Posted by
Joe on Friday, January 12, 2007 1:04:08 AM
Alright, so it's been awhile since I've posted on this blog. I can assure you I haven't fallen victim to laziness. To the contrary, I have been spending quite a bit of time invested in my
Scottish Right blog. I would greatly appreciate if you'd check it out now and again!
In any event, I've decided that there's really no good reason why I can't make a concerted effort to run both Scottish Right and Dictator Watch. Scottish Right is more of a "catch-all" blog in that I post on politics and current news in a general sense. In doing so, I am competing with a multitude of really great blogs out there and am in a state of constant appreciation for my growing readership. The reason I established Dictator Watch was to provide a more refined, one-stop shopping venue for those interested in keeping tabs on some of the world's worst people. No, I'm not talking about Rosie and Donald. This is serious stuff! I'm referring to the dictators, tyrants and oligarchs who still hold billions of people under their boots.
Living in the West, I believe we often take for granted the freedoms we have. If we were to spend just a few weeks trying to survive in a place like Swaziland, Burma, China or Cuba, we would be in for a truly jarring experience. A disturbingly large number of people throughout the world live in a permanent condition of tyranny and squalor. This blog will attempt to tell their story by linking to news reports and with the occasional exposition and commentary by yours truly.
With that, I hope to become a more active participant in the terrific project that is Townhall!