[MichiganMan]

It should be noted that NONE of the PC innovations are coming from Europe. There are virtually no start-ups or successful ventures on the continent.

Hey, that is a fantastic point... one I've not ever seen made elsewhere.  Thank you.  It will come in very handy in discussions with self-hating Americans that inevitably idealize the European way of doing things without ever having lived under such supposed Utopias. 

[Natural Law]

This is one of the most troubling aspects of Obama’s European-style Social Democracy. European business is dominated by the super corporations who are joined at the hip with government in a symbiotic relationship. Small business cannot get started or get a toe hold because their products, innovations, and existence is blocked by regulations developed by the business giants.