Author: John Hawkins

EU leader attacks Britain over links with United States: Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission, had this to say about Britain.. “I wonder what makes this great nation so confident when dealing with a vastly more powerful nation over 3,000 miles away, but afraid to play a full part in shaping the future of […]

Arafat’s 9485345834593453th ‘Last Chance’: President Bush had some pretty harsh words for terrorist Yasser Arafat yesterday… “His responsibility is just what I said — to renounce, to help detect and stop terrorist killings. And the message can’t be more clear, and we’re going to continue to hold people accountable for results. Chairman Arafat should now […]

What is “Too Patriotic” Supposed To Be?: I just don’t get the attitude that people like Johnny Carson have. Take a look at this quote from him on Fox’s Super Bowl coverage… “When you look at the production — give me a break! Norman Mailer said something about patriotism being a nice thing, but just […]

Cutting Taxes Produces Results…Again: Because of George Bush’s tax cut we had what was perhaps the mildest recession in US history and the economy is turning around big time. In fact, the GNP went up a torrid 5.8% in the first quarter of 2002. If we wouldn’t have had to increase spending so much because […]

Vacation: I’m leaving town shortly to go to the beach. I will return on Monday. That means there will be no “daily news” update on Monday and the updates will come later in the day. Have a great week-end.

What Rock Did These Guys Crawl Out From Under?: Hey lookie, lookie..it’s the Taliban homepage =)

Who Says the Israelis Didn’t Accomplish Anything?: Some people have claimed that the Israelis didn’t accomplish anything with their incursion into the occupied territories. Of course, the flood of attacks on Israel has turned from a flood into a trickle since the Israeli army rolled in and blew away or captured every terrorist they could […]

The Leadership of the Catholic Church Just Doesn’t Get It: I have trouble fathoming why the leadership of Catholic church seems so incredibly reluctant to crack down on the child molesters who’ve infested their ranks. I mean look at the latest claptrap coming from the Vatican… “The final document said church leaders would recommend a […]

Talk About A Lack Of Ideas: The Democrats are actually trying to steal the Republican’s “Securing America’s Future” slogan. I said this week in my “Ethereal Democrat” article that the Dems don’t stand for anything and this proves it. How intellectually bankrupt have the Democrats become if they can’t even come up with their own […]

Saudi to Warn Bush of Rupture Over Israel Policy: Apparently, Crown Prince Abdullah is furious that we’re not cracking down on the Israelis and that we’re still planning to invade Iraq. According to the NY Times he’s going to read GWB the riot act today. Either GWB forces the Israelis to kowtow or Saudi Arabia […]

French FM: US Jewry more ‘intransigent’ than Sharon: French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine came to the conclusion that “Sharon is an obstacle to the peace process bolstered in his intransigence by American Jewry, which Vedrine said is essentially more Sharon than Sharon.” He also said.. “The Jewish organizations have not made the switch toward peace. […]

I Want An Electric Car Right Now!: Liberals always try to portray Conservatives as being against electric and hydrogen based cars. Of course that isn’t true. Let me give you my take on non-oil based cars… First off, we’re not even close to running out of oil. The estimates I’m hearing seem to indicate that […]

An Iraqi Joke: I ran across this joke on Fark… President Bush and Colin Powell are sitting in a bar. A guy walks in and asks the barman, “Isn’t that Bush and Powell sitting over there?” The barman says, “Yep, that’s them.” So the guy walks over and says, “Wow, this is a real honor. […]

Rwn is Farked =): Fark linked my “Ethereal Donkey” article and they’re pouring traffic into RWN like Niagara Falls. There were about a 100 comments on the article when I took a look at Fark, some of them were anti-Republican, some of them were pro-Republican, about what you’d expect. You know what the most interesting […]

The Ethereal Donkey: It’s tough to be a Democrat these days. President Bush has stratospheric approval ratings, the country seems to have tilted rightward after 9/11, and the Democrats seem compelled to defend their patriotism every time they nervously issue the mildest criticism of George Bush’s foreign policy. While those are significant obstacles to Democratic […]

Baghdad Delenda Est, Part Two: Jonah Goldberg busts out some fantastic quotes in his new column that are worth sharing… – “Should the Arab world succeed in its next attempt to wipe out Israel, that still wouldn’t be the end of our troubles. After all, Osama bin Laden didn’t care about the Palestinians until the […]

It’s Takes Two to Tango: The head of Palestinian Preventive Security, Jibril Rajoub had this to say… “I don’t think it’s possible for us, after this sea of blood, to talk about security coordination or any kind of coordination with Israel. It’s over,” said the head of Palestinian Preventive Security, Jibril Rajoub. “Israel will never […]

Ask Them to Send a Hostage Out With a Resume and We’ll Talk: 20 men are holding 88 oil workers hostage off the coast of Nigeria. So are they demanding ransom? No. Are they demanding the release of terrorist allies? No. Is it some sort of anti-American or anti-Israeli protest? No. They’re actually demanding jobs. […]

Europe in Shock as America Yawns: France and the rest of Europe seems to be going into a tizzy over Jean-Marie Le Pen’s electoral success in France. Well, maybe it’s just me, but what is the big deal supposed to be? He only got 17% of the French vote and everyone thinks he’ll be beaten […]

Now I’ve Heard Everything: This article just blows my mind… “Mexico has denounced an ongoing U.S. initiative to bolster airport security, saying all it has done is round up hard-working, harmless undocumented immigrants.” Uh, what? “Beltrán (Mexican consul in Phoenix) said he failed to see how locking up illegal immigrants leads to increased security, noting […]

An Interview With Glenn Reynolds: I was excited to get an opportunity to do an email interview with Glenn Reynolds, a man many people consider to be the premier political blogger on the net today. We discussed everything from the ‘War on Terrorism’, to campaign finance reform, to file trading services on the internet.

The Canadian Menace: Cold and merciless as their national sport, one has to wonder if the Canadians are eyeing American territory. Read this article and make your own decisions.

See You On Monday: I have another busy week-end of coding ahead as I am going to once again try to add archives and comments to the site. I had no luck last week-end but hopefully my luck will change this time. I’ll see you on Monday. Until then, have a great week-end.

Victor Davis Hansen Does It Again: Victor Davis Hanson is my favorite columnist on the web. He has an incredible grasp of history, warfare, and logic and no one hammers home a point better. Here’s a few snippets from his latest column about the changes caused to American opinion by the ‘War on Terrorism’… “…Palestinians […]

Saddam and Bush: Saddam Hussein called President Bush and said, “George, I had a wonderful dream last night. I could see America, the whole country, and on each house I saw a banner.” “What did it say on the banners?” Mr. Bush asked. Saddam replied, “LONG LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN.” Mr. Bush responded, “You know, Saddam, […]

What the Hell is Going On in Cincinnati?: Remind me never to move to Cincinnati.

Slavery on the Ivory Coast?!?: I knew that there was still slavery in Sudan and in the tribal areas of Pakistan among other places but I was unaware there was still slavery on the Ivory Coast. If you eat a Snickers bar, Hershey bar, or Chunky bar today keep in mind that a slave may […]

Forum Weirdness Redux: Some of the latest conspiracy theories, racism, and Islamic Fascism from the Utopia Politics Forums… Almahdi: “The US foreign policy is cleared through Tel Aviv. As long as US is a puppet of Israel, then they to should be a target. Not Civvies, of course, just the factories that make the weapons […]

Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Middle East: It’s been often noted that there’s a “cycle of violence” in the Middle East. The Palestinians send a suicide bomber that kills several Israeli civilians and the Israelis retaliate. It’s been going on like that for the last year and 1/2+ with roughly a 3 to […]

At Times Like This..: There are just certain times when you shake your head and wonder how the country survives day to day with the group of Democrats we have running things in Congress. As I read that Daschle and company were again blocking drilling in ANWR I knew this was one of those times. […]