Author: John Hawkins

Today is Q&A Friday #11 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Question: “Dick Morris said in an op-ed piece this week that Condi Rice was a social conservative. In many of your posts, you have said she is pro-choice and pro-affirmative action. Who is right? Where can one find her writings on these subjects?” — BlkMktBabyDealer — “I’ve been looking without much success. In 2000, George […]

Question: “What would you do with the money if you won the lottery tomorrow?” — karensp9 Answer: I don’t play the lottery so I haven’t thought about this in too much detail. However, here are my initial thoughts about what I’d do if I won a cool, tax-free $50 million in the lottery. 1) I’d […]

Remember when the environmentalists, liberals, & Euro-weenies were originally touting Kyoto back in the nineties? Back then they essentially sold it like so, “Either we all get on board with Kyoto man or it’s game over! It’s the only thing that can save us all from burning like a puppy on a hotplate, man! Do […]

Matt Yglesias demonstrates what he doesn’t understand about finance: A lot of people, including George W. Bush himself, seem unduly impressed by the fact that the trust fund does not consist of a “a pile of money being accumulated somewhere.” . . . Here in the United States . . . nobody accumulates literal piles […]

And now for a public service announcement from Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. “Before you put your health, or the health of your loved ones, into the hands of a physician, make sure you get references, check with your state’s medical board, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. After all, there are people who […]

The left on the net is all atwitter over the “Jeff Gannon controversy”. This is a hot story on the left side of the blogosphere, Media Matters has written multiple articles about him, Salon is talking Gannon, and the DU is on fire over the story…. “JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-10-05 02:04 AM Original message […]

This telling quotation you’re about to read from Markos Moulitsas Zúniga of the Daily Kos is worth reading and analyzing because it exposes some of the underlying ideological beliefs that make today’s liberals incapable of handling foreign policy. From Kos… “Here’s the deal — a war is worth fighting if you would sacrifice everything you […]

Mark Dubbin, the author of “Shadow Patriot” bought another main page ad on RWN to get the word out about his book. Here’s the description of it from Barnes & Noble… “The events of 9/11 affected many things in New York and the Mafia was no exception. Business suffered for Don Remondini after the attack, […]

I was, am, and likely always will be a staunch opponent of the Medicare Prescription drug plan. It was an enormous boondoggle that no one who truly cared about fiscal responsibility could have supported, particularly given that we were — and are still — running an enormous deficit. Here are some of the things I […]

The comments you’re about to read came not from the Democratic Underground, IndyMedia or some other leftist wacko pit on the web, but from the Democratic Mayor of Baltimore, Martin O’Malley… “Back on September 11, terrorists attacked our metropolitan cores, two of America’s great cities. They did that because they knew that was where they […]

Spurred by CNN executive Eason Jordan’s accusations that U.S. troops have

Futurama is one of my favorite TV shows (I actually own the first 4 seasons on DVD) and I thought it would be fun to put together some of my favorite quotes from the show. Enjoy! Amazon: You will see our leader. Fry: Is she hot? Amazon: That not important. She all knowing. Fry: In […]

The story of young Devin Brown should be a cautionary tale about what happens when you fall in the wrong crowd, but is instead being used as a way to attack the police. Brown, a 13 year-old “eighth-grader at a magnet school for gifted youth,” started hanging out with gang bangers, “Friends and neighbors said […]

Thousandth verse, same as the first: SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas declared Tuesday that their people would stop all military or violent activity, pledging to break the four-year cycle of bloodshed and get peace talks back on track. With the flags of their countries whipping in […]

Democrats are fond of blaming their political death spiral in the South on ignorance, racism, homophobia & fundamentalist Christians who long to turn America into “Jesusland,” but there’s actually a much simpler explanation: the Democrats in the South have always been relatively moderate and the Democratic Party is run by radical liberals. This article from […]

This is on Hollywood Blvd, about 4 blocks from where the Academy Awards will be taking place =D Hat tip to Cinemocracy for the pic and Citizens United for the billboard.

The following monstrous sentiments you are about to read are from Eric Alterman’s blog on MSNBC. Alterman is commenting on the despicable boycott by many British Muslims of “(the) commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz”…. “Look, unlike[ Andrew Sullivan], I’m a Jew, but I don’t expect Arabs to pay tribute to my people’s suffering while […]

I am taking a mini-vacation and will be out of town until Monday afternoon. That means RWN will not return until Tuesday, the 8th. In the interim, I put up some great blogs you can check out in the daily news section and please, take a look at some of my advertisers. You might think […]

It seems that the Medieval Times waitress from the “Cable Guy”/Air America radio hostess, Janeane Garofalo, is confusing supporting Democracy with Nazism. Let’s go to the transcript of her “appearance on ‘After Hours’ on MSNBC” “The inked fingers and the position of them, which is gonna be a ‘Daily Show’ photo already, of them signaling […]

I’m pretty sure that we’re all aware of the recent controversy surrounding Ward Churchill – the college professor who opined that the 9/11 victims had it coming. There are stories going around that he is to be fired from his teaching position because of this. Dirty Harry over at Stranded On Blue Islands believes that […]

From the day he stole the office, Bush has relied on scare tactics as a means to wield power over the masses. Now he’s sunk to a new low, using fear in order to persuade seniors that he’s not going to take away their Social Security, throw them out onto the streets, and laugh maniacally […]

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It started out simply enough, with someone named Dark trying to drum into the nearly impenetrable skulls of the denizens of the DU that Bush, however much they dislike him, is not Hitler. Here’s a small sample from Dark’s post… “…But Bush is NOT as bad as Hitler. These comparisons do NOTHING to help our […]

Sorry, folks, there won’t be any posts until later this afternoon because I’m having a bit of writer’s block. Moreover, none of the “hot topics” out there in the blogosphere appeal to me. The State of Union? I’ve covered it in detail. Eason Jordan claiming that American troops are targeting reporters? I’m hesitant to jump […]

The sight of millions of Iraqis conquering fear and braving death to cast their votes was an uplifting, awesome, and humbling event to most people. The naysayers who told us that Iraqis — and Muslims in general — had no hunger for democracy were wrong. Those who told us they would cave in to the […]

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, whose failed presidential bid in 2004 established the power of the Internet as a campaign tool, seems poised to assume the leadership of the Democrat party, according to a report in The New York Times. As the news broke, White House political advisor Karl Rove released a statement denying any […]

Iraq: DON’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES! IT’S A FREAKING MESS! Social Security: WITH OUR PLAN, EVERYONE GETS BENEFITS FOR EVER AND EVER, AND NOTHING EVER NEED CHANGE. WITH THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN? HELL ON EARTH AND ETERNAL DAMNATION (SECULARLY SPEAKING), WITH SENIORS FORCED TO SURVIVE ON FRUIT ROLL-UPS AND TANG CRYSTALS. WHILE SLEEPING IN SEWAGE. The War […]

There are a lot of hot issues right now like the State of the Union Speech, Social Security Reform, and whether CNN’s Eason Jordan scandalously claimed the US soldiers are targeting journalists. But instead of talking about any of those things, I decided to put together a list of the top 10 greatest Star Trek […]

Summary: The delivery was very good, most of the agenda was music to my ears, and the hug between the Iraqi voter and the slain marine’s mom was really moving. It was also fab to see that Iraqi woman waving her purple finger in the air and starting to get emotional. Bush’s Domestic Agenda Like […]