Freedom's just a memory...America ranks 48th out of 49...at the bottom

http://ecoggins.hubpages.com/hub/Freedom-House-Ranking-Freedom-in-the-World

The 49 Most Free Countries in the World

From their research Freedom House determined which countries of the world could be considered the most and least free in terms of political freedom and civil liberties. In all, 49 countries rated a "1" in both political freedom and civil liberties indicating the most free societies in the world, included the following nations:

Andorra
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominca
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kiribati
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Palau
Poland
Portugal
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay

yep, we are screwed.

But I still have paltalk and life is good.  

A good comment from an article...

gerry d welder Oct 11, 2013 at 7:03 am

NSA, DOE, FDA, EPA, IRS, DEA, CIA, FBI, DEP, NPS, TSA, DHS, CIA, DOJ, DNR, USDA, DOT, NFS, ATF, USPP, DPS, FEMA (and FEMA camps), ETC., ETC. (and growing) federal agencies (each now armed and with their own SWAT Team) becoming predatory towards it's citizens, that produce nothing and generate no revenue but require massive funding from a dwindling, overtaxed private citizen work force, Outright confiscation of private citizen's property and wealth is all but carved in stone to feed this monster (and you wondered why all those FEMA camps? How else can they fund all these expanding federal agency complexes, vehicles, salaries and pensions?). ;One dollar spent on a 'FEDERAL' level cost 10 times more than if that same job was done on a 'STATE' level.,

Government is bad. Chile is a more free than the US. The Cubs are going to win the World Series. Yep