Canada
Northern Neighbor Thinks Obama Was a Mistake
Canadian Commentator: “The Press Gave America ‘An Untried, Unknown,’ ‘Incompetent’ President.” Maybe what America’s press really need is a Canadian television commentator to explain how atrocious their coverage of Barack Obama has been since the moment he tossed his named into the presidential ring in February 2007.
How Free Is America?
We are accustomed to thinking of ourselves as the freest people on Earth. But, are we? According to the Heritage Foundation’s 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, the United States stands at a dismal 9th in international rankings for economic liberty, embarrassingly behind social democracies like New Zealand (4th) and Canada (6th) and well behind Asian powerhouses Hong Kong and Singapore (first and second, respectively).
Mark Kirk Reaches Out to Voters
We Have Been Warned:
S&P Today: “if an agreement is not reached and meaningful implementation is not begun by then (2013), this would in our view render the U.S. fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than that of peer ‘AAA’ sovereigns.”
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