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The 2011 Canadian federal election was held  May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 41st Canadian Parliament.

The Conservative Party 167 seats remained in government, New Democratic Party 167 won the largest number of seats in their history and will form the Official Opposition for the first time ,Liberal Party 34 won the fewest seats in their history  and the Bloc Québécois 6 Green Party won 1.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan spoke the American Council for Capital Formation

The Fox News First GOP debate 2012

The "Dark Horse Debate" was today in Greenville,South Carolina between Tim "Who"Pawlenty former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.); ex-Godfather’s Pizza chief executive Herman Cain; and two libertarians, Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson.

Mitt Romney, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin,reality television star  Donald Trump, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman were no shows.

US president Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, has been killed in a US operation in Pakistan.

"Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of innocent people," Obama said in a statement.

 bin Laden had been killed in a house outside Islamabad in a US operation. His body is  in the possession of the US.

It is a major accomplishment for Obama and his national security team. Obama's predecessor, George Bush, had repeatedly vowed to bring to justice the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, but never did before leaving office in early 2009.

May Day is the  International Workers' holiday,  a day of political demonstrations and celebrations from  to Chicago its birth as the Haymarket  general strike for three days against the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

Today workers are suffering in Madison,Wisconsin,Indiana,Michigan and Tripoli at the hands of the capitalists.

Politics Sunday will return next Sunday.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation host a Presidential Summit on Spending and Job Creation  from Manchester, NH.

Participating in the Summit will be Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum.

Federal prosecutors investigating how the anti-secrecy Web site WikiLeaks obtained large amounts of classified data are exploring potential criminal conspiracy charges

“If the Justice Department concludes that a crime has been committed, it will twist itself like a pretzel to avoid using the Espionage Act, not only because it is old and vague but because it raises a number of First Amendment for problems prosecutors,” said Abbe D. Lowell, a Washington defense attorney who has handled leak cases.

Growing number of Democrats are threatening to defy the White House over the national debt, joining Republican calls for deficit cuts as a requirement for consenting to lift the country’s borrowing limit.

The internet as a demoratic model for universal access or a plaform for the few.Today we have social media that is own by powerful corporations as Google,Facebook,Comcast and You Tube.

Julius Genachowski  on proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, as well as FCC’s ruling in December on network neutrality. Network neutrality is the idea that Internet providers allow all content providers equal access to networks(edited version).

What is needed is a Fairness Doctrine  for the internet.

(The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was, in the Commission's view, honest, equitable and balanced.)

The White House released Barack H Obama’s birth certificate, which showed that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

President  Obama expressed puzzlement that some people continue to believe he is not a U.S. citizen, a rumor he said has been fueled by “side shows and carnival barkers,We do not have time for this silliness. We’ve got better stuff to do. I’ve got better stuff to do. We’ve got big problems to solve.”

The president will nominate CIA Director Leon Panetta as secretary of defense in a series of national security shifts that will also place Gen. David Petraeus to  the CIA.

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has launched an exploratory campaign, taking the first step towards an expected third run at the presidency and second candidacy for the Republican nomination.

I will not be a candidate for president next year. This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided."Hundreds of people have encouraged me to run and offered both

to give and raise money for a presidential campaign.  Many volunteers have organized events in support of my pursuing the race.  Some have dedicated virtually full time to setting up preliminary organizations in critical, early states and to helping plan what has been several months of intensive activity.

"I greatly appreciate each and every one of them and all their outstanding efforts.  If I have disappointed any of them in this decision, I sincerely regret it.

"A candidate for president today is embracing a ten-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all else.  His (or her) supporters expect and deserve no less than absolute fire in the belly from their candidate.  I cannot offer that with certainty, and total certainty is required.

"This decision means I will continue my job as Governor of Mississippi, my role in the Republican Governors Association and my efforts to elect a new Republican president in 2012, as thestakes for the nation require that effort to be successful."