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Saddam — Undead Despot?

Saddam — Undead Despot?: The Globe and Mail has interviewed a crackpot Iraqi doctor who has a rather odd theory about Saddam Hussein… “About 10 years ago, I became interested in the link between physical traits and personality,” he said. “I began to study Saddam Hussein but when I looked at his ears in photographs […]

What Is Freedom For The Iraqi People Worth?

What Is Freedom For The Iraqi People Worth?: I’m not going to try to snow you and pretend that the primary reason I favor an invasion of Iraq is because I want to see the Iraqi people liberated. To the contrary, the principal reason I want to see us remove Saddam is because I believe […]

War With Iraq? It’s All About The Stargate!

War With Iraq? It’s All About The Stargate!: According to some nut named Michael E. Salla who claims to be a college professor (I really, really, hope he just made that up) — Iraq is all about the Stargate. I think the abstract pretty much sums it up… “Most, if not all, criticisms of the […]

In My World — One Last Chance By Frank J

In My World — One Last Chance By Frank J.: The moment of truth has arrived at the U.N., as an informal Security Council meeting will finally decided the U.N.’s position on Iraq. If the U.N. votes for the military action, it will give further support to the U.S. war with Iraq. If the U.N. […]

The Latest Pro-Saddam Rallies

The Latest Pro-Saddam Rallies: There were more anti-war rallies this week-end which of course are in effect pro-Saddam rallies. As you can see by the pic to your left from the San Francisco rally, this is a “war for the rich.” Yeah, because terrorists only murder the rich. The poor and middle-class have nothing to […]

RWN’s Favorite Success Quotes

RWN’s Favorite Success Quotes: I graduated from college with a Psych major & a Communications minor. Back in those days, I went through a lot of books — many of them on pop psychology and communications. However, I eventually got to a point where I felt like I was reading the same book over and […]

Ghostbusters: Second Coming Of Gozer Imminent

Ghostbusters: Second Coming Of Gozer Imminent by Rip Rowan: According to a press release by Dr. Peter Venkman of Ghostbusters, Inc., a second coming of the ancient Sumerian god Gozer is "days or weeks, not months or years" away. Ghostbusters, a paranormal elimination company based in New York, was responsible for the 1984 protonic reversal […]

The 15 Most Commented Upon Posts Of 2003

The 15 Most Commented Upon Posts Of 2003: I thought you might be interested in seeing the 15 posts that have drawn the most comments so far in 2003. Here they are with the number of comments made in ()… (43) Feeling A Little Hot, Cold, Or Just Right ? Then It’s Probably Global Warming […]

Email From A Reader

Email From A Reader: Here’s an email I received today from RWN reader Ben Murnane along with my response… John, …but the US helped liberate France 58 years ago and that’s supposed to equal a blank cheque of support? Y’know, 5 French villagers still die every year from unexploded munitions at Verdun, where one million […]

Random Jottings

Random Jottings: — The latest thing that French apologists have come up with is, “You people are bashing the French, but they helped us in the American Revolution! Oh and do you want to give the Statue of Liberty back?” Let’s see, roughly 220 years ago the French helped us revolt against the Brits and […]

James Zogby’s Credibility Is Shot

James Zogby’s Credibility Is Shot: Before the 2002 elections, I questioned whether we could trust James Zogby’s polls which showed the Democrats doing very well in the 2002 Senate elections while all the other major polls showed the opposite. Here’s what I said the day before the election… “While I haven’t written him off completely, […]

Paleocon Fantasies

Paleocon Fantasies: As I read Pat Buchanan’s most recent demented ramblings, I had an epiphany about the Paleocons and their belief that America would better off if we closed off our borders, became isolationists, and abandoned the idea of free trade. What Buchanan and the rest of his ilk are doing is engaging in pure […]

Patriot Speaks

Patriot Speaks: This screed from the comments section of The Left, The Flag, & Patriotism post was so whacked out that I thought it was worth writing about on the main page. The funny thing is that I’ve drawn so many weirdos to RWN by making fun of them in the ACPOTI section that it’s […]

CIA Leaks Again: Shhh! Don’t Tell Bin Laden

CIA Leaks Again: Shhh! Don’t Tell Bin Laden By Scott Ott: U.S. and Pakistani intelligence authorities are asking the public not to tell Usama bin Laden or any of his followers about all the information they’re leaking to global news organizations. For example, USA Today ran a story revealing that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed’s laptop computer […]

Impeachment Campaign Commerical #2

Impeachment Campaign Commercial #2: According to Roll Call, “John Conyers assembled more than two-dozen prominent liberal attorneys and legal scholars on Tuesday to mull over articles of impeachment drafted against President Bush by activists seeking to block military action against Saddam Hussein.” Like the draft proposal, this has no hope of succeeding and it could […]

Freedom Fries Aren’t Going To Cut It

Freedom Fries Aren’t Going To Cut It: France has spent the last few months vigorously thrusting their knives into our backs at every opportunity. Yet, they’re already laying the groundwork to try to get back into our good graces. Here’s French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte… “”We don’t see participation in Iraq’s reconstruction as a privilege,” said […]

Why Don’t You Want To Join The ICC — What Could Ever Happen?

Why Don’t You Want To Join The ICC — What Could Ever Happen?: Ever since the Bush administration shot down the International Criminal Court I’ve seen plenty of conversations that go about like this… Concerned Conservative: The International Criminal Court is a threat to our sovereignty. You know that we’d see lots of politically motivated […]

The Left, The Flag, & Patriotism

The Left, The Flag, & Patriotism: You know, the flag is nothing but a symbol of America. The majority of people who display it on their cars or fly it over their homes, do so simply as a show of respect and admiration for this great nation in which we live. That’s not propaganda or […]

The Questions I Ask Myself About The War On Terrorism

The Questions I Ask Myself About The War On Terrorism: When you face a tough decision, it’s always a good idea to know the pros and cons of what you’re about to do. Well, that has been done to death when it comes to the invasion of Iraq. At this point, just about every war […]

The New UN Logo

The New UN Logo: Thanks to Rip Rowan at The Skeptician for coming up with a more appropriate logo for the UN and allowing us to post it on RWN… Now that’s truth in advertising…

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Story

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Story: Many of you have probably heard left-wingers saying that we should free Mumia Abu-Jamal, but you may not know his story. Well, Ralph R. Reiland did a column yesterday that gave a pretty good synopsis of why this cause celebre of the left is in jail. I thought it was worth sharing […]

In My World: Bush and Chirac Personally Supervise Inspections

In My World: Bush and Chirac Personally Supervise Inspections By Frank J.: In an effort to prove whether Iraq is actually disarming, President Bush and President Chirac went to Iraq to personally watch Saddam as he destroyed his weapons of mass destruction. “You aren’t going to get anything past me, Saddam,” Bush warned, “I know […]

Democratic Congressman: I Blame The Jews!

Democratic Congressman: I Blame The Jews!: Rep. James Moran, D-Va took a page from the loony white supremacist, conspiracy freaks in a March 3rd speech and blamed the Jews for the upcoming war with Iraq… “If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq we would not […]

Tears Of The Sun Review

Tears Of The Sun Review: I caught “Tears Of The Sun” this week-end and I can’t say that I was terribly impressed. The movie was set in Nigeria which was supposed to be in the middle of a violent coup complete with savage ethnic cleansing and genocidal murder sprees (think Rawanda). A team of SEALs […]

Marcy Kaptur — Campaign Issue For 2004?

Marcy Kaptur — Campaign Issue For 2004?: Last week, Marcy Kaptur got into trouble — at least with Republicans — for saying that, “One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown.” While […]

The Music I’m Listening To Right Now

The Music I’m Listening To Right Now: Just for entertainment value, here is the current playlist I’m listening to right now… – Dixie Chicks — Landslide – DMX — Ain’t no sunshine – Jars of Clay — Flood – Jennifer Lopez — Jenny from the block – Lost Prophets — Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja – […]

Anti-Americanism Is Nothing New

Anti-Americanism Is Nothing New: I was talking to an Israeli friend of mine on ICQ today and he asked me what I thought about all the anti-Americanism in the world today. What I told him and what I’m going to tell you, is that there’s nothing new about anti-Americanism — it’s been around since our […]