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Q&A Friday #36: Iran And The UN

Question: “Now that Russia & China are presenting an united front and actually have made it clear they want iran to build a bomb – even they can not be stupid enough to think or try to convince us that they think that this is anything other than Iran wanting to build and likely use […]

Q&A Friday #36: 2008-A-Palooza

There were a lot of 2008 related questions, so I’m going to answer them all in one big block. Question #1: “Hey, John. Love your site, I visit almost daily. Anyway, I would like you to handicap the Republican primaries in 2008. Is McCain as strong as he looks? The conservative types I hang around […]

Q&A Friday #36: Where Does RWN’s Traffic Come From?

Question: “Hey John, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (I know im a week late but there was Q&A last friday!) I have a (related) question. Do you get much international traffic to your site or is it predominantly american? There is alot of interest in american politics here in ireland and I am just curious. Keep […]

Q&A Friday #36: Were You Popular In High School?

Question: Were you popular in high school? — oneisnotprime Answer: Early on in Junior High School and High School, I wasn’t particularly good with people, lacked self-confidence, was shy, and wasn’t particularly athletic. I did make my high school baseball team for one semester, but spent the whole season on the bench. This was pretty […]

Q&A Friday #36: What If Conservatives Bought The New York Times?

Question: “Hi John, I’m a longtime reader, 2+ years. I was thinking about the problem of the liberal media lately and I wondered hwo the situation could be fixed. I recalled a recent article (who’s source I cannot remember) that showed with unerring facts, how the broadcast media invitably drew it’s “subject of the day” […]

Q&A Friday #36: Isolationism

Question: “It’s apparent that there’s still a strong feeling of isolationism and protectionism in the American electorate. However, Republicans tend to favor open markets, Democrats tend to support international institutions, and both parties support open borders. Neither party is really catering to the isolationist/protectionist sentiment yet. Do you think that either party (or perhaps a […]

Daily News For March 24, 2006

Foreign 3 Ungrateful Peace Weenies Rescued By American And British Hostages In Iraq Rice Calls Karzai on Christian Convert’s Fate Afghan Judge Won’t Give In To Pressure. Islamic Clerics Say Even If Christian Convert Released, They’ll ‘Cut Off His Head’ A Newly Released Pre-War Iraqi Document Indicates That An Official Representative Of Saddam Hussein’s Government […]

Q&A Friday #36

Today is Q&A Friday #36 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 […]

The Democratic Underground: The Distraction Meme

The “distraction” meme is one of the most regularly reoccurring conspiracy theories that you see on the left today. Here’s how it works: #1) An event happens #2) Liberals point to poll numbers, some trumped up charge made by Democrats, or some other form of difficulty for the President being hyped by the media (and […]

Social Conservatives As Second Class Citizens In The GOP? That’s Not Even Remotely True

Over at the Weekly Standard, Allan Carlson is claiming that social conservatives don’t get the respect they deserve in the GOP: “Moreover, when push comes to shove, social conservatives remain second class citizens under the Republican tent. During the 2004 Republican convention, they were virtually confined to the party’s attic, kept off the main stage, […]

Arresting People For Drunkenness At Bars?

Who came up with this blockheaded idea? The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week. TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving. North […]

Misc Commentary For March 23, 2006

— Is it wrong that I wouldn’t mind seeing this movie? “When U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited this city last month, Egyptians had an unusual choice: watch her on TV as she expounded on issues of war and peace in the Middle East, or go to a neighborhood movie theater and see her […]

Daily News For March 23, 2006

Foreign British Terrorist Tried To Buy Nuclear Weapon From Russian Mob A Spanish Judge Has Charged 32 Suspected Islamic Militants Over An Alleged Plot To Blow Up The National Court In Madrid Britain Pushes For Military Option To Restrain Tehran President Bush Said Wednesday That He Is “Deeply Troubled” That An Afghan Man Is Being […]

Soldiers Lost At Peace Vs. Soldiers Lost At War

A lot of conservatives have pointed out, correctly, that the critics of the war in Iraq lack perspective. For example, you constantly hear liberals comparing Iraq to Vietnam, but seldom do you hear their pointing out that the number of soldiers killed in Iraq throughout the entire length of the war is about the same […]

RWN Makes The CBS Blogophile Column

For the first time, RWN has made the incredibly hot Melissa McNamara’s Blogophile column over at CBS. Here’s a little background from Melissa’s column and the quote she used: New American Foundation fellow Phillip Longman’s op-ed last week made lots of conservative bloggers jump for joy, and put some liberals on edge. Longman uses population […]

Charlie Sheen’s 9/11 Conspiracy

A lot of liberals buy into flakey ideas and conspiracy theories, but they usually try to hide what they believe from the general public. However, there are two times when they tend to blurt out the truth. The first is when they get particularly frustrated by something they perceive as a Republican/conservative victory. For example, […]

Countering Three Liberals On The Economy

Atrios, Kevin Drum, and Andrew Sullivan have been knocking heads over the economy. Here’s a short summary from Outside The Beltway of the positions they’re taking: Duncan Black and Kevin Drum call B.S. on Andrew Sullivan’s statement that, “I’m in favor of Bush’s tax cuts, but want spending cuts to match them; I favor balanced […]

Save Abdul Rahman By Damian Penny

Evangelist Charles Colson on the travesty of justice unfolding in Afghanistan: Abdul Rahman is on trial for his life in a Kabul court. His crime? Converting to Christianity. According to reports, Rahman converted to Christianity sixteen years ago while working for a Christian group that helped Afghan refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan. When he returned to […]

Bush Declares War On Helen Thomas — Satire By Liberal Larry

The Shrub was handed a golden opportunity (yesterday) morning to level with the American People about his real reasons for attacking Iraq, reasons that Helen Thomas would be more than happy to explain to him if he’d just open his ears and listen. Instead, he used the solemn third anniversary of his illegal and immoral […]

Daily News For March 22, 2006

Foreign Some U.S. Officials Fear Iran Is Helping Al Qaeda They Say Intelligence Suggests That The Regime Lets Key Figures Plot. But The Picture Is Cloudy (Free LA Times Reg Req) Bush Defends Decisions On Iraq War U.S. Cautiously Backs Afghan Christian Set To Be Murdered For His Beliefs By The Government. Monitoring Situation While […]

RWN Makes The WAPO Again

RWN made Howard Kurtz’s Media Notes column in the Washington Post again. This time around, he quoted heavily from “The Conservative Case Against John McCain In 2008” article that I wrote last week. “John Hawkins at Right Wing News reminds us that some ardent conservatives don’t trust McCain either–and resent his media profile: There is […]

Excerpt Of The Day: The Stregnth Of The Bush Economy

“Here at home, I’m also encouraged by the strength of our economy. Last year, our economy grew at a health 3.5 percent. Over the past two and a half years, the economy has added nearly 5 million new jobs. That’s more than Japan and the 25 nations of the European Union combined. The national unemployment […]

MSNBC’s Liberal Spin On The Tale Of Naji Sabri

If you want to see how the mainstream media plays the spin game, then take a look at a piece MSNBC has written about Naji Sabri, Saddam’s foreign minister, who became a CIA informant before the invasion. To begin with, here’s the headline and the opening of the article: “Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD […]

Bush’s Strategy In Iraq Is Starting To Pay Off

You know, it’s funny. The media and Democrats have been running around like chickens with their heads cut off for years now telling everyone that all is lost in Iraq and it’s Bush’s fault. We can’t win! Civil War is right around the corner! We’ve got to cut and run! Woe is us! Abandon all […]