In order to recognize the excellent work some of our fellow bloggers have been doing, RWN has put together the “5th Annual Warblogger Awards”. More than 235 bloggers were invited to vote for their favorite blog in numerous categories and 41 responded. Here were the rules of the contest: 1) I decided to use a […]

Make sure to check out the latest links at Conservative Grapevine including, David Frum: Bill Clinton’s dark night of Fascism and Lady Di Hog On Ice: A bunch of stunning sub-20-year-old latinas walked through. They maneuvered around us like we were furniture. Eye contact? Why would you make eye contact with a china cabinet or […]

This week-end, I headed into the theater to catch Mel Gibson’s new flick, Apocalypto. The movie begins with peaceful villagers chasing, killing, and slicing up a tapir and playing a prank. Ah, life seems so care free and happy — until a band of refugees comes wandering by and explains that their land was ravaged. […]

I’m not sure if this story is less flattering to the British Government or to Muslims: “Cabinet ministers have been told by the Foreign Office to drop the phrase ‘war on terror’ and other terms seen as liable to anger British Muslims and increase tensions more broadly in the Islamic world. The shift marks a […]

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Late last night, I ran across this headline on Drudge: “UPDATE: George Mitchell says he’d consider UN post…” For just a second, I thought it read “UPDATE: George Michael says he’d consider UN post…” Of course, one is about as likely as the other because I cannot imagine a situation where George Bush would consider […]

If the point of this commercial is to make me want to buy a phone, then this commercial is a complete failure. If the point of this commercial is to make me want to bludgeon “Jo Koy,” whoever he is, with a heavy object, then this is the most effective commercial ever made. Update #1: […]

Foreign Major Partners In Iraq’s Governing Coalition Are In Behind-The-Scenes Talks To Oust Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki (Applause) Arab States Study Shared Nuclear Program US Bugged Diana’s Phone On Night Of Death Crash (Why Was Bill Clinton’s Administration Tapping Diana’s Phone?) Iraq Is Failing to Spend Billions in Oil Revenues (Free New York Times Reg […]

RWN will return on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below, consider this to be an open thread, and have a great week-end! The World According To Carl Kim Priestap Rightwing Nuthouse Jeremayakovka Jeane Kirkpatrick’s 1984 Speech To The Republican National Convention (Rest In Peace, Jeane) Elocutio The Results Of The Human Events 2008 Straw […]

There has been endless chatter about the Iraqi Study Group’s report, but no one has analysis as…ah, let’s say, as, oh…insane nuanced as that of Daily Kos diarist kanaan. No need for me to explain beforehand because I think you’ll need to see it to believe it anyway: “ISG’s proposals are studiously designed to isolate […]

Take these numbers with a grain of salt because they’re from the Associated Press, which isn’t necessarily the most honest or trustworthy news outlet out there: At the same time, dissatisfaction with President Bush’s handling of Iraq has climbed to an alltime high of 71 percent. The latest AP-Ipsos poll, taken as a bipartisan commission […]

“When a secretary of defense gets confirmed 95-2 apparently because he says we are not winning a war, you know Uncle Sam must have a sign on his back that says “kick me.” We’ve come a long way from that day in April 1986 when President Ronald Reagan ordered Operation El Dorado Canyon, an air […]

Harold Meyerson has a column out that harps on an idea that seems to have been gaining some traction on the left — that the GOP is now just a Southern Party: “In case you haven’t noticed, a fundamental axiom of modern American politics has been altered in recent weeks. For four decades, it’s been […]

From last to first.. Currently Reading: William Easterly: The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good 60) Robert Leckie: “A Few Acres of Snow”: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars (A: This is a typical Leckie book. In other words, […]

Make sure to check out the latest links at Conservative Grapevine including, Moxie: I, Moxie, am not getting married until every marriage works Power Line: 24-year-old sergeant T.F. Boggs is back from Iraq and upset about the lack of will in the United States. Mudville Gazette: The raw numbers on the war in Iraq. You […]

The Democrats are at it again – doing something so politically smart that it demonstrates how politically stupid the GOP was in their control of Congress. If the Democrats keep making clever moves like this, it’s going to be a long time before the Republicans ever regain control. First, the Democrats announce that they’re actually […]

Domestic Dean: Dems Should Keep Out Vern Buchanan (Dems Trying To Steal A House Seat That They Lost In Florida) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson Says A Fence At The Mexican Border Authorized By Congress This Fall “Gets In The Way” Of U.S.-Mexico Relations, And He Wants The New Democratic Congress To Reverse The Legislation […]

And we did finish the job. That’s why we call the “Greatest Generation,” the “Greatest Generation.” Under far more difficult circumstances than we face today, against a much tougher enemy, with well more than a hundred times the lives lost, they persevered, preserved this nation’s freedom, destroyed our enemies, and paid the Japanese back in […]

It has been more than 3 months since the last time I ranked my favorite 40 blogs, so I thought it was about time to do it again, for the last time in 2006. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have, of course, moved up and others have dropped, […]

Hollywood has been complaining about sinking revenues and a public that’s growing less interested in what they have to offer. Of course, there is no one single cause of Hollywood’s woes. The blame could certainly be cast on horrible sequels (The Legend of Zorro, anyone?), terrible remakes of old classics (The Manchurian Candidate, The Stepford […]

It’s hard not to have mixed feelings about this: Forget the minimum wage. Or outsourcing jobs overseas. The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January. The horror. …Hoyer and other Democratic leaders say they are trying […]

“If I were the judge in the custody suit between Britney (Spears) and Federline, I’d give the kids to Andrea Yates.” — Greg Gutfeld

Everything you need to know about the Rain Forest in a single song!

This was linked solely because it’s the weirdest thing I’ve seen in a long, long, time. Hat tip to Ace of Spades HQ for the video.

Domestic 1 In 7 Mexican Workers Employed In The U.S.: Report Tom Coburn and Jim DeMint Successfully Block 10,000 Pork Projects Jeb Hensarling Was Just Elected As The Next Chairman Of The Republican Study Committee 57-42 (That’s Good News) GOP Lawmakers Tack Offshore Drilling Legislation Onto Tax Bill Culture Shock On Capitol Hill: House To […]

There are some libs out there attempting to deliberately misconstrue things that Glenn Beck has said about what could happen to Muslims in the wake of a terrorist attack. Here’s a representative quote from Beck: “All you Muslims who have sat on your frickin’ hands the whole time and have not been marching in the […]

Robert Gates hasn’t even settled into his office yet and he’s already overdue to be fired. From his confirmation hearings: Gates was asked about Iran’s nuclear program and President Ahamdinejad’s threats to wipe Israel off the map. Gates replied that the Iranian president’s threats were serious, but that there were greater forces in Iran than […]

RWN reader Paul Nixon told me that I just had to check out this diary post over at the Daily Kos. He was right! The post was a wacky, Kosian version of the future called, “2012 In the Holy Amerikan Empire.” Check out what Ian MacLeod over at the DK presumably thinks the future in […]

Top Tier Candidates It’s still very early, but the race for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008 is starting to shape up. Here’s a quick and dirty breakdown of the field. 1) Due to his high name recognition and the fawning press that he gets from the mainstream media for trashing other Republicans, John McCain […]

Today at Conservative Grapevine, some of the headlines include, Christian Mobs riot after Bible desecration (not) How the West was lost. The nativity scene through the eyes of the ACLU (with photo) You can read all of those headlines and more here. PS: If you’d like to become an author and submit links that may […]