Posted 7:56 AM by Robert Ronald Smith

Moved the links to my Midway Islands 1961-62, and a small link photo, to the home page. It was rather hidden on a What's New page, which is being replaced by this boBLOG. I have some 80 photos online that I took during my year at Midway. Since that time, the Navy has left Midway, and the Fish & Wildlife Service has literally devastated most of what man accomplished on Midway over the past 100 years. It has a colorful and significant history that is being lost in the name of "environmentalism", so these photos (and those of others who enjoyed Midway) now become the record of what it once was.

Posted 6:43 AM by Robert Ronald Smith

Added 7 new off-site commentaries to the home page, including a great story about what one person can do working alone (and illegally) - ONE HAWAII CONSERVATIONIST... check all the other commentaries too.

Posted 8:11 PM by Robert Ronald Smith

Just returned from a post-campaign celebration/fundraiser dinner featuring our new Minnesota State Auditor, Patty Awada. Patty, in addition to being a very likeable, unpretentious woman, is hard-working and outspoken. I expect her to do a great job as Auditor... in fact, she has already begun to do so. The keynote speaker tonight was Governor Tim Pawlenty. Other speakers included U.S. Representative Mark Kennedy and State Senator Dick Day, Senate Minority Leader. About 175 people were in attendance, including many State Senators and Representatives, at the Radisson Riverfront in St. Paul. Because the GOP was so successful in the last election, it was a happy gathering.

Governor Pawlenty spoke primarily about the task of dealing with Minnesota's $4.5 billion deficit (the 5th highest of all states). He seems quite determined to balance the budget without raising taxes, and he may have the needed support in the legislature to do just that. There will be a great deal of complaining from groups whose funding has contributed to that deficit, but, in Pawlenty's words, "there is no alternative".

The bald-faced truth is that erasing the deficit should result in a smaller, less intrusive government that will be of benefit to us all... a government that can live within it's means, just like we all must do.

Posted 2:25 PM by Robert Ronald Smith

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