Regrettably, and as the lady said, nothing is going to happen until the great unwashed feel the financial pain. At present the situation is akin to that frog in the pot of cold water; it will stay in there as the water temperature increases until it boils to death. People are similar but different to frogs in so far that as a collective, they will tolerate incremental debasement of their standard of living - as they have for the past five years – but there comes a tipping point when, unlike the frog, they’ll jump out the hot water.

As of today the only sign of decent is coming from the Occupy Wall Street crowd and the Tea Party; apart from fringe media broadcasts like the one under discussion. As yet, the flippers between ballroom dancing and football are blissfully unaware that they are in hot water. From their perspective all of their problems are caused by some people wearing funny hats in a terror land far, far away. Support our troops! All of this crap could end overnight if the media was still a noble profession [if it ever was].