed, he might have a little man-crush on him, remarking, “He’s actually, in a strange way, he’s a rather attractive man, very smart, savvy, self-assured, good looking in a strange way.” Twenty-seven years after a […]

Foreign UK: Plane Terror Plot Thwarted Israel Puts Ground Offensive On Hold 40,000 Troops Poised To Enter Lebanon (Jerusalem Post Reg Req) Israeli Cabinet Backs Wider Ground Raids in Lebanon (Free New York Times Reg Req) Claim: Iranians Among Hizbollah Combat Dead Israel Attacks Palestinian Base In Lebanon Iranian Leader Speaks To Mike Wallace British […]

That pic is from an emailed promo for a RNC web video called, Weak And Wrong: Meet The Defeat-ocrats. To the best of my knowledge, that is the first time either poltical party has actually used a blogger as a significant part of an attack ad. So, congrats to Kos for making history…making history for […]

The French have wimped out at the UN. Big shocker there. “The French-American alliance at the United Nations over a Mideast cease-fire agreement is crumbling, sources tell FOX News. The French U.N. delegation has joined with Arab nations and is now calling for a complete and immediate Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as a condition of […]

A lot of Republicans, especially Republicans in Connecticut, are probably asking themselves whether they should support Joe Lieberman’s independent campaign. The answer is, “yes,” and let me tell you why: #1) The Republican candidate, Alan Schlesinger, is not going to win. So, that means the choice is between Lieberman and the ultra, left-wing thrall of […]

For a long while now, people have been talking about the impact of the blogosphere on politics. On the right, bloggers have helped take down people like Dan Rather, Eason Jordan, and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Even today, as this column is being written, there’s lots of chatter about Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj, […]

Kos has finally got himself a winner, of a primary at least, and he’s already puffed up with pride and making tyrannical demands: “Lieberman just announced that he is running as an independent. …Here’s what we all need to do the next few days: 1. Push Harry Reid to strip Lieberman of all committee assignments. […]

Last week, I interviewed Tim Walberg for Human Events and this week, he knocked off RINO incumbent Joe Schwartz. You think that’s a mere coincidence? Well, let me tell you that….yeah, it was pretty much a coincidence. Actually, the Club For Growth deserves a lot of the credit for helping Walberg win. They’ve been backing […]

“During World War II, U.S. and German forces fought the battle of Hurtgen Forest. It began Sept. 19, 1944 and ended Feb. 10, 1945. That was one battle in a strategically insignificant corridor of barely 50 square miles east of the Belgium-Germany border. The Germans inflicted more than 24,000 casualties on American forces, while another […]

Elections Lieberman Loses, Vows Independent Run Ed Koch: I’m Backing Independent Lieberman Tim Walberg Defeats Joe Schwarz! Hank Johnson Crushes Cynthia McKinney Bouchard wins GOP Senate race Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Intends To Withdraw As A Candidate For Congress, A Republican Strategist Said Tuesday, A Step That Would Allow The Party To Field […]

While it’s normally not a good idea to put the cart before the horse, let’s go ahead and assume that Joe Lieberman loses to Ned Lamont today in the Connecticut Democratic primary. Then, the question becomes: does Joe Lieberman go forward with an Independent bid? Here’s Ben Craw from the TPM Cafe discussing some of […]

The number of soldiers killed in more than 3 years of action in Iraq: 2590 Population of the United States: 298,444,215 The number of Israeli soldiers killed in roughly 4 weeks of fighting: 58 Population of Israel: 6,352,117 That means the United States has roughly 47 times the population of Israel. Multiply the number of […]

Over at the Daily Kos, a diarist by the name of Michael Boldin takes the left’s rhetoric about civilians in war time to its logical conclusion. Here’s part of what he wrote: “Collateral damage is nothing more than a euphemism for state-sponsored mass murder. It is the term given to people killed in military actions […]

Over at the Israeli Military Forum, they have a whole thread of pics called, “Hot Israeli women in the IDF.” Here a sample to give you an idea of what it’s like. Enjoy!

One of the things liberals love to ramble on about is, “chickenhawks.” How dare someone who hasn’t been in a war, advocate war. Of course, that’s pure nonsense. You could just as easily say, “Gee how can someone who hasn’t fought a fire advocate a fireman risking his life to stop a building from burning. […]