Author: John Hawkins

Argghh…I caught some sort of mutant flu bug from my roommate. I still feel terrible. Had to skip work, can’t eat, and am about to go back to bed. I may be in shape to post a little later tonight, but by then I’ll be prepping for tomorrow. So I’ve decided to only make this […]

Since Douglas MacArthur finished a very respectable #14 in the Conservative bloggers list of The Greatest Figures Of The 20th Century, I thought it might be a good time to post his famous speech from 1951. Truman had relieved MacArthur of command in Korea 8 days earlier for “openly challenging the U.S. civilian leadership by […]

Not even a tinfoil hat and voting for Dennis Kucinich will be enough to save you when global mind control online comes online in 2004…or so says Rev. Terry-ana Robinson… “By Spring 2004, an invasive mind control technology known as a “Frequency Fence” is slated for implementation onto global society. This Frequency Fence is a […]

So Friday night I discovered that the keys to my car were missing — the ONLY keys to my car. I had been meaning to get a copy of the key made, but I’ve busy as hell working on everything from RWN to unsuccessfully trying to teach my Jack Russell Terrier, Patton, that he’s not […]

Right Wing News emailed more than a hundred left-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of who they considered to be the “greatest figures of the 20th century”. Representatives from 23 blogs responded. That number of bloggers responding was down significantly from last week’s totals. There are a variety of reasons why […]

I just had a bizarre instant messenger conversation with Andrew Ian Dodge of Dodgeblogium. It started when he referred me to this post on his page. Here’s an excerpt from what he said that caught my attention… “Let’s put it this way, while I don’t condone what the Columbine killers did, I perfectly understand why […]

Tragically, cameraman Mazen Dana was shot and killed by US troops in Iraq on Sunday. Apparently, they mistook his “camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher” which I’m sure is an easy enough mistake to make from a distance, especially given than, earlier in the day there was, “a mortar attack in which six prisoners were […]

Back on August 8th in a post about the California recall, I said… “Although we’ll know a little more once all the final candidates are set and the real polling begins, Bill Simon & Peter Ueberroth are going to split the GOP vote and could guarantee that a Democratic victory right from the start.” Well, […]

Right Wing News emailed more than a hundred right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a list of who they considered to be the “greatest figures of the 20th century”. 31 bloggers responded. All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-20 selections. Rank was determined simply by the number of votes received. Without […]

— 2004 isn’t shaping up to be a very good year for the left. If the economy rallies as expected, Bush is going to be extraordinarily difficult to unseat. Furthermore, because of redistricting, the chances of the Dems retaking the house are practically nil. Then in the Senate, again the GOP has a numbers advantage. […]

Fred Barnes isn’t the first person to say something like this about President Bush… “The case for Mr. Bush’s conservatism is strong. Sure, some conservatives are upset because he has tolerated a surge in federal spending, downplayed swollen deficits, failed to use his veto, created a vast Department of Homeland Security, and fashioned an alliance […]

If you want to know why we desperately need term limits, you need look no further that these numbers from the latest Dick Morris’ column… “The political parties have conspired in a massive deal to protect one another’s incumbents by so drawing congressional district lines that only four incumbent congressmen were defeated by insurgents from […]

Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt, President Bush’s nominee for director of Environmental Protection (EPA), said he plans to drain and pave the nation’s swamps, open all federal lands to vigorous strip mining and permit visitors to Yellowstone National Park to “harvest” one grizzly bear per day. “Humans have a manifest destiny to conquer and dominate […]

Anytime some bad happens there are always left wingers looking for a way to tie it to George Bush. Did it rain on your picnic? Then the Bush Family Evil Empire made it rain! Was your favorite TV show canceled? Bush probably made it happen because it was a threat to his reelection. Was there […]

— Ross Gittins writes an editorial LAMENTING all the choices we have today. Here are a few samples from one of the most ridiculous editorials I’ve read this year… “But though some choice is obviously better than none, I think choice isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, I’m starting to think choice […]

I often get the impression that liberals don’t have the foggiest understanding of how people become conservative. Maybe they believe radio talk show hosts hypnotize their listeners with the sound of their voice or Richard Mellon Scaife pays us all $5 a week under the table to vote Republican, but that’s not how it actually […]

— So Arnold is going to have Democrat Warren Buffet as his campaign manager? Could Schwarzenegger be anymore of a RINO? It’s like having a musclebound Jim Jeffers running for governor of California and yet so many Republicans are getting excited about Arnold’s candidacy. Since the choice is between a real Democrat (Davis) & a […]

New legislation requiring a Presidential “finding” for so-called “special ops” by U.S. military forces will help prevent terror attacks, according to a Senate source. The finding, similar to that used for covert intelligence operations, would have to be sent to the Senate before the special operations force could be deployed. “By forcing the President to […]

The Du’s own CaptainMidnight explains how Bush is going to deliver California to Arnold by engineering a terrorist attack (edited for brevity’s sake)…. ALERT! Tinfoil Hat Theory: Why Arnie is running. …We know the recall’s about getting a Repub Gov. in office in order to make California easier to steal, or make the 2004 Election […]

Here are a few quotes from & about Howard Dean, the man RWN wants to see receive the Democratic nomination. If you want to know why I’m rooting for him, just read these quotes and imagine the campaign ads Karl Rove will be crafting around them next year if Dean goes head to head with […]

For you convenience, here’s the breakdown of the two “worst” lists side by side. I swiped most of the code w/ permission from Angry Bear… Conservatives’ List Liberals’ List — HM: Roger Taney (5) HM: Boss Tweed (5) HM: James Earl Ray (5) HM: Michael Moore (5) HM: Charles Manson (5) HM: Joe McCarthy (5) […]

Michael Moore, author of ‘Stupid White Men’, filed suit today against Al Franken, author of ‘Lies and Lying Liars Who Tell Them’, for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, “Michael Moore’s ‘bitter liberal’ shtick is well established, and Mr. Franken has no right to confuse the reading public by releasing this sniping, vitriolic attack on […]

Remember how ridiculous Spike Lee looked when he sued Spike TV because he claimed people would associate the network with him? Well, Fox News has topped him. They’re suing Al Franken for using the term “fair & balanced” in the title of his new book. Plus they had some really nasty things to say about […]

I did not hear it myself, but according to Classical Values, G. Gordon Liddy read an entire post from RWN on the air… “John Hawkins says he was “very disappointed” to hear Rush Limbaugh (of whom he is a fan) airily dismiss blogging. But had this leading blogger been listening to Rush’s competitor, the G. […]

Here are my top twenty favorite blogs on the net right now — minus Scrappleface & IMAO which I decided to leave off because I use their material so often that it’s hard to be impartial where they’re concerned. 20) The Bleat 19) USS Clueless 18) Samizdata 17) Croooow Blog 16) Electric Venom 15) Inoperable […]

The W32/Blaster-A Worm is wreaking havoc all across the net on anyone with a XP, NT, or Windows 2000 OS who doesn’t have their security patches. This one is really spreading fast. People hit with this worm are constantly being knocked off the net & forced to reboot. The fix for this worm is the […]

I’m sure most of RWN’s readers remember the Bloggers Select The 20 Worst Figures In American History article from last week. Well, that went over so well that I decided to do it again, but with left-wing bloggers making their selections this time. I ended up asking more than a hundred left-wing bloggers for their […]

I’m going to be taking a three day week-end which means that the next update of RWN will be Tuesday. As per usual when I go out of town, I’ve put up a few websites I like in the daily news section. If I’m not going to be here, maybe I can at least farm […]

I’m a huge fan of Rush Limbaugh which is why I was so disappointed when he said the following about bloggers today in response to David Hill’s dopey article that I discussed yesterday…. “In the audio links below, I treat you to my analysis of pollster Dr. David Hill’s column headlined “Bloggers Won’t Match Limbaugh.” […]