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How a big US bank laundered billions from Mexico's murderous drug gangs
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28072.htm

Posted by ohNOyate

So how many ICH readers have NOT yet started buying gold, silver, stocking up food, water and the ability to purify water along with purchasing a good self-defence firearm or two, stocking at least 1000 rounds for each and learning how to use them? Show of hands, how many?

What are you waiting for? Government isn't going to help you, government is here to screw you. You've been told repeatedly. I still donate some of my time and money to help the homeless and indigent. That program is coming to a close as we come out of prep mode and go into "active mode". Active mode means 100% of our resources and trade will be internalized, only shared with our networks (what you used to call Affinity Groups). There won't be any more sharing with the public. There won't be any more admissions unless you have something we really want: doctors will be desired as will engineers, experienced farmers and electronics specialists. Or if you have more resources than we do and are not willing but BEGGING to trade it for our protection.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE BROKE. START NOW, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

There's some very good how-to advice for the poor man at www.LongTermStorageFood.com. You won't be asked to register, it's not a teaser for "buy the full e-book for $X", it's just free info from people who care. Also, start reading SurvivalBlog.com, there's a treasure trove of info in that.

In response to a question about a good weapon, ohNOyate responded:

Glad to answer! Depends on your budget and environment. But before we get started, I'll do something we don't normally or never used to do: I'll use more precise terminology but I'll refer to firearms as "weapons". We never did growing up because all we did was hunt. In the defensive scenario, that's a weapon.

We really like to see people with one of each on the following categories:

1. Handgun (sidearm, pistol). They are small and portable, take them with you anywhere, excellent in close quarters. Everybody likes the Glocks these days and when you fire one you'll see why. We recommend something ABOVE 9mm because people are carrying big guns these days and you don't want to be out-gunned. So we're talking .40 or .45 Cal here. This is your primary weapon, your carry weapon. I carry a Smith & Wesson stainless steel model because it's cheap, can resist moisture and if I run out of ammo I can always throw it at the guy and knock him out (joke ;) Retired police guns, especially Glocks, can be had anywhere. See if you can get a "2nd Generation" model. It should be mentioned that the .357, popular in "wheelguns" or revolvers, are favored by some. The semi-autos give us way more rounds so I favor them.

2. Shotgun. Excellent for close quarters and imbalance of force: bird shot disperses when fired giving you the chance to wound more than one assailant at once. Favored for home defense for this reason. Tactical shotguns are pump-action (if not semi-auto these days) to allow us to carry and fire a lot of rounds quickly. Plus shotguns are great for hunting. Get a 12Ga. that can chamber long and short rounds so you can use buckshot, slugs, birdshot and even beanbags if you want a "less than lethal round". The other firearms we discuss have no less-than-lethal option. But a retired cop model like the Remmington Wingmaster or the S&W Model 3000.

3. Rifle. Primary use: hunting large game. Secondary use: if you are every so fortunate as to identify a true assailant at long range, break out the rifle. You can get a perfectly fine hunting rifle, a large-bore, high-velocity round firing rifle for about $80. It's called the Mosin Nagant 7.62. Learn to shoot it straight and you can drop game at 200 yards. The step up from there might be an SKS which is a semi-auto rifle for about $250. It has a 4-shot integrated clip but you can modify them for a 15 or 30 round clip legally in most states (check your state laws before modifying any firearm). The step up from there, and I don't even have one but I think about it from time to time. The AK-47. Currently about $450. Their reputation is well deserved. If you have any reason to suspect the Mongol Hordes to come riding up to pillage your village, you want at least one of these. If I lived in an urban center I'd ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY HAVE ONE. As it is, I practically live in Mayberry so I have no compelling need for that kind of force. But still, they are wicked fun to shoot.

Now the follow-up notes. There's such a massive difference between the rifles just mentioned. The Mosin is a hunting tool these days although they usually come with a bayonette you could spit and roast a pig on. The SKS is for the hunter who expects to miss on the first shot or for more serious defense. They also come with a mean-ass bayonette. The AK is pure defense or recreation. You don't hunt with these, they are a "spray and pray" weapon. The idea is to mass a LOT of firepower, to keep the assailant's head down while you advance upon him and mercilessly destroy them. The AK is thus a medium-range weapon whereas the Mosin is long range.

So environment. If I'm out at the ranch, it's all about rifles although the defense scenario is almost inconceivable at this point in time. It's about hunting, but should some day the Mongol Hordes come, well they won't get close, they'll never even see us, they won't hear the sound of the shot that kills them. bullets travel faster than sound. In town, I'm often sidearmed but again, I'm in Mayberry so I often just leave it home. In the city I'm ALWAYS sidearmed and if I lived there, I'd have an AK at home if not in the behind the seat of the truck.

When you buy a used firearm, make sure to find out what the cost is new. You might find that for and extra $50 you can get a brand new firearm.

I RECOMMEND BUYING FROM A LICENSED DEALER or someone you know dang well and get it "papered" so your firearm has "pedigree", in other words you can be sure the thing wasn't ever used in the commission of a crime.

AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GET COMPETENT INSTRUCTION FROM A QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR AT A REAL FIRING RANGE (INDOORS OUR OUT) FIRST THING AFTER YOU BUY. REMEMBER YOU CAN TAKE BACK AN INSULT, YOU CAN FIX A MISTAKE BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE BACK A BULLET ONCE YOU PULL THE TRIGGER AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIX THAT MISTAKE.

It really is an awesome responsibility to be armed. For one thing it means you walk away from any fight you can. NO trading insults with loud-mouths when you are armed. Learn your state carry laws as well as their laws of firearms in use. In Arizona, there's a very clear protocol about what "brandishing" is and when it is and isn't appropriate. Our laws have recently changed from "no reasonable escape" to "castle doctrine". Our laws in Arizona also now recognize 5 phases of gun use for defense:

1. Concealed carry. Nobody knows you have it until you "indicate". And you don't want to indicate unless you have to.

2. In a technical sense, to go further, we're advised to make a STOP sign with your hand and announce "I believe you intend me violence, stop now, I do not want to fight you". You've just declared your body as being private property. If you have time to do this that is.

3. Indication is the third phase. We might make our sidearm visible (without touching it) as a deterrent.
4. Backstrapping or resting your hand on the backstrap. This is read as "I am armed, I have identified you as a threat and I'm prepared to use lethal force to defend myself".

5. Having exhausted alternatives, we draw, aim and are prepared to fire. By that time we probably are just firing away because anybody crazy enough to attack you when so warned, well, they want you dead for some reason or another.

This is Arizona law and I'd bet your state is more restrictive. Also note the previous law in Arizona, the "no reasonable escape" doctrine, that used to also be called "back up against the wall". You are drawn and ready to fire but you are retreating theoretically until your back is up against a wall and you have absolutely NO ESCAPE. This remains part of our training: escape. Escape before the trouble even starts. Cross the street if you see trouble coming, duck into a store, do anything you can reasonably do to de-escalate or seek escape or any non-violent resolution. Prosecutors aren't there to respect your rights, they are there to put you behind bars any way they can.

Other hot points include how you store your firearms at home, particularly if you have little ones around. Kids like to play with guns because they see them on television all the time and they know they are somehow glamorous or desirable objects. We keep a dual course of keeping firearms up high where toddlers can't reach them and our kids are brought to the range years before they actually shoot. They are imbibed with safety culture before they even step on the range. By the time they are old enough to find where we have the fireams hidden they know exactly what they are and what they can do, they've heard it from many voices for years.

As a first time firearm owner, you have to compress all of that acculturation, all of that deeply ingrained knowledge, all of that protocol in a few short weeks.

And do me a personal favor: don't tell anybody about your firearms but your new range buddies. Trust me, for every good reason, just don't tell your co-workers, deacons, the little lady at the corner flower shop, your drinking buddies, just be the same person you were before. Instruct the wife and kids similarly. Nobody needs to know what happens in your house, nobody needs to be asking.

I feel led to say I've been in a lot of places and in a lot of situations normal people pray they will never experience (if they are smart that is). I've never had to kill anybody and I truly never want to. I've been told by more than one man I respect that when you kill another human being some part of you changes forever. THAT IS SO NOT THE FOREVER I HAVE IN MIND FOR MYSELF. NOT EVEN A PART OF MYSELF.

China: The New Bin Laden By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28078.htm

"We're a nation of laws!" What If Right Made Might By Ted Rall

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28073.htm

Obama murdered Osama bin Laden. I am surprised that the left has been so supportive--not of the end result, but of the way it was carried out.

Google revives Blogger after outage

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20062657-245.html

GT sez:

They 'say' they will restore our old posts and comments soon.

Paul Craig Roberts Americans Are Living In 1984

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28062.htm

The White House’s “death of bin Laden” story has come apart at the seams. Will it make any difference that before 48 hours had passed the story had changed so much that it no longer bore any resemblance to President Obama’s Sunday evening broadcast and has lost all credibility?

Paul B. Farrell Bill Gross: The leader Treasury, Fed needs

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gross-the-leader-treasury-fed-needs-2011-05-10?link=home_carouse

Who can change our course before incompetence, greed and ideology crashes the U.S.S. Titanic again?

U.S Default Countdown; Is this the end of the road for the Empire? By Mike Whitney

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28060.htm

Sometime in mid-May, the United States will hit the debt ceiling ($14.3 trillion) which is the legal limit that the country can borrow without congressional approval. If the ceiling isn't raised, the US will default on its debt and the government will begin to shut down.

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: THE SILVER CRASH OF 2011?

http://www.martinarmstrong.org/files/The%20Silver%20Crash%20of%202011%2005-06-2011.pdf

CREDIT TO WERNERUL FOR THE LINK

BILL BONNER: COMPOUND INTEREST OVER TIME

THERE IS MUCH WISDOM IN THIS ARTICLE

http://dailyreckoning.com/compound-effort-over-time/

BILL BONNER IS ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS OF ALL TIME.

HIS ARTICLES ARE INTELLIGENT, FUNNY, AND ABOVE ALL...WISE.

READING THEDAILYRECKONING EVERY DAY WILL KEEP YOU CURRENT
ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD IN A VERY ENJOYABLE WAY.

GOP CHOOSES BIG OIL OVER GRANNY

LINK TO THE MAIN ARTICLE:
http://www.truth-out.org/gop-house-chooses-big-oil-over-granny/1304518949

SCROLL BELOW THE ARTICLE TO SEE THE COMMENT BY
NATALIE MANNERING
LISTED IN HER COMMENT ARE THE LINKS TO THE 7 PART
YOUTUBE VIDEO BY DR. STEVE R. PIECZENIK THAT ARE POSTED
BY 'ANONYMOUS' ON THIS WEEK'S TALKBACKTOGOLDTRADER BLOG
(URL listed in the right column of this blog).

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE VIDEOS FROM THOSE LINKS.

Please read the entire comment by Natalie Mannering as well as viewing the videos
SHE LISTS IMPORTANT INFO ON THE BIN LADEN 'ASSASSINATION'

Paul Craig Roberts: Osama bin Laden’s Useful Death

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28016.htm

Americans are too busy celebrating to think, a capability that seems to have been taken out of their education.

Paul B. Farrell: Super Rich love to bet on commodity inflation

12 reasons rich get richer, poor get poorer

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-rich-love-to-bet-on-commodity-inflation-2011-05-03?link=home_carousel

Osama bin Laden’s Second Death By Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28009.htm


If today were April 1 and not May 2, we could dismiss as an April fool’s joke this morning’s headline that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight in Pakistan and quickly buried at sea. As it is, we must take it as more evidence that the US government has unlimited belief in the gullibility of Americans.

DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE MASS MEDIA TELLS YOU

Announcement of Osama Bin Laden's Death Is A Staged Psychological Warfare Operation

http://www.roguegovernment.com/Announcement_of_Osama_Bin_Laden%27s_Death_Is_A_Staged_Psychological_Warfare_Operation/25594/0/13/13/Y/M.html

WELL WRITTEN ARTICLE ON WHY THIS IS JUST MORE GUV'MINT BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA


YOU SHOULD BE SKEPTICAL...ESPECIALLY THAT THEY 'THREW HIS BODY IN THE OCEAN'!

Two Minutes Hate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Minutes_Hate

In George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Two Minutes' Hate is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting The Party's enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and his followers) and express their hatred for them and the principles of democracy.

GT sez:

Watching all the venom being spewed by the media and those in the public who feel it necessary to voice their hatred at the 'news' of the death of Osama bin Laden makes me wonder what the headlines would be if Jesus returned.

The brainwashing of the American Public appears to be the only thing our guv'mint has done successfully.

The youngsters shouting "USA" in front of the White House could have been at any athletic event. And they will be our future adults and possible leaders.

Bin Laden actually succeeded in sucking the American Guv'mint into bankrupting the country...so he won. Our 'leaders' just don't seem to know it yet.

All that is left to do now is make the rest of us pay the price in a drastically lowered standard of living that will result in the premature death of many.

How convenient it is to 'bury at sea' the result of one of our military's highly trained assassination squads. So far this could be a total fairy tale produced by our also highly trained propagandists who are the voice of our latest plutocracy.  

Hermann Goering is probably laughing in his grave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring

"Göring spoke about war and extreme nationalism to Captain Gilbert, as recorded in Gilbert's Nuremberg Diary:

Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. ...voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.^[45 "

MONTY GUILD: U.S. Economy — The Big Picture

http://jsmineset.com/2011/04/29/u-s-economy-the-big-picture/
"Looking ahead, we expect the standard of living decline to continue for up to another seventeen years. Our economy and society are substantially changed, but the change to date is moderate compared to the magnitude of change ahead. In 2018, the U.S. will be a much poorer country than it was in 2008.

We envision the average family spending a higher percentage of income on food and shelter. People will retire at 75 years of age…not 65. Many may not be able to retire. Many retirees will have to re-enter the work force as their savings and pensions are diminished in buying power. The streets will be filled with more poor and homeless. The dollar will continue its decline. Gold and other commodities will continue to rise in price. All of these are symptoms of a decline in the public’s standard of living. Unfortunately, we expect it to last for quite a while."

THE WINDSORS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor

A LONG LINE OF INBRED PARASITES WHO LIVE OFF THE PRODUCTIVITY
OF THEIR SUBJECTS.

THE SHEOPLE ARE BRAINWASHED INTO THINKING THESE PLAY ACTORS
ARE SOMETHING OF HIGHER VALUE THAN THEMSELVES THROUGH THE
USE OF POMP AND CEREMONY SIGNIFYING NOTHING.

THINK OF HOW MANY OF THE DESTITUTE, AND NEAR DESTITUTE, BRITISH
POPULATION COULD BETTER USE THE MONEY SPENT ON THIS FARCE.

AMERICANS TREAT THEIR RULERS NEARLY THE SAME. THEY JUST DON'T
HAVE SUCCESSION OF OFFICE BY HEREDITY...BUT DAMN NEAR.

WHY AMERICANS SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE ROYAL WEDDING

http://whyamericansshouldcareabouttheroyalwedding.com/

DAN NORCINI ON WEDNESDAY'S FOMC REPORT AND BERNANKE'S PRESS MEETING EFFECT ON THE PRECIOUS METALS AND THE DOLLAR

http://traderdannorcini.blogspot.com/2011/04/fomc-gives-precious-metals-bulls.html

The Big Shakedown By Mike Whitney

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27963.htm

The banks were given $700 billion when the TARP bailout was enacted. Then they were given $1.25 trillion more in the first round of quantitative easing (QE) where the Fed purchased the banks toxic mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and agency debt. They were given another $900 billion in QE2, in which the Fed exchanged $600 bil in reserves for US treasuries and another $300 bil in recycled proceeds from maturing MBS. So, altogether the banks have been given roughly $3 trillion, not a penny of which has benefited US taxpayers, increased demand, or strengthened the recovery. In fact--as we pointed out earlier--the money has not even increased lending which was the stated objective. (along with lowering unemployment)

So, we've been fleeced, right?
Imagine if that same $3 trillion had been given to smaller banks with the proviso that they temporarily drop interest rates on credit cards to 5 percent for (let's say) two years. Of course, the banks would still make boatloads of money because they borrow from the Fed at zero. (0.25%). But think of how much activity that would create if people could borrow at 5% instead of 18%. Most likely, it would lead to another credit expansion.

The US Maxes Out Its Credit Card By Eric Margolis

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27950.htm

The US National Priorities Project estimates that in 2011, out of one dollar of US federal spending, 27.4% is military; 21.5% health; 13.8% interest on the debt; 10.9% social security benefits; 3.5% on education; and 23% on everything else.

In 2010, US military spending exceeded by 50% the average spent in the Cold War years when America had a serious rival in the Soviet Union. Since 2000, US military spending has grown by 67% (all figures adjusted for inflation). Yet today America has no real military rival.

The US now accounts for almost 50% of world military spending. Add America’s wealthy allies in Europe and Asia, and the total rises to 80%.

The Corporate State Wins Again By Chris Hedges

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27964.htm
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_corporate_state_wins_again_20110425/

ANOTHER BRILLIANTLY ACCURATE ARTICLE BY CHRIS HEDGES

"The massive redistribution of wealth, as Hacker and Pierson write, happened because lawmakers and public officials were, in essence, hired to permit it to happen. It was not a conspiracy. The process was transparent. It did not require the formation of a new political party or movement. It was the result of inertia by our political and intellectual class, which in the face of expanding corporate power found it personally profitable to facilitate it or look the other way."

"The game is over. We lost. The corporate state will continue its inexorable advance until two-thirds of the nation is locked into a desperate, permanent underclass."

WILL AND KATE MARRIAGE MEDIA DISTRACTION

GT sez:

DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THE NONSENSE OVER THIS "ROYAL" WEDDING BEING OVERDONE BY THE WORLD'S MEDIA?

DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THE WINDSORS HISTORY.

THEY'RE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF INTERMARRIED PARASITES OF EUROPEAN WEALTHY FAMILIES FROM CENTURIES PAST WHO HAVE LIVED OFF THEIR 'SUBJECTS' FOR CENTURIES AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED NOTHING BUT A "BIG SHOW" OF THEIR JEWELS AND FURS AND THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR GUARDS PARADE AROUND IN FUR HATS AND RED JACKETS.

AND NOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS BEING FORCED TO ENDURE THIS CHARADE IN ORDER TO DISTRACT THEM FROM THE IMPENDING COLLAPSE OF THEIR SOCIETY.

SO, IN ESSENCE, THE BRITISH ARE GETTING EVEN FOR OUR 'REVOLUTION' EVEN THOUGH THEY TOO ARE GOING DOWN IN FLAMES WITH US.

Paul B. Farrell: 2008 crash deja vu: We’ll relive it, and soon

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/2008-crash-deja-vu-well-relive-it-and-soon-2011-04-26?link=home_carousel

"Yes, another crash is coming, unavoidable, just like 2008. Not because our totally dysfunctional government is collapsing into anarchy, thanks to the 261,000 Super-Rich Lobbyists. Not just because our monetary system is run by the Bernanke Printing Press Company. And not just because a soulless conspiracy of Wall Street CEOs cares nothing for democracy and the public interest, only for their stockholders and their year-end bonuses."

GT sez:  Farrell is wrong on the left brain, right brain thing. It takes NO BRAINS to get us into a mess like this.

I saw this coming in 1971 when Nixon took us off the gold standard and could easily understand gold/silver and their place in economic history.

I've waited for 40 years for what's happening to happen. I just didn't think it would take that long. But there was still some slack in the system for the manipulators to play with.

THERE IS NO LONGER ANY SLACK!

This current economic disaster has been planned for years, if not centuries, by the ULTRA-ELITES that have controlled the world's finances since the early 1700s or earlier like the Rothchild family and others like the Rockefellers and others whose names you may never know until they stamp "property of' on your ass or your forehead.

Sathya Sai Baba 1926-2011

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
Sathya Sai Baba
http://www.sathyasai.org/intro/message.htm

THE NATIONAL DETAINEE HANDBOOK

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22092329/ICE-National-Detainee-Handbook-2007

US Govt Printing Office Needs 350,934
National Detainee Handbooks Printed
by April 29th, 2011   
http://www.truthistreason.net/us-govt-printing-office-needs-350934-national-detainee-handbooks-printed-by-april-29th-2011

WHO ARE THEY GOING TO DETAIN?

TWO BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE

Picking up the Pieces: Practical Guide for Surviving Economic Crashes, Internal Unrest and Military Suppression   
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index713.htm

The Partisans Handbook: Essential Survival Guide For Resisting Foreign Military Occupation, Escape And Evasion Techniques, Surviving Interrogation, Facing Execution, Wilderness Survival,
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/partisanshandbook.html

YOUR SMART PHONE IS TELLING THE GOVERNMENT SPIES EVERYTHING YOU DO

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1474.htm

The news that cell phones are being used as tracking devices and are being exploited by data extraction devices (DED) that can quickly extract mobile data (such as contacts, photos, and deleted text messages) for Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and other major carriers, has stunned many in the world this past week leading to calls for investigation by politicians in the United States and Germany.

BE SURE TO READ EVERY LINK IN THIS ARTICLE

CLICK ON THIS LINK: http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1424.htm
Cloak of Athena
FOR A CLOAKING DEVICE FOR YOUR PHONE, CREDIT CARDS AND MANY OTHER ITEMS

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: THE NEXT WAVE

CREDIT TO WERNERUL FOR THE LINK

http://www.martinarmstrong.org/files/The%20Next%20Wave%2004-21-2011.pdf

it is ALWAYS the perception of risk that matters. The sky need not actually fall. It only has to appear as if it will collapse and that is enough to wipe your family out for generations.

The New Corporate World Order

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27935.htm

...consumer purchasing power is down in the U.S. thanks to the devastating collapse of a housing bubble GE Capital fed with suspect mortgage financing that provided the company with well over half of its profits before the crash. The loss of well-paying jobs at multinationals like GE to other nations—54 percent of the GE workforce is foreign—exacerbates the plight of U.S. consumers...

New York Times/CBS News Poll Finds Deep Pessimism About American Economy

Americans are more pessimistic about the nation's economic
outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time
since President Obama's first two months in office, when the
country was still officially ensnared in the Great Recession,
according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

At a time of rising gas prices, stubborn unemployment and a
cacophonous debate in Washington over the federal
government's ability to meet its future obligations, the poll
presents stark evidence that the slow, if unsteady, gains in
public confidence earlier this year that a recovery was under
way are now all but gone.

Read More:  http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na