Tag: "John Hawkins"
Conservative Bloggers Answer George Thorogood’s Question, “Who Do You Love?”
Every one in a while John Hawkins polls a bunch of conservative bloggers about an issue of the day. I find his polls interesting because the folks he picks are a mix of established, popular bloggers along with folks on various points of the blogospheric “long tail”. As one of the folks out on the [...]
Got an Oversized Beast Problem? Well, Starve It!
John Hawkins has an interesting idea for effectively repealing Obamacare without actually repealing the bill itself. What does it take to fund all those government jobs, agencies, panels, & commissions? Tax dollars. Now, who controls the purse strings? Congress. How many votes do we need via reconciliation to make budget changes? 51. So, can we [...]
Three Days in the Life of a CPAC Blogger
John Hawkins is, for my money, the hardest working political blogger on the internet. He hustles like no one I’ve ever seen to line up interviews with people most other bloggers never touch (like Thomas Sowell) and runs not just one heavily-updated blog but two. He’s also generous with his time (he frequently guests on [...]
Forty Quotes from the Mainstream Left to Make You Shake Your Head
I can’t imagine how long it took John Hawkins to compile this list of “The 40 Most Obnoxious Quotes of 2009″ but I’m certainly glad he did. No matter how obnoxious I’ve been this year, I’m positive I’ve not said anything that would put me within a parsec of this list. Here are a few [...]
A New Dextrospheric Blog Poll with Some Thoughts
John Hawkins has another blogger poll up at Right Wing News for which I was one of the respondents. Normally, John keeps his questions tightly focused around a particular topic or upcoming event (an election, a Congressional vote, etc) but this bunch of questions was kind of all over the place. I wonder where he’s [...]
John Hawkins’ List Would Make an A-List Blogroll
I remember the one glorious day I made John Hawkins’ quarterly Top 40 Blogs list. It was the end of 2007 and I placed 21st, barely eking out the incredibly-talented Kathy Shaidle. That actually led to a brief guest-blogging stint at Right Wing News that lasted…all of one post. Good times. Good times. Anyhow, if [...]
David Brooks: Garbage In Garbage Out
I know that more than a couple bloggers have chimed in on David Brooks’ recent column in the New York Times wherein he divides conservatives up as either “traditionalists” or “reformers” then tries to figure out what it all means. Brooks being Brooks, he more or less muddles through things until he reaches the general [...]
We Wanted Palin All Along
John Hawkins did a quick blogger poll on John McCain’s Vice Presidential pick a couple of days before he made the announcement and I think the results are interesting in retrospect. It’s clear, looking at the results that he surprised all of us by giving us just what we wanted and not what we expected. [...]
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