Archive for September, 2008
Karl Marx Would Be Proud of Bush, Paulson, Congressional Democrats, and Wall Street
There is a fantastic op-ed out on the Financial Post Website that really puts this prospective socialist bailout in perspective:
In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures to be implemented after the proletariat takes power, with the aim of centralizing all instruments of production in the hands of the state. Proposal [...]
Kids Sing Hymn-like Song About Obama (The Messiah)
If you’ve been listening to Rush Limbaugh today you probably heard him play the audio of the following video of these children singing about “change” and all of the other Obama talking points.
The audio alone doesn’t do this justice, so I have posted the video here. But before you watch it please read the description [...]
FBI Hunts American Citizens Trained Overseas for Terror
Russian Begins Overhaul of Nuclear Forces
All has not been quiet on the Russia front the last couple of weeks. The Russians did in fact send some of their naval fleet to Venezuela to participate in war games, and now we get word that, just as we have been telling you, they overhauling and strengthening their military–specifically their nuclear forces:
Russia announced [...]
Presidential Debate 1 (Ole Miss): McCain vs. Obama
Folks, we are excited to announce that we will be live blogging the first Presidential debate beginning tonight around 8:45 p.m. est.
I will be offering my commentary throughout the debate and we welcome you to join in with your thoughts as well.
Should be an interesting debate. Let’s hope McCain doesn’t get the debate season [...]
Risks and Rewards of U.S. Raids in Pakistan
Ret. Army Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis has a great article up on Human Events about the Bush administration’s recent decision to go in to Pakistan without prior Pakistani approval. In the article he echoes some points we’ve been making here on The Conservative Beacon.
Here are some key excerpts:
The world’s worst safe havens problem is [...]
Russell Brand Trashes Republicans, Sarah Palin at MTV VMAs
I happen to catch this “act” live on Sunday night, and before this stooge of a host even spoke I found myself asking, Who the hell is Russell Brand? Seriously.
Now admittedly I don’t keep up with pop culture like I used to but I still have a pretty good idea of what’s going on [...]
Russia Planning War Games With Venezuela
Looks like the Putin-Chavez relationship is getting even closer:
With American-Russian relations declining to the point of Cold War-era posturing, Moscow is sending ships to the Caribbean.
If the scheduled joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy take place, the maneuver would be one of Russia’s most provocative exercises in the Western Hemisphere since the Soviet Union supported [...]
GOP Convention: Night 4
I’m writing this post right after John McCain’s acceptance speech, without the benefit of a night’s sleep to process and debate the effectiveness and meaning of the speech, but these are my thoughts.
On the whole, I’m pleased. There were moments where John McCain was fantastic, touching on the issues that matter and offering a set [...]
GOP Convention: Night 3
Well there isn’t much more to be said about last night’s Republican Party Convention, but I’ll throw my two cents in.
Let’s take the main speeches one by one.
Watch the first two and a half minutes of Mitt Romney’s speech below:
His line on changing Washington from a liberal town to a conservative one should have [...]
