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National Debt as Percentage of GDP By Country

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nationaldebtbygdp 300x2251 National Debt as Percentage of GDP By Country

This map shows the national debt of the countries of the world as a percentage of that nations GDP.  While I'm not saying the US National debt is not something to worry about ( it is ), it does remind us that while the US has the highest debt in the world, as a percentage of GDP it isn't as bad as some countries'.

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America's Best Idea

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales – from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska - The National Parks: America's Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background – rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
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At Least Some On The Right Have Started Facing The Fear-Mongering.

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While many respected journalists and researchers have shot down the claims of birthers (written about here and here) and deathers (here), most in the right have ignored or encouraged such fear-mongering rumors for political purposes.  These have been damaging to our country and for civilized debate. Jon Henke has recently come out against these rumors, and the spreader of many of these myths, World Net Daily (no, I won't link to them).
he certainly made some waves last week when -- clearly, and appropriately, disgusted by Jerome Corsi's bizarre piece in WorldNetDaily suggesting that President Obama was preparing concentration camps to round up and imprison his conservative critics -- Henke urged his fellow conservatives to disassociate themselves from WND in every way possible.
He's also asked the Republican National Committee to reject WND and it's contacts as well.
That claim, of course, was massively undercut by Terry Krepel's follow-up reporting for Media Matters, which noted that "one of the organizations that has rented WND's mailing list is ... the Republican National Committee." With full screen shots.
Henke called upon the RNC to disassociate itself from WND, but they unsurprisingly have politely declined.
I encourage watching the discussion on Rachel Maddow's show, as well as visiting his site, The Next Right, which seems to be a sensible and respected right-wing blog.  I also suggest sending him words of support, as they seem in low supply at the moment. TheNextRight

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