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Asian nations including China rebuffed Russia's hope for support. I think this can be directly linked to China's Tibet problem. If China supported independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Tibetian independence movement would gain power. At the same time, it puts a damper on Chinese ambitions to recapture Taiwan. But totalitarian states don't care about precedent. China will still grab Taiwan when it thinks it can do so without US intereference or when it thinks it's powerful enough to overcome US interference. Taking advantage of useful idiots in liberal America and Europe, Putin blames the US for Russia's invasion of Georgia, saying the US staged it to help McCain in the election. Putin has learned well from Lenin, Stalin and the Tzars. He's playing us for fools just like Stalin and Lenin, using hatred of Bush and McCain instead of ideology, and many in Europe and America are falling for it just like the fell for it from Stalin and Lenin.

The Christian Science Monitor explains how Russia's agents attacked Georgian forces to draw the Georgian president into the trap by responding. After Georgia responded some civilians got caught in the crossfire, as happens in any battle, and Russia used this excuse to invade under the UN's mandate to stop genocide. But no genocide was occurring, and the Russian invasion undermines the ability of the international community to intervene to stop real genocide while at the same time making it more likely another country will abuse that well-intentioned UN mandate.

Government school district loses accrediation. This is government at its most typical. It can get a whole lot worse, but liberals still want to surrender our health care to government.

Democrats are afraid McCain will pick a woman for VP, and rightly so. If McCain picks a woman, I think the Democrats will reflexively attack McCain for doing so, calling it political grandstanding, and the woman. But that would be the wrong approach. If McCain picks a woman, Democrats should immediately praise Hilllary Clinton for her leadership in breaking the glass ceiling and making it possible for McCain to pick a woman. They should backhandedly praise McCain for following the lead of Democrats in accepting women in positions of power. Obviously Republicans would point to Condi Rice to argue that, but they would be on the defensive. If Democrats were smart, they would immediately take credit for McCain's choice of a woman instead of instinctively attacking that choice.

Spirit and Opportunity continue trekking across Mars. What a phenomenal success these 2 rovers have been.

Indicted pork king Ted Stevens wins Republican primary. Come on, Alaska. Kick this corrupt creep to the curb.

Fantastic essay showing the fundamental problem with modern liberal thinking, that personal responsibility is a "recipe for division and failure", and how Democrats capitalize on that to buy votes.

Democrats at work again. California activist is petitioning to add a 35% wealth surtax on Californians and also to tax anybody moving out of the state 55% of their assets over $20 million. They want to hold rich people hostage and tax them until they're poor like everybody else will be. America is racing in this radical left direction at a headlong pace. Don't be surprised if this makes it on the ballot.

Why is the LPGA forcing its members to speak English? I understand its a private business so it can do that, but why? If people don't want to learn English, that should be their call as long as they don't try and force anybody else to accommodate them for their lack of understanding of English.

Tropical storm Gustav is coming! Run for your lives! Civilization has never encountered a tropical storm and everybody must panic! Run! Run! Pray that you see the dawn!

It's like the news agencies are praying to God for a major hurricane, and God just won't bend to their will, so they're going to pretend that every tropical depression and tropical storm is class 5 hurricane. This insane alarmism is driving me crazy.

Ann Coulter reminds us that Joe Biden is a disgraced plagiarist.

Victor Davis Hansen predicts the end of NATO. Let's hope so. It's long outlived its purpose. Let's hope it goes easily, not under pressure. Let's hope we end out security welfare to Europe and Europe chooses to defend itself.

Hezbollah kills Lebanese army officer.

National Journal explains the process of determining how liberal or conservative a senator is, which found Obama to be the most liberal and Biden to be the third most liberal.

Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan understood how to blend diplomacy and the use of force.