America Drops from #1 In 2007 to #10 In 2010. That Should Make You Wonder What Is Causing This.

To be clear, these are J Albert's Conclusions and not the Conclusion of any other person or entity. Yes, I am going to make some insinuations based on what I see from the data. You can make your own determinations from the data and post it here so others can see.

In The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index that was presented on the 26^th of October, shows the United States of American is ranked at #10 for the 2010. Is this good for America? I personally don’t feel it is, especially since we have dropped from a tie in first place in 2007 Prosperity Index Report. In fact, since 2007 we have moved from Ranking #1 to #4 in 2008, the 2009 Prosperity Index Report shows a Ranking of #9 to where we are today, at #10 out of 110 countries.

High Level Breakdown of Key Points From

The 2007 – 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index Reports

Description/Category	Rankings
	2010	2009	2008	2007
Overall Ranking	10	9	4	1**
Economy	14	14	***	***
Entrepreneurship & Opportunity	3	1	***	***
Governance	3	16	***	***
Education	9	7	***	***
Health	1	27	***	***
Safety and Security	25	19	***	***
Personal Freedom	9	8	***	***
Social Capital	12	7	***	***
Democratic Institutions	*	2	***	***
Material wealth Performance	*	*	1	6
Life Satisfaction Performance	*	*	9	2
Ranking Lowered	* No longer monitored
Ranking Improved or Stayed Same	** Tied for #1 with Norway and Sweden
	*** Not Broken Out in this year

Table 1 – Data from Original Documents

As you can see, the over all ranking is the only common point of data that can be found across the years, which clearly shows that the United States is moving in directions that are not in the best interest of the Country. In an email from a Research Assistant with the Legatum Institute, they have taken the 2009 data and ran it through the 2010 matrix. This shows some big differences in areas that surprised me.

Country	Overall Score						Economy					Education
	10		09		Movement		10	09		Movement		10		09		Movement
United States	10		10		0	vw	14	12		-2	q	9		9		0		vw
	Entrepreneurship & Opportunity						Governance					Personal Freedom
	10	09		Movement			10	09		Movement		10		09		Movement
	3	3		0		vw	3	8		5	p	9	9		0		vw
	Health						Safety and Security					Social Capital
	10	09		Movement			10		09	Movement		10	009		Movement
	1	1		0		vw	25		26	1	p	12	8		-4		q

Table 2 – 2009 Data updated to 2010 matrix from

 Research Assistant of the Legatum Institute

As the movement from 2009 to 2010 is not as great when using this view, we still have dropped 9 places since 2007 and 6 rankings from 2008. The only attribution I can give for this drastic of change is our political structure has been altered. Altered in a way where we have all Democrats in the two primary branches of government, the Congressional and Executive branches to be specific. Read the report and grasp the importance of the data. The World's perception of the United States has changed between 2008 and 2009 basically because our President consistently put the US Down to our enemy's and allies. Also during this time frame, congress began taking huge portions of the American Businesses and placing them under government control which put businesses into the frame of mind to hold on to their cash and see what would be happening.

In looking at Table 2, we can see an area to be concerned. Our Economy should be leading the world, not ranked 14th in the world. The fact that over the 4 years since the Legatum Institute has been researching this data and reporting publicly, The United States has fallen and not consistently. Our Rankings have fallen between 2008 and 2009 9 points over all. The only bright spot is our Health which is #1 (ranked on the old scale at #27), remained consistent. I am looking forward to seeing what is going to happen between the end of the 2010 reporting period data gathering and the 2011 data gathering, especially if more effects of the Health Care hit the report.

In looking at the data, from 2007 to now, the purse strings of the United States has not been with Conservatives or Republicans, but with a Democratic House, Senate and starting in 2009 with both Executive and Congressional Branches have been dominated by the Liberal/Democratic party. I know that the President and Congress have been saying that all of the problems are that caused by former President Bush, but the reality is that the President  has little or no control of spending without using the Veto. Any spending that has hit the budgets over the 4 years has come from Liberals, Democrats, and Progressives who have put forth their agenda, singularly.

You can deny the facts, which I really love. President Obama has not put forth many, if any bills so that he can say these programs came from Congress. This is plausible deniability for the President. He hopes we have bad memories, which is difficult to have with the internet and bloggers and reporters using the internet to shoot the facts out for all to see. He has yet to put for a budget for this years physical budget. That does come from the President, but the House of Representatives can change it as they see fit and send it off to the Senate in any format they choose and then if the Senate agrees, they will send it off to the President to sign off or Veto. Would be nice if the President had line item veto power, but we do not give him that power, only sign or veto all. 

I would like to know what the Government is doing to get the United States back to a number 1 ranking in these areas and reported on by Legatum Institute. I know all Americans feel that we should be at a #1 Ranking, though Progressives make it should like we should all be equal or at least the US worse than anyone because we have been to prosperous as a nation. How about this. We tax 99% anyone who has US Citizenship for their net worth of any amount above $500 Million. That would also go for any person that tries to invest in the Political Process for any resources inside or outside of the United States, thus including wealth hidden in off shore accounts.

The problem with our tax structure is that we vilify those in the upper 1% to 5% who pay the largest portion of the Taxes and give people that do not make any money a refund every year. Not every person is paying their fair share. Sorry that I don't agree with the argument that people on welfare can't pay taxes in an equal amount. If there is a tax on consumption instead of income, everyone would be paying equally, which is very Constitutional. Allowing anyone to hide money or to get paid off shore is illegal in my book and that includes any person that in an actor, producer, or whom ever else is part of the the multi-million dollar entertainment group that is pushing for these laws but hides or gets their money from off shore business entity's. Same should be said for any citizen who used off shore accounts to hide or to invest and hide profits in the off shore accounts.

America needs to get back into the business of Production. A tax should be added for any work that goes overseas, including call centers. These were American jobs that American companies had to send off shore because of Unions wanting to much from American Companies. Yes, it seems to always go back to the groups that are pushing the Progressive agenda. The United States has no right to be more prosperous than any other country on the earth. Well Progressives, lets see you dole up and dump your money into the coffers of the United States before you start telling Americans how to live and what to do with our money.

This is J Albert and I feel we should be totally pissed off that our government does not want us to be the MOST Prosperous Country. What about you? Are you happy moving down in the list and not being the Number 1? I am NOT. I want the United States of America to be the most Prosperous country in the world.

Ann Coulter: Beauty, Brains, Conservative and Proud

I have spent the better part of the day reading over Ann Coulter's website and found her to be one on the most engaging and beautiful woman that I have not had the pleasure to meet. Yes, the Beautiful word was there and I meant for it to be there because in my minds eye she is. Does that make me a sexist? I hope so because I am so tired of being politically correct that you can not tell a beautiful and intelligent woman how beautiful she is. It has to be something like "I found the view of her to be interesting and would like to get to know her brain better." Well, that too I reckon.

We spend so much time worrying about what other people say and think that we forget what it is that we felt that caused us to want to say something in the first place. I have promised myself that I will never hide behind political correctness again. That only causes one to feel inferior, and folks, none of us are inferior to anyone. Is Ann Coulter out of my league? I don't know, but she is the one person on my list of thing to do or people to meet that I have left on my bucket list.

Today, when someone is in the public eye, we get afraid of saying what comes from our heart because others might take it the wrong way. I am not obsessed by Ms Coulter, but I am infatuated, LOL. In reading about her today I can see why many on the left are so against this woman. I feel that the left vilifies her as much, if not more than Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, because she is a woman with a mind of her own and she uses it daily to drive them nuts. For that one point alone she is valuable to Conservatives, but adding her books and views of Christianity on top of that shows a woman that is formidable to any liberal or Democrat on the planet.

I feel one the be better quality's is her ability to see something and then speak intelligibly about what was just seen, so that anyone confused can grasp the situation. I think I would say she has the common persons heart with the ability to speak her mind in such a way that once the person she just plowed under in a debate or general conversation will never realize that they have been taken down a few notches.

I guess what I am saying is that Ann is a role model for women and for men also. To have the ability to speak your mind in an open forum and be heard is amazing in it self. She also has the ability to teach what Conservatism is and how it is common sense that leads many on the Right. Beauty, charm, and whit makes her, in my book, the most influential woman on the Conservative side of the equation, and one day I hope to be able to call her a friend.

This is J Albert hoping you have a great today and a better weekend to rest up for voting early on Tuesday Morning, November 2, 2010.

Huffington Post article: Bailout Oversight Panel Slams Obama Administration, Treasury Over Growing Housing And Foreclosure Crisis; Treasury's Responses 'Not Plausible'

Scanning through various tweets and someone had retweeteg a Huffington Post article, "Bailout Oversight Panel Slams Obama Administration, Treasury Over Growing Housing And Foreclosure Crisis; Treasury's Responses 'Not Plausible." So now I have to read the article on the Huffington Post. Shaking my head.


After reading through this article 3 times and still finding it hard to grasp, I stepped back for a while and worked on Thursday night again, and finally figured it out. This is a preemptive strike on Americans to see what we will be thinking if this were to become a reality. Any bank that is holding this much of the CDOs,in my mind, are getting what they are due, and bankruptcy is something that should happen since many American's like myself do not believe that there are any companies too big to fail. Per the Huffington Post article "CDO's or collateralized debt obligations, are securities based on the value of other securities, like home mortgage bonds. Synthetic CDOs are essentially side bets on those securities."

As it says in the article, these are bets and in my view maybe this is one investment that should be closed out so no bank can fail because they are betting on CDO's, which I don't feel anyone should be betting on anyway. It is much like betting on people being able to make their home payments when they only have Social Security Disability for income, but that is exactly what was required of banks from our Government.

All in all, I think the people that are responsible for the Fanni and Freddi Mac's failures will be leaving Washington DC over the next few months for new jobs. Some wish the President would also leave, but I am not one of them. I want this President to finish his term and watch as all the Progressive Wish List is erased from the laws passed by Congress as they either go unfunded or get repealed by the new Congress beginning in 2011. There is no reason for any President to surround themselves with so many incompetent people as this President has done and continues to do. President Bush did a better job of cabinet positions and his Economics Team was much more experienced.

Blaming President Bush for the problems with the economy is laughable since it was the Democrat Party that is responsible for all of the spending during most of his term in office. It was not President Bush that was pushing for all Americans to be home owners, as a few in Congress said it was a right. The only Rights I am aware of is the Right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, not health insurance or home ownership. We need to start holding our Congress and our President to the letter of the Constitution and now the feelings of any one group.

This is J Albert and man oh man are my eyes tired.

This Is The Time For "NONVIOLENCE" To Be Put In To Play For All Americans

My greatest fear that I have for these next 5 days is that someone will say the wrong thing or someone hears something not said and the violence begins. I hope you will not only read this Blog but click on the Blue/Purple "Sign" and publicly sign. It only takes one person to start the violence. I hope it never does start, but if it were to start, let it not be by the hands of those that understand the dangers and risk that every impact our country for years to come. Live all of your garbage and trash at home and come out and join other Americans in peaceful shows of Democracy that our country has never seen before and I hope that will continue many lifetimes into the future.

The next section was borrowed from GlennBeck.Com and can be found at Pledge of Nonviolence

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Pledge of Nonviolence

Below is the Pledge of Nonviolence that Martin Luther King, Jr. asked those who believed in his message to abide by as well as his core principles of nonviolence.

I am going to ask you to make the same commitment to nonviolence and give you the opportunity to make that pledge public by having you ‘Sign’ these documents at Glenn Becks Website. Clicking on the Sign will take you to the spot.

-glenn (modified by J Albert)

1. As you prepare to march meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus
2. Remember the nonviolent movement seeks justice and reconciliation - not victory.
3. Walk and talk in the manner of love; for God is love.
4. Pray daily to be used by God that all men and women might be free.
5. Sacrifice personal wishes that all might be free.
6. Observe with friend and foes the ordinary rules of courtesy.
7. Perform regular service for others and the world.
8. Refrain from violence of fist, tongue and heart.
9. Strive to be in good spiritual and bodily health.
10. Follow the directions of the movement leaders and of the captains on demonstrations.

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The Five Principles of Nonviolence

1. Non-violent resistance is not a method for cowards. It does resist. The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests, as is the person who uses violence. His method is passive or nonaggressive in the sense that he is not physically aggressive toward his opponent, but his mind and emotions are always active, constantly seeking to persuade the opponent that he is mistaken. This method is passive physically but strongly active spiritually; it is nonaggressive physically but dynamically aggressive spiritually.

2. Nonviolent resistance does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding. The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation but he realizes that noncooperation is not the ends itself; it is merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent.

3. The attack is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who are caught in those forces. It is a struggle between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.

4. Nonviolent resistance avoids not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

5. Nonviolence is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice. It is the deep faith in the future that allows a nonviolent resister to accept suffering without retaliation. The nonviolent resister knows that in his struggle for justice, he has a cosmic companionship.

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As America enters into the final 5 Days before the Election on November 2nd, I hope that you will seriously consider taking this pledge. I hope you will share it in your church, other places of worship, even to ball games with the kids, going to a game or share it with the others in your foursome on the Golf Course. Stop hiding behind your shield and step out into the light and protection of God the Father.

I also hope that every chance you get you will lift up our Republic to God in prayer, so that he can used each of us to be the beacons of the light of Non Violence to all that know us and those that want to do what is right and just. Pray for our President that he will be safe, protected and for him to have guidance from the hand of God on his words and actions over these next 5 days. Pray for our Congress, State and Federal, our Governors, and other races in our community's, especially those in races that they all will be protected and safe, finding their guidance from the hand of God.

I hope that each of use has taken the time to vote and if not, where you can, get out and vote over the next few days so that on Tuesday we can fill up our vehicles taking anyone that wants to vote out to their polling places to vote for the one they choose, not the one you picked necessarily. Follow all election rules and remember, that this is not only our right to Vote, it is our duty as Citizens in the greatest country in the world.

This is J Albert and my vote is in and will be counted. How about you?

Should The Data In The Legatum Prosperity Index Be Used To Show How America Has Been Damaged By Progressives and The President

As the Elections are Drawing closer and closer, I want to share what I have found out in my research based on the Legatum Prosperity Index for years 2007 to 2010. I find it interesting that I in 2007 the USA was ranked #1 in a tie with Norway and Sweden. In 2008 the US was ranked #4. In 2009 the USA was ranked #9 and for this year, 2010 the USA was ranked #10. Take a look at the rankings and look at what has been happening in the USA politically, socially and in Congress.


The following Table Shows the Data that was taken from the reports:

Description/Category	Rankings
	2010	2009	2008	2007
Overall Ranking	10	9	4	1**
Economy	14	14	***	***
Entrepreneurship & Opportunity	3	1	***	***
Governance	3	16	***	***
Education	9	7	***	***
Health	1	27	***	***
Safety and Security	25	19	***	***
Personal Freedom	9	8	***	***
Social Capital	12	7	***	***
Democratic Institutions	*	2	***	***
Material wealth Performance	*	*	1	6
Life Satisfaction Performance	*	*	9	2
* No longer monitored	** Tied for #1 with Norway and Sweden
*** Not Broken Out in this year

As is obvious, the Legatum Prosperity Index shows disparity between the years which is caused by data not being available as well as the Methodology changed between 2008 to 2010 to provide a more valuable data to Countries and Regions. I feel what they are doing in these newer versions is great myself. It gives every person that accesses this Index Report can understand better what the impacts are in each area and together we can build a plan to improve our scores to get back to the #1 Ranking in all categories.

This is J Albert hoping you see the value of this data in this election cycle.

The Legatum Reports:
Legatum Prosperity
The 2010 Legatum Prosperity Index Brochure
The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index Report
The 2008 Legatum Prosperity Index Report
The 2007 Legatum Prosperity Index Report