U.S., Poland Strike Missile Defense Deal
Think the timing of the finalization of this deal is just a coincidence?
The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia.
But the deal reflected growing alarm in countries like Poland, [...]
Russian Ultimatum: Choose Us or Georgia
Hmm, why isn’t Russia using the diplomatic tone it has so often accused the U.S. of not taking? The answer should be pretty obvious: Russia and Putin only believe in diplomacy when one of their interests is at stake.
Here’s an excerpt on the story from CNN.com:
Russia pressed the United States on Wednesday to choose [...]
Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Sites, Bloggers
Think conservative talk radio is the only target of the so-called Fairness Doctrine? Think again says FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell:
There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even [...]
McCain’s Right on Russia and Vladimir Putin
McCain is right on several accounts:
Putin is ex-KGB and that’s really all we need to know
Russia’s economy is decidedly leveraged to oil
This Russia issue is one that McCain has a good grasp on. Certainly more so than Bush who, and I’m paraphrasing, looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and saw a good man. Ha.
We should [...]
Georgia Retreats, Russia Continues Offensive
Here’s an update on the war (and this is a war) between Russia and Georgia:
Russia battled Georgian forces on land and sea, reports said late Sunday, despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and its claim to be withdrawing from South Ossetia, the separatist Georgian province battered by days of intense fighting.
Russian planes on Sunday twice [...]
Tyson Foods Reinstates Labor Day Holiday
The conservative blogosphere and local media in Tennessee and Arkansas have scored a small but very important victory. As you may recall, Tyson Foods recently agreed to substitute the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr for the traditional America holiday, Labor Day.
Many in the conservative and anti-jihad blogosphere, including The Conservative Beacon, publicized and criticized [...]
Russia, Georgia On the Brink of War
We’ve been writing here at The Conservative Beacon for well over a year now about Russia’s desire, under Vladimir Putin and now Dmitry Medvedev, to re-establish some semblance of the former Soviet Union.
Russia has mostly used rhetoric and blackmailing has its tools to revive the former Soviet Union, but today we see that Russia [...]
Venezuelans Protest Chavez’s Socialism
Finally there is some very encouraging news from Venezuela this morning:
Riot police used tear gas Wednesday as they blocked hundreds of Venezuelans protesting what they call new moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power. The demonstrators said a blacklist barring key opposition candidates from elections and a series of socialist decrees are destroying [...]
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Held at Gunpoint by Mexican Military
There is a very disturbing story in The Washington Times:
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.
Agents assigned to the Border Patrol station at Ajo, [...]
Greedy Iraqis Have $79 Billion Budget Surplus
Have I not been telling you how greedy the Iraqis have turned out to be? Well here is some more evidence:
The Iraqi government could end the year with as much as a $79 billion budget surplus as ever-increasing oil revenues pile on top of leftover income the Iraqis still haven’t spent on their national rebuilding [...]