Potomac Fever: Waivers and the rule of law

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ian Thresher said...: "Our citizens [are] the world's freest." If we look at Freedom of the Press statistics, which is one way of determining the relative freedom of a nation's citizens, we will find that the U.S. ranks 36th in the world. Far from the "freest."; April 12, 2011 at 9:34 AM
PBM said...: Your being unpatriotic, Ian. America and Freedom go together like peanut butter and jelly. I don't care what some socialist, European ranking system says about us. AMERICUH!; April 12, 2011 at 9:43 AM
TJE said...: PBM, this will bring tears to your eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DctgMpIIohY; April 12, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Ian Thresher said...: We also rank very low on a number of other important "free" indexes.

http://www.vexen.co.uk/countries/best.html; April 12, 2011 at 11:41 AM
TJE said...: Vexen seems like a guy in pajamas.; April 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Ian Thresher said...: Maybe, but it is an interesting compilation of data; April 12, 2011 at 12:36 PM
TJE said...: Peace Index?; April 12, 2011 at 1:11 PM