1-17-12:The Debt Record: Are American Families Safer? (Plus: Should Dumb People Vote?)

U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize Overseas Mosques: What's another billion anyway? by Gadi Adelman With U.S. debt exceeding 15 trillion dollars, what justifies the use of taxpayer dollars to fund rebuilding of mosques overseas? PLEASE DONATE TO FSM ! 2012 Fund Raising Campaign FamilySecurityMatters.org publishes over 50 Contributing Editors whose expertise and experience on various topics is both valuable and costly. FSM also publishes a wealth of information you can use to join the fight to keep our families and our nation safe and sovereign. To help us carry these and other operating expenses, we ask that you be as generous as you possibly can during our 2012 Fund Raising Campaign. We need your tax-deductible support now more than ever! Just go here and fill out the form. You'll be able to charge a tax-deductible donation on your credit card or to send us a check - and please remember, every little bit helps! Read FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor J. Christian Adams' SHOCKING new book! Buy it here * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. VIDEO: Stossel: Some People Are ‘Dumb' And Shouldn't Vote 2. VIDEO: Nancy Pelosi: Nothing brings more money to the Treasury than education 3. VIDEO: Al Sharpton Attempts To Trash O'Keefe Voter Sting 4. VIDEO: Martin Luther King's Niece Says He Would Have Supported Pro-Life Values 5. VIDEO: Placating Iran? US, Israel Defense Drill Postponed 6. VIDEO: Recent Rash of Anti-Semitic Graffiti in New York 7. VIDEO: Air Force Captain's Super-Sized Surprise 8. VIDEO: French President Sarkozy Responds To France's S&P Downgrade VIDEO: The Real Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady The Debt Record: Are American Families Safer? Peter Huessy In 3 years we have added $6 trillion in debt. Our total debt now exceeds our GDP, as the administration asks for $1.2 trillion more. Never before have we borrowed so much, so fast for so little. Leadership 101: Emotion and the Three M's W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Just as it is hard work to develop the body and to condition the mind, mastery of our emotions requires focused - perhaps even harder - work daily. American Textbooks And The Lies They Tell Diane Kepus American school textbooks not only portray a biased view of Islam, there is also blatant political bias, where liberalism is feted and issues like patriotism and conservatism are relegated. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. YouTube Freezes Palestinian Media Watch Account, Pulls Fatah Video Calling for Religious War with Jews, Born of ‘Apes & Pigs' [DAILY CALLER] 2. Pakistani court raps prime minister [WT] 3. U.S. urges South Korea to cut Iran oil imports [FOX] 4. New docs show high-risk concern behind DOE loan guarantees other than Solyndra [DAILY CALLER] 5. Saudi Arabia targets $100 crude price [FT] 6. Egypt's next parliament to be led by Islamist [WA PO] 7. CBS Looking To Add Tebow To Broadcast Team...for THIS Weekend [CBS] 8. EDITORIAL: Administration's shrinking Navy - Carrier cuts undermine U.S. power in the Pacific [WT] New York Times Promotes Freedom for Terrorist Cliff Kincaid A member of the Weather Underground who has been sentenced to life imprisonment is the subject of a New York Times article that attempts to present her as deserving of freedom. Al-Qaeda Terrorists Seize Control of City in Yemen Jim Kouri, CPP Dozens of al-Qaeda militants Sunday morning seized a city in Yemen's southern province of al-Bayda. Quote of the Day - January 17, 2012 FSM: Quote of the Day Words that the current administration should have heeded... The Islamist Plan for Victory: "Gradualism" Ryan Mauro One of the mistakes that the West makes is that it doesn't listen to what the Islamists are saying. If only we listened, we could hear their strategy. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!