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To: TimF who wrote (624006)	8/15/2011 11:26:51 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574747

What we're seeing on the streets in Britain right now is something we may be starting to see here. It hasn't come together in a conflagration, but it is out there, and I think it's growing. And as in Britain, it doesn't have anything to do with political grievances per se. Philadelphia right now is under curfew because of "flash mobs." Young people send out the word on social media, and suddenly dozens or hundreds of them hit a targeted store, steal everything on the shelves, and run, knowing no one will stop them or catch them. It's happened in other cities, too. Sometimes the mobs beat people up on the street and take their money. There are the beat-downs in McDonald's, where the young lose all control and the old fear to intervene. There were the fights and attacks last weekend at the Wisconsin State Fair. You've seen the YouTubes of fights on the subways. You often see links to these stories on Drudge: He headlines them "Les Miserables." Some of these young people come from brokenness, shallowness and terror, and are bringing those things into the world with them. Here are some statistics of what someone last week called a new lost generation. In 2009, the last year for which census data are available, there were 74 million children under 18. Of that number, 20 million live in single-parent families, often with only an overwhelmed mother or a beleaguered grandmother. Over 700,000 children under 18 have been the subject of reports of abuse. More than a quarter million are foster children. These numbers suggest the making -- or the presence -- of a crisis.... After that, what? Britain is about to face that question. We'll likely have to face it, too. -- Peggy Noonan, "Après le Déluge, What?" (The Wall Street Journal)

To: TimF who wrote (624006)	8/15/2011 11:31:23 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574747

Gov't employment in the US has been dropping for two years. Spending has been pretty steady recently, after a huge climb. Employment has dropped slightly, but is still at a very high level, not at an austere level. BS. Employment and spending has dropped significantly over the last two years.....hurting the country on a number of different levels. We have a revenue problem in this country. Pretending there isn't one does not change that immutable fact. I guess having debacles like the real estate and wall street messes of 2008 isn't lesson enough for you conservatives. Government contributed to them. Yes. A lack of governance under Bush.