<div dir="ltr">A new posting - <br><h3 class="" itemprop="name"><a href="http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/2014/08/democracy-soiled-case-against-us-ruling.html">Democracy Soiled: The Case against the US Ruling Class</a></h3><h3 style="color:rgb(0,102,0)">

</h3>  - from Zoltan Zigedy is available at:<br><span><a href="http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/</a></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Reading
the latest <b>Wall Street Journal/NBC News </b>opinion<b> </b>poll is
like glimpsing a snapshot of an alien civilization. Surely these are
not the opinions of the flag-waving, beer-guzzling US masses depicted
on television and by the rest of popular culture. Surely this is not
the world view of the self-absorbed, numbed populace, addicted to the
NFL and movie weepers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Are
we to believe that <b>nearly two out of three (62%) of those polled
are dissatisfied with “America's role in the world”</b>? If most
citizens are unhappy with the US government destabilizing Iraq,
Libya, Syria, Ukraine, or supporting genocide in Palestine despite
unrelenting media lies and government deception, then how do our
leaders justify their acts? Why do innumerable and endless wars
continue?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Why
do <b>almost two-thirds of those polled (64%) express dissatisfaction
with the “state of the US economy”</b>? Are they not following
stock market euphoria? Are they not listening to pundits who have
declared “recovery”? Aren't US citizens paying attention to
financial cheerleaders?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Why
do <b>three out of four (76%) of the people have no confidence that
“life for our children's generation will be better than it has been
for us</b><b>,</b><b>”</b> up from 60% in 2007? </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Why
the negativism? Why the pessimism? Why do <b>over half (54%) of poll
respondents believe that “[t]he widening income gap between the
wealthy and everyone else is undermining the idea that every American
has the opportunity for a better standard of living”</b>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">How
can our fellow citizens hold such bold, radical ideas? How have they
escaped the constant beating of the drums of war and the ubiquitous
celebration of prosperity and American grandeur?</span></span></div>

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:medium">The
answer is really quite simple: they have lost confidence in
politicians, the political system, and other key institutions....<span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><i><b> to read the rest of the article, go to: </b></i></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><i><b><a href="http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/">http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/</a></b></i></span><br>
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