An Amazing and Touching Story

This story is very moving.Their strength in adversity should be an inspiration to everyone.Follow the link below:


Dick and Lois Saunders: Forever Valentines

Top GOPer releases video of Obama praising ACORN - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

I had not seen this before but it certainly makes clear the President's association and support for ACORN. Very sad!

Poll: 86 percent say government 'broken' - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

Interesting Poll taken by CNN. I continue to believe that the only way to fix the system is to establish term limits and get rid of professional pols. The argument against limits is that our elected officials would not have sufficient experience and they would be too dependent upon their staffs most of whom make it a career. The truth is that the pols become dependent on their staffs anyway. In fact too often they become the photogenic ( some exceptions here)megaphone for the staff.

Poll: 86 percent say government 'broken' - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com

Power Line - My son the terrorist's lawyer

Power Line - My son the terrorist's lawyer

Operation FairTax

Operation FairTax

Cairo-A Vulnerable Mega-City?

Almost 8 years of my Foreign Service career were spent in Egypt. It holds many great wonders and I found the Egyptian people to be warm and generous. For the most part they were also pro-American even though our support of Israel often gets in the way. I have followed an Egyptian blog for several years and I have mentioned before that I don’t always agree with it’s contents but I do admire it’s editor. She did a piece today that sardonically reports that Cairo is listed in a report about 7 mega-cities of the world that have severe economic problems and as aconsequence could be a threat to global security. I understand her frustration with the present government of Egypt but I have not seen any viable alternative. There is a fair amount of support for the Muslim Brotherhood which has been officially outlawed in Egypt but I believe that the election of any government with a religious base would be “out of the frying pan into the fire.”


Whatever party is in charge the fact is that unless and until Egypt can manage its population growth there is little chance for improving the lot of average Egyptians. I first spent time in Egypt in 1954 and the population at that time was around 23 Million. Today it is 73 Million! I believe the Egyptian government promotes birth control practices but based on the statistics they obviously are not very effective. Egypt does not have that many natural resources and this kind of exponential growth is unsupportable. Rather than just simply wishing for change of leaders I believe that the young activists could accomplish more by supporting practical programs such as birth control.

BBC News - Hundreds of thousands back Iran Revolution

UPDATE-The incredibly brave opposition to the tyrannical Iranian regime continues its struggle despite the unpeakable cruelty being inflicted. The National, an English language newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates, has a good report. Go here


BBC News - Hundreds of thousands back Iran Revolution

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Why Real Men Get Their Hands Dirty

Why Real Men Get Their Hands Dirty

Poll - Most Say Founding Fathers Would Disapprove of Washington

FOXNews.com - FOX News Poll:  Most Say Founding Fathers Would Disapprove of Washington

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Charles Krauthammer on the Age of Obama

Charles Krauthammer has again shown his remarkable intellect in this lecture given at the Heritage Foundation. Go here. 

The Hottest Hoax in the World

A view from India on global warming or climate change or whatever else you want to call it. Given the fact that Al Gore has enriched himself on this issue maybe we should simply call it the Greatest "Con Job" the world has ever known.

UPDATE -Here is more ugly news on Con jobs.. The new Obama budget contains a secret stash from anticipated Cap and Trade revenues.

The Hottest Hoax in the World OPEN Magazine

Blog keeps 80-year-old active and in politics | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC

Many thanks to April Bailey and the Aiken Standard for this article. I appreciate how fair they have been to me over the years.

Dick Smith


Blog keeps 80-year-old active and in politics | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC

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