Regardless of the merits or failings of the Obama administration's concern for the feelings of the Muslim world, cooperating with the filmmakers displays an inconsistency that should not go by unremarked upon.
In addition to its location is the fact that Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth, so passengers from there don't have to go through customs upon arriving on the mainland, said Laila Rico, a spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Without massive cuts in entitlements, which are not likely to happen in whatever deal the politicians come up with, the economy in 2013 will either continue to limp along or actually go into reverse depending upon how high taxes are raised.