Author: John Hawkins

Occupy Cookbook Fails Due To Utter Incompetence

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Wow, who would have ever thought a group of anarchists with tattoos on their necks, bums, and women who went $100,000 in debt to get lesbian studies degrees: couldn’t even handle putting together a cookbook? You may want to say, “Pretty much everybody,” but c’mon, we’re talking about a cookbook here. It’s not as if they […]

 

5 X-Events That Can Collapse The World As You Know It

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X-Events: The Collapse Of Everything is not a cheery book. In essence, it argues that the complexity required to underpin modern living is making it increasingly unsustainable. The crunch comes when we recognize that societies must continually solve problems in order to keep growing. But the solution to these problems requires ever more complex structures. […]

 

The Romney Campaign So Far Is Very So-So, But Still…

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Mitt Romney is not a great political candidate. He won against a weak field because the establishment backed him, much of the conservative media lined up behind him, and he had a huge money advantage. He’s not particularly charismatic, nor conservative; nor is he a man driven by any great principles. That’s why the complaints […]

 

Barack Obama’s Former Spiritual Mentor On “White Racist DNA”

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What makes Jeremiah Wright’s hatred of whites and Jews acceptable? The fact that he was Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor for 20 years? His black skin? Whatever it is, Jeremiah Wright is a vile, despicable, hateful, disgusting human being and anyone who thinks otherwise probably isn’t much better. These comments from Wright are the kind of […]

 

7 Unhappy Truths About Politicians

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Many political observers believe Americans are too cynical about politicians. Take it from someone who has been blogging for more than a decade and has met countless politicians and political aides: if anything, people aren’t cynical enough. 1) The first priority of a politician is always getting re-elected: As Thomas Sowell has noted, “No one […]

 

6 Reasons People Love Zombie Flicks

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28 Days Later.: Resident Evil.: Land of the Dead.: Deadgirl.: Army of Darkness.: The Walking Dead.: Fido.: Dead Snow.Planet Terror.: Evil Dead 2.: Dawn of the Dead. Zombieland.: Shaun of the Dead: – the list just goes on and on. Everybody seems to LOVE zombie films – but, why? What exactly is so intriguing to people about the idea of being stalked by dead people who […]

 

The 40 Best Quotes From Ronald Reagan

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40) “A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.” 39) “The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends he should become.” 38) “When you can’t make […]

 

Killing Obamacare’s Individual Mandate: We Now Need 51 Votes In The Senate, Not 60

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Today, Matt Lewis over at the Daily Caller pointed out an Obamacare angle that hadn’t yet occurred to me. Before the Supreme Court ruling, repealing Obamacare would have taken a majority in the House, the presidency, and 60 votes in the Senate to get past a Democratic filibuster. However, after the Supreme Court ruling, those […]

 

Don’t Kid Yourself; John Roberts Didn’t Do Conservatives Any Favors On Obamacare

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Going into the Supreme Court decision yesterday, a lot of conservatives seemed to be extremely confident that the court would strike down Obamacare or, at a minimum, would at least kill the individual mandate. I wasn’t so sure. I don’t know what the SCOTUS is going to do on Obamacare tomorrow. They can be hard […]

 

Maybe The Problem Isn’t Racism. Maybe It’s Just You.

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Dear People Crying Racism: We’re all friends here, right? All right, maybe we’re not. But, we can still have an open honest conversation, can’t we? Okay, we may not be there yet, but someone has to open up the lines of communication and say what we’re all thinking: Crying racism just doesn’t work like it […]

 

An Obamacare Alternative For Mitt Romney

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You often hear the words “repeal and replace” come up when Republicans talk about Obamacare. However, most conservatives don’t note what the replacement will be. Here’s the nucleus of a considerably more effective plan. Towards that end, we should push a bill that will include: tort reform, streamlining the regulations that make bringing a new […]

 

Party Like Your Food Stamps Just Arrived, Grandpa! Wait, What?

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The food stamp President still isn’t satisfied with the number of Americans who are slavishly dependent on the government. So they’re working even harder to convince more Americans to rely on big daddy government to take care of them, The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been running radio ads for the past four months encouraging […]

 

100 Great Quotes About Life And Living (5th Edition)

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1) “Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.” — Mason Cooley 2) “Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.” — Dale Carnegie 3) “A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle […]

 

The Congressional Black Caucus: Eric Holder Is Immune To All Criticism Because He’s Black

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If you were trying to imagine a scandal purely designed to excite Democrats, you couldn’t do much better than Fast and Furious. There is at least one and perhaps even two American citizens DEAD because of the government. Worse yet in the eyes of the Left, 300 Mexicans are dead. Even more importantly, they were […]

 

The 5 Most Fantastic Technical Advances Coming in Our Future of Abundance

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think: is exactly what anyone feeling pessimistic about the world should read. That’s because it’s hard to get down about the future when you read about stunning technological advances on the horizon that will soon change the planet for the better. Here, try it for yourself! 1) 3D Printing:: Get […]

 

A Conservative Nirvana: The Most Privatized City Government In America

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If the government at every level of this country was run like Sandy Springs, Georgia the economy would be thriving, spending would be under control, taxes would be lower, and Americans would have tremendous confidence in their public servants. IF your image of a city hall involves a venerable building, some Roman pillars and lots […]

 

Obama’s Increasingly Corrupt And Lawless Administration

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Barack Obama doesn’t respect democracy, the rule of law, the American people, or the office he holds. He is unfit to be the President of the United States and that’s become clearer by the day. Obama broke the law to cheat people — rightfully owed money by Chevrolet and GM — out of their cash […]

 

7 Reasons Americans Are So Complacent About Our Country’s Impending Bankruptcy

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America is on track to go bankrupt. Just like Greece. The signs are all around us. We’ve lost our AAA credit rating. Trillion dollar deficits are the new normal. The Fed is buying 61% of our own debt. Barack Obama’s 10 year budget will leave Americans with “more debt than has been accumulated by all […]

 

A Headline From 5 Years In The Future: Friendshake 6.0 — The Stalkanator

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Today, Facebook has released the app you’ve all been waiting for: Friendshake 6.0. Of course, it lets you know which friends are nearby, but it also has these wonderful NEW FEATURES. * It lets you know your friends are armed. * Whether they are isolated. * Whether anyone can hear them scream. * Whether there […]

 

The Best Quotes From “Citizen K: The Deeply Weird American Journey of Brett Kimberlin”

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Brett Kimberlin has been in the news a lot lately. He has filed suit against some conservative bloggers, he’s called the workplace of Stacy McCain’s wife, some people believe he’s behind a website that has posted the personal information of bloggers and others believe he’s connected to the SWAT-ting of three conservative bloggers. According to […]

 

Whether You’re A Man Or A Woman, You Probably Can’t Have It All And That’s Okay

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Over at the Atlantic, Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote a much discussed piece yesterday called Why Women Still Can’t Have It All. Here are some excerpts, As the evening wore on, I ran into a colleague who held a senior position in the White House. She has two sons exactly my sons’ ages, but she had chosen […]

 

Awesome Endorsement Of The Day: Anti-Black, Anti-Jew David Duke Endorses Anti-White, Anti-Jew Charles Barron

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David Duke, who’s an awful human being, endorsed Charles Barron, who’s a similarly awful human being. Normally, this would be a front page story everywhere with Democrats proclaiming that Duke’s endorsement proves Barron is racist, but Barron is black. And a Democrat. And did I mention he’s also an awful human being? Former KKK Grand […]

 

7 Reasons Obama’s Amnesty For Under 30 Illegals Is Terrible Policy

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1) It’s illegal: Since there are currently no work permits for illegal aliens, handing them out would require a change in the existing law. If this were a dictatorship like North Korea or Cuba, Dear Leader Barack Obama could simply issue a decree and change the law. Here in America we’re a republic which means […]

 

The 20 Hottest Conservative Women In The New Media (2012 Edition)

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Welcome to the 4th annual 20 hottest conservative women in the new media. Besides myself, this year’s new slate of judges included, 1) Ali Akbar from Vice and Victory and National Bloggers Club. 2) Steven Crowder. 3) Quin Hillyer from the American Spectator. 4) John Hinderaker at Power Line Blog. 5) Dustin Stockton from The […]