2012 won't exactly be Morning in America. Or morning anywhere else, except in a place like Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood is ushering in the sunrise of full-blown Sharia Law. Or in Iran, where the mullahs and the blood-lusting Ahmadinejad are ever-nearer to having nuclear weapons capability. One wonders if Iran's zealots have REM's It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) on their iPods for regular inspirational play? Other than buoyant Muslims fanatics, the rest of us have a right to be gloomy. The propaganda about the economy turning the corner is just that, propaganda. America's trustworthy mainstream media reports that unemployment is down, but the numbers are cooked; they've been cooked for a long time. Go ask the underemployed and the discouraged not-looking- for-work-unemployed. As Pontius Pilate remarked: "What is the truth?" Christmas retail sales might give the economy a bump, but Christmas shopping tends to do that regardless the year. The housing market is bottoming out? Maybe, but home prices continue....
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