Feel Better About Our Economy

There are worst places.

Hey folks,

{Laughing} Welcome to the OPNTalk Blog's Big Sunday Edition. Glad you could make it. Yes, you can feel better about our economy. So says US News and World Report. There are 11 Places With a Worse Economy Than Ours.

When times are tough, one thing that tends to raise the spirits is knowing that somebody else has it worse. And as wretched as the U.S. economy seems, it's not as bad as in other regions.

So you can feel good that you have it bad. {Laughing} You could live in one of those 11 other places.

We should count ourselves lucky, though. The IMF expects at least 11 major parts of the world to have more severe economic contractions than the United State this year, including most of western Europe, Japan, Russia, and Mexico. Europe will still be stumbling along behind the United States next year, as well.

Yes folks, I'm in one of those moods. I'm a little ticked, a whole lot tired, and a bit giddy. So when I see something like this, it just makes me laugh.

Anyway, coming right up today?

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All that in a second. So, the other big news? Obama met with the Pope. {Sigh} They did not agree on Abortion or Stem Cells. REALLY? This is news? The biggest Anti-Life President in history doesn't agree with the POPE on Abortion? Or destroying Human Embryos? You don't say?

Well, the Pope gave Obama with a copy of a Vatican document on bioethics that hardened the church's opposition to using embryos for stem cell research, cloning and in-vitro fertilization. Obama said he would read it on the flight to Ghana.

So? This is not going to change Obama's mind. He doesn't care what the Pope thinks. The Pope is obviously not going to care what Obama thinks on these issues. So what's the point. All it was, was a photo opt for Obama.

Going to fill my cup and then we can get started. OH, by the way, on every post for a few, I will be posting the Note: New Email opntalk@gmail.com Remember, I no longer have your contact information and I will not get any new Emails on the old one. Use opntalk@gmail.com for any correspondence from this day forward.

Today's Coffee of the Day? New England Coffee "Hazelnut Creme" www.newenglandcoffee.com. Be right back.
Peter

Sources:
US News and World Report - 11 Places With a Worse Economy Than Ours
Fox News - The Pope Gives Obama Booklet on Bioethics in First Meeting