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Russia determined to expand military and regain position as the world's leading producer of military aircraft. They'll direct most of the weapons against the US and Europe, and sell others to terrorist states. We'll sit idly by and pretend Russia and their ally in the new Cold War of Terror, China, are our friends.

China calls US soybeans unsafe. It's easier to attack us than to fix the safety problems rampant across Chinese product lines.

British citizens are abandoning Britain. This is because of socialism and multiculturalism.

Oil production shut down in advance of Dean.

Military progress in Iraq puts pressure on all Democrats and the several Republican defeatists.

Iraqi PM Maliki threatens to "find friends elsewhere" in response to US criticism. He's already cozying up to Iran and Syria, so it sounds like he already found them. Supporting an elected central government before democratic institutions developed from the grass roots level was the worst of the many terrible mistakes we made in Iraq.

Another deadly helicopter crash in Iraq.

Bush warns premature withdrawal from Iraq could lead to consequences similar to our shameful retreat from Vietnam. Liberals will blast Bush for fear-mongering, because they hate to consider the consequences of their actions. They just make decisions based on what makes them feel good.

Democratic Senator proposes taxpayers pay 100% of tuition for math, science, and engineering degrees. Tuition is not free. I can't even imagine how all this government money would corrupt and destroy our most important educational fields.

Study shows 2/3 of American adults are ill-informed about foreign politics, and only 1/3 are even well informed about domestic politics. This highlights the fallacy of "get out the vote" movements. We shouldn't encourage ignorant people to vote. Instead of "get out the vote", we should on educating more people about the issues.

Reason on Jose Padilla.

CBS show "Kid Nation" may have violated child employment laws. This is a dangerous idea for a show anyway.