As Venezuelans take to the streets protesting Maduro's socialist government and its excessive control over the media, and Ukrainians protest Viktor Yanukovych's decision to officially align with Putin's USSR-2.0 rather than the EU, Americans must begin to ponder their own fate under Barack Obama. We don't need economic freedom and free press indices to tell us we are losing the fight for free markets and liberty in our own country. A mere perusal of the onerous taxes and regulations to which we are subject, and gross government intrusion into our daily lives, makes undeniable the precipitous decline of our union. A free press is usually the hallmark of a free society and, while any conservative knows the press is controlled by Obama sycophants and socialist quislings, at least we still have the freedom to set up alternative media through the free market. This is why we have Fox News, talk radio, and a whole slew of conservative leaning blogs and online news magazines. Not for long....(Read Full Post)