Author: John Hawkins

From last to first… (Currently Reading) Bevin Alexander: How America Got It Right — The U.S. March to Military and Political Supremacy 20) Ric Flair: To Be the Man (A+: The best wrestling book ever, even better than Mick Foley’s “Have a Nice Day!.”) 19) Roger Ailes: You Are the Message (A: This a reread, […]

Leading democrats in congress have generously requested that Bush’s Supreme Court appointee meet only two simple requirements. As stated in the Constitution: 1. He must not allow idealogy to interfere with his decisions, and 2. He must be head-over-heels, red-hot, crazy-in-love with abortion. So far, Judge Roberts hasn’t been very forthcoming concerning his opinions about […]

When you click on these links, it helps make sure my advertisers get their money’s worth, which means that they’re more likely to advertise on RWN again, which helps me pay the bills. Seriously, I’d appreciate it if you could click on even one or two of these links… Conservative Grapevine: Right After RWN? Hit […]

Foreign UK ‘Blocked Bomb Plotter’ Arrest Claim: North Korea May Have No Nuclear Bombs At All The IRA Has Formally Ordered An End To Its Armed Campaign And Says It Will Pursue Exclusively Peaceful Means Syria, Iraq Link May Have Fueled Insurgency Muslim Nations Throttle U.N. Terror Resolution — Criticism Of Suicide Bombers Censored By […]

Unfortunately, I’m feeling a bit under the weather and that means there will be no updates Thursday on Right Wing News. However, RWN will return on Friday. Sorry for the inconvenience. Until I return, feel free to use this as an open thread.

There have been several articles written of late about Mitt Romney throwing his hat in the ring for the 2008 Republican nomination and many of those pieces seem to spend an inordinate amount of time speculating on whether the fact that he’s a Mormon will play a huge role in the primaries. But while Romney […]

The Bush administration today unveiled revisions to the energy bill, currently moving through Congress, designed to decrease U.S. dependency on foreign petroleum. Under the terms of the amended legislation, the United States would “defeat the Arabs and take their oil.” Without such an amendment, the current energy bill would only slow the increase in U.S. […]

Foreign 2002: Osama Bin Laden Tried To Buy A Massive Amount Of Cocaine, Spike It With Poison And Sell It In The United States Attack On Iraqi Workers Kills 12. Iraqi Defense Minister Blasts Syria Over ‘Infiltration Of Terrorists’ Indonesian Gets Only 4 Yrs Over Australia Embassy Blast Riots Erupt At U.S. Base In Afghanistan […]

“(Dean) also said the president was partly responsible for a recent Supreme Court decision involving eminent domain. “The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is ‘okay’ to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is,” Dean said, not mentioning that until he nominated John […]

I can’t think of a better example of left-wing moral equivalency when it comes to terrorism than this press release from Amnesty International. Armed groups opposed to the US-led multinational force and Iraq’s government are showing utter disdain for the lives of Iraqi civilians and others, continuing a pattern of war crimes and crimes against […]

In American society, soldiers are typically spoken of with reverence, especially in wartime, and rightfully so. Our troops do difficult, extremely dangerous work, far away from their families and generally they work for peanuts and love of country. Moreover, the sacrifices our troops make are extraordinarily important to our country. As Zell Miller said in […]

“In international comparisons of per-pupil expenditures, the U.S. ranks near the top of the list. According to OECD figures, the U.S. spends 78 percent more per primary school student than Germany, 58 percent more than France, 31 percent more than Japan, and 71 percent more than the U.K. But despite these large spending differentials, American […]

From RWN reader SeattleLiberal… Mr. Hawkins, Over the course of the past few days, you have quickly any and all blog comment areas concerning Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, et al. Is the heat getting to be a bit much for your tastes. I can totally understand your feelings, as the scope and breadth of this […]

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Foreign An Indian Man Was Jailed In Bombay For Planned 9/11/2001 Terrorist Attacks In LONDON President Pervez Musharraf: Al-Qaeda ‘Destroyed In Pakistan’ (Sounds Overly Optimistic) Report: Insurgents Are “Among The Ranks Of The Iraq Police Service” Back Off Muslims, Imam Warns Ottawa Foreign-Born Us Soldiers Take Citizenship Oath In Iraq Domestic Bush May Bypass Senate […]

Normally, I save the hate mail and loony letters up so I can post them at one time, but this one was too good to wait… From: (joeyblong@*******) Subject: WHICH AMERICAN CITY WILL BUSH NUKE? WHICH AMERICAN CITY WILL BUSH NUKE? THE NEOCOMMS ARE DESPERATE TO KEEP POWER, AND A “NATIONAL EMERGENCY” OF THIS MAGNITUDE […]

Tom Tancredo recently suggested bombing Mecca as a possible reaction to a nuclear attack on the United States: “Campbell: Worst case scenario, if they do have these nukes inside the borders and they were to use something like that — what would our response be? Tancredo: What would be the response? You know, there are […]

There’s a scene in Cadillac Man where Robin Williams’ character, who is a car salesman, tries to persuade a widow to purchase a car from him with the insurance money she’ll get from her husband’s death…While. She’s. Still. At. The. Funeral! Cadillac Man wasn’t a great movie, but that was a great scene because it […]

“…(A)ccording to a CBS/New York Times poll cited in the article, 49% of 18-29 year old women believed that abortion should be “available to anyone who wants it” in 1993. In 2003 among the same age group, only 35% of respondents believed abortion should be “available to anyone who wants it.” In 2005, only 28% […]

Hat tip to Kanzune at Something Awful for the photoshops.

Foreign Iraq: Terrorist Bomber Kills 20 at Baghdad Police Station Palestinian Terrorists Murder Two Israeli Grandparents. Islamic Jihad And The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade Claim Responsibility Third Man Arrested In Failed London Attack Poll In Britain: 1 In 4 Muslims Sympathises With Motives Of Terrorists Domestic Conservative Grapevine: My Other Blog White House Won’t Show All […]

Althouse Bernard Goldberg Online Flash Video: Michael Jackson’s Chocolate Factory (NSFW) Froggy Ruminations GOPness Hispanic Pundit JudgeRoberts.com Mike Huckabee President 2008 National Summary Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Victor Davis Hanson: Enough Is Enough Until RWN gets back, enjoy the week-end links…

Howard Dean wants the Democratic Party to be more friendly to candidates who’re pro-life: “Democrats need to reach out to voters who oppose abortion rights and promote candidates who share that view, the head of the party said Friday. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told a group of college Democrats that their […]

“House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that the House will produce another immigration and border security bill this Congress and will have to pass that bill before turning to a guest-worker program. …He said the House has received the message that immigration is “an incredibly important issue to the American people.” …Mr. DeLay said […]

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” — Author unknown “Every time you take a rich man down, you take a 100 poor men with him.” “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in […]

Anyone think that a similar story about lynching aborignals would have gotten a prize? Or do you think that kid would have been expelled and/or put into forcible psychotherapy? “I waken to the sounds of bombs. Women and children crying. Rubble. That is all there is to see. Baghdad: once filled with beds of flowers […]

“Before serving as an associate counsel in the Reagan White House, Roberts worked at the Justice Department under Attorney General William French Smith. He returned to the department in 1989, serving as principal deputy solicitor general under President George H.W. Bush. The Reagan-era memos portray a cocksure young lawyer whose writing was clear, highly attuned […]

Foreign Blasts Hit London Again, 2 Weeks After Bombings Two Arrested In London Subway, Bus Blasts Aussie PM John Howard On The London Terrorists Iraqis Not Ready To Fight Terrorists On Their Own Yet, U.S. Says (Free NYT Reg. Req) China Severs Currency’s Link To The U.S. Dollar Sudan Security Roughs Up Rice Delegation. Condi […]

The Patriot Act is up for renewal. It’s been controversial for a long time, but many people still don’t know the facts about it. Thus, as a service to you, the public, I sent my crack research team to find out all they can about the Patriot Act. FUN FACTS ABOUT THE PATRIOT ACT * […]