"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
We are hearing a lot these days about the Duchess of Cambridge Kate expecting a baby. As expected, the media is focusing way too much on her morning sickness. I think that Kate knows by now that media hysteria was part of the world that she got into when she married William.
First, I am thrilled that William & Kate are expecting a baby. I am very happy when I hear that any married couple is going to have a baby. Babies are life and nothing is more precious than life!
Second, we understand the history behind the royalty and how "first borns" matter.
Beyond the baby, there is a larger story that we need to repeat: EUROPE NEEDS BABIES or there won't be a Europe that we recognize in 25-30 years!
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In about 2 years, we've seen Egypt, Syria and Libya go from bad to worse.
In Syria, we are now warning the regime not to use WMDs on their own people. I agree with the warning but I just hope that we are willing to go through with it. Furthermore, why weren't drawing "red lines" when 31,000 people were killed?
My concern in Syria is that there are no pretty options. It would be a huge mistake to put US troops in a Syrian civil war, specially since we are not going to get much help from the other NATO countries.
In Egypt, Pres Morsi has made a mess really messy. I don't see a happy ending to that one either.
In Libya, we are also in the middle of another civil war. We are also waiting for an explanation of the terrorist attack and killing of 4 US citizens in September.
Add Iran and Israel and you have one gigantic mess!
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The US economy sent out more mixed signals today, as James Pethokoukis reports: "The more you drill down into the November jobs report, the worse it looks. On the surface, not so bad. Nonfarm employment increased by 146,000 jobs last month, beating expectations of around 93,000. What’s more, the jobless rate fell to 7.7%, the lowest since December 2008, versus expectations of 7.9%. And the broader U-6 rate — taking into account some discouraged workers and the underemployed — fell to 14.4% from 14.6%. Private sector jobs rose by 147,000." Here is the bottom line: First, we are not creating enough jobs. Second, we do not have enough growth. Third, we are lowering the unemployment by shrinking the labor force. Overall, it is not a good report. We spent an entire segment on Fridays show talking about Obama-Care and all of the "surprises" in the new law. We remind that the Obama administration is still writing the rules almost two years after it passed Congress.
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Some good news and bad news in a 24-hour news cycle:
The Cowboys win but it was too close for comfort. Believe it or not but Dallas is still in the playoff hunt.
The Aggies will play Oklahoma in The Cotton Bowl. This is great! This game will draw a huge crowd and generate a lot of interest.
Mike Napoli is going to Boston. Frankly, I don't blame Napoli for taking the money....I would do the same thing! However, how do you replace him in this lineup?
We will keep an eye on the winter meeings. I think that Texas needs to sign Hamilton, make a pitch for David Price and Brandon McCarthy as a cheaper alternative to the starting rotation.
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Let's
wish Pres Calderon a happy retirement. On balance, he tried but
failed to reform Mexico's "sacred cows" such as PEMEX. He also took on
the cartels and the war has been very costly but a lot of "narcos" are
dead or in prison. My guess is that Mexicans will remember him as a
strong leader who made tough decisions. He leaves office without a
major scandal and that speaks volumes about his character and
integrity. Let's say hello to Pres Pena-Nieto. I think that Pres Pena-Nieto starts with two strong positives: 1) He was the governor of the largest state and got a first hand look at the economic realities of the country; and, 2)
He and the new First Lady are very telegenic. I think that he has the
potential to connect with Mexicans and enjoy a lot of support. Pres Pena-Nieto will face some negatives: 1)
He is from the PRI and that is bad news for many Mexicans. I think
that many Mexicans are not buying that the new PRI is different from
the old PRI. The old PRI is well known for corruption and crony
capitalism. 2)
Mexico faces very serious structural problems, i.e PEMEX and an under-performing agricultural sector. Mexico will continue to live in
the 1930s unless PEMEX and agriculture are reformed and brought to the
21st century. Mexico should start by allowing foreign investment in
both sectors. Last, but not least, Pres Pena-Nieto will learn that Pres Obama is not really interested in Mexico or Latin America. Pres
Obama only thinks about Mexicans during the campaign. He quickly
forgets about them after the election as we saw in his first term. It
won't be any different in the second term, especially if Mexicans keep
blindly giving Obama 70% of their vote! Why should Pres BO care about
the Mexican vote if they keep voting for him no matter what the results
are?
Good luck to the new president of Mexico. Tags:Hello Pena-Nieto, Goodbye Calderon To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the My View by Silvio Canto, Jr. Thanks!
"Without 3%-4% growth, Mr. Obama will never get middle-class incomes back
to what they were even in 2007.
Without faster growth, he'll never
raise enough tax revenue to reduce his trillion-dollar deficits, much
less finance ObamaCare.
Without faster growth, he'll be forced to choose
between cutting entitlements, raising taxes again, or facing a debt
crisis that may not wait until 2016."
That's right. We need more growth or we won't be able to pay for all of those services that Pres BO promised his voters.
Does Pres BO understand that?
He'd better understand it or he will soon be wishing that Mitt Romney had won the election.
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"“We fully support your proposal,” said Peña Nieto in reference to
Obama's immigration plan, according to the pool report. “We want to
contribute. We want to be part of this.”"
It would be nice if Mr Pena-Nieto would share that proposal with the rest of us in North America.
Why is that?
The answer is simple: Pres BO has never made an immigration proposal public. He has delivered annual "5 de Mayo" speeches but never a proposal that Congress could vote on.
Unlike Pres Bush and Sen McCain, who actually spent their political capital trying to pass an immigration reform bill, Pres BO has never proposed a plan.
We call on Pres BO to put an immigration reform plan on the table. Let's debate it. Let's have a public discussion, as we did back in 2007 when Pres Bush & Sen McCain had the political courage to fight for reform.
My guess is that we will spend the next four years hearing "5 de Mayo" speeches with lots of "si se puede". However, don't expect Pres BO to lead because he does not have the votes in his own party....yes his own Dem party.
Perhaps another four years of "5 de Mayo" speeches and "si se puede-isms" will finally convince Hispanics that there is a better way. In other words, blindly giving Pres BO 70% of your vote will just buy you indifference.
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