Author: John Hawkins

It looks like I’m going to have 1 banner ad spot and at least a couple of button spots in the support section available for October. — Banner ads run 468×60 & cost $20 a month. If you’re interested, send $20 to my Paypal account (which is also located in the support section — please […]

I’m going to post about the Plame leak again, because what I said yesterday cuts to the heart of the matter and yet still doesn’t seem to be sinking in. Therefore, let me say it again…Robert Novak did not identify who told him Wilson’s wife was a CIA agent and who gave him her name. […]

Despite the fact that Democrats, not Republicans, are the party that heavily relies on donations from the rich, the GOP is often accused of favoring the rich at the expense of the poor. Yes, we’re in the pocket of the rich, we’re Robin Hood in reverse….yeah right, that’s bupkus. The left and the right simply […]

I am going to be on DennyRadio today at 5PM EST. They want to talk to me for 20 minutes or so about my Stupid Debating Tricks article. I’m not sure how we’ll stretch that out for 20 minutes, but then again time always seems to fly for me when I’m on the radio. If […]

Ah, there’s nothing like government working for the people and handling the important issues like the weight of bookbags kids are carrying… “Loaded with notebooks, books and a binder which alone weighs 6 pounds, the backpack Brito lugs to Framingham’s Cameron Middle School is 25 pounds of strain on his back, shoulders and neck. A […]

In a breathtaking and unprecedented display of bipartisan courage, Representatives and Senators of Congress banded together almost unanimously to support the creation of a nationwide FTC Do-Not-Call list to block telemarketers’ calls to uninterested consumers. The vote was 412 to 8 in the House, and 95 to 0 in the Senate. “We don’t care if […]

The traffic is still pouring in from the Fark link to my “Stupid Debating Tricks — 9 Of My Least Favorite Debate Tactics” article. In fact, so much traffic is pouring in that it looks like this has been the second best day I’ve had this year. Furthermore, I broke my record for the number […]

As many of you have no doubt heard, the CIA is, “looking into an allegation that administration officials leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer to a journalist”. The agent in question, Valerie Plame, is the wife of Joseph Wilson, a leftist holdover from the Clinton administration who embarrassed the Bush administration by revealing […]

The Cable News Network (CNN) today announced a new series of special reports on the positive news from Iraq. CNN producers acknowledge the series comes in response to critics who say the news media report little but shootings and turmoil. The new series, “Iraq’s Silver Lining,” will focus on “the few good things which have […]

As you’d expect, I’ve spent a lot of time arguing with left-wingers. As a result of those discussions, I’ve learned a lot of the little tricks the left — and yes, sometimes those on the right — like to use when arguments are going against them. Here are some of those techniques… 1) Attack The […]

James Taranto points out the following Howard Dean quote from last night’s debate… “The biggest issue in this campaign is the question of patriotism and democracy. I am tired of having John Ashcroft and Dick Cheney and Jerry Falwell and Rush Limbaugh lay a claim to patriotism and lay a claim to the American flag. […]

This quote from the The Onion about Arafat is funny because it’s so true =)….. “Arafat needs to be taught a lesson he’ll never survive to forget.” Exactly!

Oh yeah, this is going to work… “Strapped for cash, reclusive North Korea is looking to attract foreign tourists to its forested mountains and showpiece capital, a travel industry official said. “We definitely got the impression that people were quite keen to see more international visitors come in,” said Neil Plimmer, who recently led a […]

Here’s a fun theoretical exercise I’ve been meaning to try for a while, but have deliberately (you’ll see why) not thought too much about in detail. Let’s say, just for the heck of it, we found out that the Founders included a special clause in the Constitution that said on September 26, 2003 one person […]

I have learned that this t-shirt was sold at the College Republicans National Convention. That is just ridiculous and the excuse for it was lame… “David Joyslin, spokesman for the College Republican National Committee, said his group had nothing to do with the T-shirts, and was unfamiliar with the company that sold them. “We sold […]

As all of you know, we’ve heard incessant complaining about how the rebuilding effort is going in Iraq. Many people have suggested that we should turn things over to the UN who are even now showing their commitment to Iraq by having some of their staffers flee the country. But before we get our “allies” […]

Marxist (really, he is) New York Times cartoonist Ted Rall explains part of the reason why he hates George Bush… “First but not foremost, Bush’s detractors despise him viscerally, as a man. Where working-class populists see him as a smug, effeminate frat boy who wouldn’t recognize a hard day’s work if it kicked him in […]

I was flipping around the channel saying, “Dude, there’s nothing on,” when I saw what I thought was this Arnold Schwarzenegger movie I had never seen before. Instead, it was the California recall debate. So I watched the whole thing, and here is a summary: * Other than Arnold, McClintock, and Bustamante, there was also […]

There are a lot of “myths” that seem to float around on left-wing websites. Things like “Bush went AWOL from the National Guard,” “Bush was a cokehead,” “We gave Saddam permission to invade Kuwait,” yada, yada, yada. Usually there’s some grain of truth, highly disputed claim, questionable source, bogus article, etc, etc, that gets these […]

Tom Daschle uttered this boneheaded quote today… “Any time somebody speaks out criticizing this administration or its policies, there is this orchestrated concerted effort to attack those who criticize. Criticizing those who are vocal in their personal criticism, their approach, their concerns, is McCarthyesque.” So apparently, if Democrats attack Bush or his policies, that’s freedom […]

10. I’m a general and a Democrat… isn’t that wacky! 9. My day-to-day views on the war on Iraq are like a box of chocolates – you’ll never know what you’re going to get. 8. You don’t know me, but I don’t know you, so we’re even. 7. Pay no attention to the Clintons behind […]

It has been a long time since I’ve done an ACPOTI (anyone can post on the internet) article, but I was in the mood to see what the Nazis were up to. Could they be writing the networks and trying to get Hogan’s Heroes back on the air, but with meaner Nazis this time? Maybe […]

We’ve heard a lot of complaints about biased coverage in Iraq lately and if you want to see a perfect example of it, look at this Reuters article written by Suleiman al-Khalidi. It’s headlined “Iraqis Skeptical Bush Speech Means Brighter Future” and it starts out by saying, “Iraqis reacted with skepticism Tuesday to a call […]

Middle-East peace negotiations again fell through between Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei this week, when the two met at President Bush’s Crawford ranch to try and broker a deal. The main point of contention proved to be the security barrier erected by the Israelis between Israel and the Palestinian territories in […]

Last week, I dug into some education statistics I got from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and showed Americans pay out more per pupil than any other nation in the world and yet, our teacher salaries don’t necessarily reflect how much we’re spending. While we’re near the top in teacher salaries (we finished […]

A squad of Infantrymen drove up the highway between Basra and Baghdad. They came upon an Iraqi soldier badly injured and unconscious. Nearby on the opposite side of the road was an American soldier in a similar state, but he was alert. As first aid was given to both soldiers, they asked what had happened. […]

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When it comes to election politics at this early date, before a Democratic candidate is chosen, I pay particular attention to two numbers to determine the President’s chances of getting elected: his approval numbers and his polling numbers vs. individual candidates. Well, according the latest CNN poll, Bush’s numbers have for the first time dipped […]

French President Jacques Chirac called on the United States to immediately transfer sovereignty in Iraq to the “hand-picked American puppet council,” to prevent Iraq from becoming another “Algerian-style quagmire.” Mr. Chirac served in the military when a relatively-small native Algerian force overcame the vast might of the French military. Algeria declared its independence from France […]

Michele at A Small Victory points out a bit left-wing idiocy from the anti-capitalist goofballs at Adbusters. It seems the fine folks at Adbusters have a new advertising campaign called “Unbrand America?” What is that you ask? The whole point of it is to smear product advertisements they don’t like with a big black dot. […]