Excerpt Of The Day: The Coming Medicare Crisis

“…(W)ith the first baby boomers becoming eligible for Social Security in 2008 and for Medicare in 2011, the expenses of those two programs are about to increase dramatically due to demographic pressures. People are also living longer, which makes any program that provides benefits to retirees more expensive. Medicare already costs four times as much […]

 


Daily News For October 30, 2006

Elections Shocker In Tom DeLay’s Old District, The Dem’s #1 Pick-Up Opportunity: Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) 35% Vs. Nick Lampson (D) 36% Harold Ford: “Republicans Fear The Lord; He Said Democrats Fear And Love The Lord.” Webb Defends Novels Against Attacks (Free WAPO Reg Req) U.S. Investigates Voting Machines’ Venezuela Ties (Free New York Times Reg […]

 

Week-End Links

RWN returns Monday. Until then enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! Rightroots: 12 Candidates And 10 Days Republican Googlebomb #2 Of 2: Operation YouTube! (We Still Need Some More Bloggers To Put This Up) American Princess Video: Ben Cardin Loses Debate To Michael Steele American […]

 

Q&A Friday #52: What About The Wall?

Question: Hi John, What’s your take on the signing of the Border Fence bill? Is it a baby step or is it by-and-large a result of the failure of congressional and presidential leadership? Thank You! by CliffHanger Answer: Would it have been great to see the entire House Bill signed into law? Yes. But still, […]

 

A Teleconference with Mike Bouchard

Earlier today, I was on a teleconference with Mike Bouchard, the Rightroots endorsed candidate for the Senate. Here are the notes (not quotes) from the teleconference: Bouchard pointed out that Stabenow wants higher taxes, more regulations, and wants to thwart tort reform. She tries to say that the economy in Michigan is Bush’s fault, but […]

 

12 Candidates And 10 Days

Folks, we’ve got 10 days until the election and there are AT LEAST 12 Rightroots candidates that are still in the hunt: Michele Bachmann (MN-06) Mike Bouchard (MI-Sen) Max Burns (GA-12) John Gard (WI-08) Thomas Kean (NJ-Sen) David McSweeney (IL-08) Ray Meier (NY-24) Rick O’Donnell (CO-07) Peter Roskam (IL-06) Michael Steele (MD-Sen) Chris Wakim (WV-01) […]

 

Q&A Friday #52: Do You Want A One Party Government?

Question: Many, if not most of the articles and comments here on RWN are to complain about the liberal Democrats. About how much better life would be without them in the political process, since they are so destructive to America. But what is the alternative? A one-party system with nothing but Republicans running everything? I’ve […]

 



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RWN Mention At ABC And The Star Telegram

ABC News mentioned RWN in the context of discussing political Googlebombs: “On his Web site Bowers writes, “If you have a blog, please take this action. It will exponentially increase the effectiveness of this campaign. And make sure you keep using the same link whenever you talk about that person on your blog, in the […]

 



Drudge’s October Surprise For James Webb

1) Right Wing News discusses sex scenes and N-bombs from three of James Webb’s books: Sept 29, 2006 (This includes quotes Drudge doesn’t have) 2) Larry Elder makes reference to one of the quotes from the article in a column: Oct 5, 2006 3) RWN revealed the incest and pedophilia quote that’s at the top […]

 

Daily News For October 27, 2006

Domestic Bush Signs U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Bill Conservative Congressmen Ask For Pardon Of Two Border Patrol Agents (Applause) More Than 200 Pieces Of Human Remains Have Been Found At The World Trade Center Site Since The Discovery Of Bones By Workers Clearing Rubble From Manholes Sparked A New Search A Week Ago Hillary Clinton Says […]

 

Q&A Friday #52

Today is Q&A Friday #52 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

 



A Teleconference With Mark Steyn

Today, via the fine folks at One Jerusalem, I got to be in on a teleconference with Mark Steyn who is plugging his new book, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (Incidentally, I just finished up the book I’ve been reading this morning and will be starting Steyn’s book tonight). […]

 



Muslim “Leaders” In Australia: Wear A Sleeveless Dress And You Deserve To Be Raped

From Tim Blair: Sheikh Feiz Muhammad last year told a Sydney audience that victims of sexual assault deserved to be raped: She has no one to blame but herself, for she has displayed her beauty to the whole world. Strapless, backless, sleeveless – they are nothing but satanical. Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali—Australia’s most super-dooper Sheik—has […]

 


RWN Makes MSNBC

From MSNBC: The 2006 campaign is about to be “Google-bombed.” Both liberal and conservative bloggers have embarked on plans to manipulate the Google search engine so that negative articles about the candidates they oppose appear near the top, potentially influencing undecided voters. …Conservative blogger John Hawkins of Right Wing News learned of the strategy and […]

 

Injun Time? By John Ray

We would be quickly told by the holy ones of the Left that it was a racial slur implying that Indians cannot handle time well if a conservative had used the term “injun time” to excuse being late. Democratic U.S. House candidate Steve Kagen apologized Monday for commenting that he was late for a meeting […]

 

Daily News For October 26, 2006

Domestic Out Of Control Activist Judges In New Jersey Give Lawmakers 180 Days To Rewrite Marriage Laws To Either Include Same-Sex Couples Or Create A New System Of Civil Unions For Them (Outrageous!) James Dobson Slams N.J. Court Ruling George Bush: “I Know Many Americans Are Not Satisfied With The Situation” There. I’m Not Satisfied […]

 

The Way Forward In Iraq

In Iraq, the violence has continued, militias have been steadily gaining power, and the fledgling government still seems unsteady. Moreover, the political will to continue the conflict in Washington, outside of the White House at least, seems to be starting to ebb. Resolute though George Bush may be, with the Democrats gaining more power, cracks […]