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US Plummets On World Press Freedom Ranking
Jeremiah Cornelius writes "Reporters Without Borders released its 2011-2012 global Press Freedom Index. The indicators for press freedom in the U.S. are dramatic, with a downward movement from 27th to 47th in the global ranking, from the previous year. Much of this is correlated directly to the arrest and incarceration of American journalists covering the 'Occupy' protest movements in New York and across the country. 'This is especially troubling as we head into an election year which is sure to spark new conflicts between police and press covering rallies, protests and political events.' Only Chile, who dropped from 33 to 80, joined the U.S. in falling over 100% of their previous ranking. Similarly, Chile was downgraded for 'freedom of information violations committed by the security forces during student protests.'"
does freedom of the press have anything to do with freedom to go anywhere you want? Freedom of the press is about publishing without interference, not about being able to go anywhere one wants. What happened to the journalists trying to cover OWS was no good, but it wasn't a freedom of the press issue.
So, Obamacare not take over anything. It puts some new regulations on private insurance companies, prevents individuals from abusing the system with an individual mandate, and helps individuals for whom the mandate would be burdensome by providing them with subsidies.
Um, then why are so many unions and company's opting out? Why are 20% of the waivers from Nancy Pelosi's district? Why would all these companies and unions opt out of Obamacare if, as YOU stated, it has absolutely no effect on them? What are they opting out of? Why would the government even create a waiver system if there was no point in opting out?
The answer to all these questions:
YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT! You tell lies while calling others liars.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Wait a minute - wasn't Obama supposed to fix all that? What about all these "Jesus was also a community-organizer" - stuff?
How is it possible that Obama's America becomes very much similar to the governments that Obama supports abroad?
Why does Obama start more wars all around the world than Bush, yet nobody seems to care?
Oh, and by the way, any moron who still believes that it's all the fault of R/D and that D/R would fix it: R+D are merely circus factions, both Romney and Obama are deep in the pocket of the banks, just like Bush was. And the media will do everything to prevent Ron Paul from winning.