Author: John Hawkins

Ok, first off, I want you to take a look at this billboard… Now, what do YOU see when you look at that billboard? Personally, when I look at that billboard, I don’t see any particular party or political message being pushed. All I see is cute little girl at a patriotic rally somewhere and […]

Presidential candidate Howard Dean today renounced his previous confession of metrosexuality, and officially declared himself a ‘metropopulist’ — a hot new buzzphrase for politicians who are “in touch with their average American side”. “I’m a wealthy former medical internist who also served as governor,” said Mr. Dean, “So, I’m the ultimate power-elite insider. But that […]

I know some of you are going to suspect that this is satire, but I assure you that it’s not… “Roughly 40,000 poor people have been dropped from the Oregon Health Plan this year because of their failure to make monthly premium payments, some as low as $6 a month. …Advocates for the poor say […]

There are a lot of conservatives in the blogosphere who get all jazzed up about the idea of dumping Dick Cheney and adding Condi Rice to the ticket in his place. There now is even a Bush/Rice 04 website promoting the idea. It is of course easy to see why this idea has gained traction. […]

I got together with the always provocative Andrew Sullivan for an email interview. Sullivan is a former writer and columnist for the New York Times, a former editor of The New Republic, and of course his blog, The Daily Dish, is perhaps the largest of most influential of all the weblogs on the net. Read […]

How many times do keep trying to feed a dog that nips at your hand every time you hand him a steak? “A World Health Organization program to eradicate polio in Nigeria is in jeopardy after Muslim leaders ordered it halted amid rumors that it was part of a U.S. conspiracy to kill off African […]

Just for entertainment’s sake, here is the current playlist I’m listening to right now. Be forewarned, every so often I like to listen to tunes that are a lot older, slower and more melancoly than the music I normally listen to just as a change of pace. This is one of those nights… The Cars […]

On the downside, the Democratic Underground has a up a poll asking, “Did Bush Family Interests kill JFK?” Currently, 59 out of the 79 (75%) of people who have voted in this admittedly slanted poll have selected option 1, which is, “yes. Absolutely”. On the upside, none of them have suggested that the “Bush Family […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 150 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of the books they considered to have had “The Biggest Impact On Their Thinking”. Representatives from 53 blogs responded. They came up with an incredibly diffuse list that has more than a few surprises on it. (Cont)

“You are about to speak with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il,” Karl Rove told president Bush, “and you need to take a hard stance with him.” “Hey, I know how to do deeplomosee, Rover,” Bush answered, “I will be resolved in these talks.” Via the satellite connection, Kim Jong Il appeared on screen. “Ha […]

I ran across an excellent Oct 10 speech by Donald Rumsfeld that explains why we have to go on the offensive against terrorists. Simply put, defense alone will never work because the terrorists will always change their tactics and hit you at your weak point. Just look at our experience in Lebanon…. “When President Reagan […]

I got together last night in a chat room with Mike Hendrix from Cold Fury, Daniel Drezner, who is a monthly contributor to The New Republic Online & who was an unpaid foreign policy advisor for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, Steve Martinovich, the editor and chief of Enter Stage Right, Bryan Preston from JunkYardBlog to […]

Nobody and I mean nobody gets the inside scoop on the war on terrorism like the Weekly World News. For example, while Fox or CNN haven’t even reported that Osama Bin Laden & Saddam have gotten married to each other, the WWN actually has a pic of the two of them together along with a […]

When Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, he promised to cut taxes. Sure he lied — big shocker there I know — but at least he was smart enough to understand that you’re going to have one heck of a tough time getting elected President if you’re promising to raise people’s taxes. Unfortunately for the […]

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As I was reading an ABCNEWS article about Antonin Scalia, I ran across this unintentionally telling line…. “Scalia is a hero of conservatives who favor a strict adherence to the actual text of the Constitution.” Sadly, “a strict adherence to the actual text of the Constitution” will only make you a hero with conservatives, not […]

I’m sure most of you have heard about the flap over General Jerry Boykin’s comments. Here’s are some excerpts from an article in the LA Times that give you the gist of what he supposedly said… “In June of 2002, Jerry Boykin stepped to the pulpit at the First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow, Okla., […]

If ever a website cried out “lock up me in a rubber room and give me powerful psychotropic drugs until I’m sane again,” it’s my bodyweight. The entire page is a melange of bizarre claims about the timeline and the government vomited up from the recesses of a demented mind. Here are a few samples […]

An overnight poll shows that business leaders nationwide overwhelmingly support the economic stimulus plan announced yesterday by Democrat presidential candidate Wesley Clark. The vast majority of those polled agreed that Clark’s proposed repeal of the Bush tax cuts for families earning more than $200,000 annually is almost guaranteed to spark a boom in consumer spending […]

You have just got to read this unhinged editorial about neocons from Paul Craig Roberts that appeared in Newsmax of all places. Here are a few snippets from this loopy editorial…. — “Neo-Jacobins are known to Americans as “neoconservatives,” a clever euphemism behind which hides a gang of radicals who stand outside of, and opposed […]

Too much Ann Coulter is never enough! That’s why I’ve compiled the best quotes from Ann’s columns over the last year. Read and enjoy! (Cont) ***Update #1***: By the way, I found this quote from Ann to be particularly interesting… “(John) Kerry claims he is still foursquare behind disarming Saddam Hussein, but not “until we […]

To me, priority #1 of the government of the United States should be to defend our country from hostile nations and organizations that want to harm Americans. But according to these poll numbers from the latest Byron York column, the overwhelming majority of Democrats don’t agree…. “In one question, pollsters read a list of a […]

“Gen. William Boykin, do you take back your statements about God and the current fight with terrorists?” asked a reporter. “No. America is a Christian nation, and God has helped us all the way by putting Bush in office and giving us victory against the terrorists who worship a false god,” Gen. Boykin answered. “And […]

I think Dick Morris is a brilliant political tactician, but the two of us obviously have very different ideas about WHY politicians should be running for office. I think you can get a pretty good idea of what Morris thinks by reading his latest column. Here are a few excerpts from the piece that should […]

Through a friend of mine, I got an opportunity to do a mini-interview with a soldier from 2nd Brigade, First Armored Division who arrived in Baghdad in late April and left earlier this month. Because there is such a vast difference between what we’ve been hearing from the news media and from many other people […]

As regular readers of RWN are aware, I am a big fan of horror movies and so it was a given that I was going to see the remake of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. But truth be told, despite the fact this movie did 29.1 million dollars right out of the gate, I can’t recommend it […]

I ran across the following story told by Brett Stephens in an excellent Jerusalem Post article called “Meet Richard Perle” and it was so cool that I thought it deserved a wider audience…. “There’s a story told about Bush’s visit to the World Trade Center, right after the attack. He was chatting with some hard […]

The Malaysian Prime Minister said that Jews control the world. All this time I thought it was gravity, but, no, it was the Jews! When there was a big uproar against his statements, the PM said that only proved that Jews control the world. It’s good we have Malaysian Prime Ministers to figure things out […]

I love this Ann Coulter doll soooooooo much! If I had a little girl, you can bet she’d be getting this instead of Barbie this year. It would go great with the Reagan Bobblehead doll, the Bicentennial American Coloring Book, & the Bin Laden Dart Board. The Coulter doll even has 14 different quotes from […]