Group suing Maryland over massive voter fraud

“An election integrity watchdog group is suing the state of Maryland, alleging that it has discovered massive and ongoing fraudulent voting by non-U.S. citizens in one county. But because of the way that the non-citizens are able to cast votes in elections, the fraud is likely happening in every single county and subdivision across the state. The group believes that the illegal voting has been happening for years.

The group, Virginia Voters Alliance, says that it compared how voters in Frederick County filled out jury duty statements compared with their voting records. The group’s investigation found that thousands of people in Frederick County who stated that they are not U.S. citizens on jury duty forms went on to cast votes in elections. Either they failed to tell the truth when they were summoned for jury duty, or they cast illegal votes. Both are crimes. The same group previously found that about 40,000 people are registered to vote in both Virginia and Maryland.”

The rest here:http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/10/29/massive-non-citizen-voting-uncovered-in-maryland/

Still think your vote counts?

Right now we are being swamped by 100’s of thousands of illegal aliens and, if you haven’t heard, they are being instructed by La raza, as to which states don’t require ID to vote.

Isn’t that special?

When are we as a people going to say enough? When are we going to collectively say that we have hit the breaking point and rise up against this?

I know that right now everyone has their eyes forward to the elections coming up, but think about that bearing in mind the above.

Somewhere along the line here, the rubber is going to hit the road. Maybe when Chairman Zero uses his phone and pen for executive amnesty after the midterms that will spur some action.

We need to stop thinking inside the box and take some lessons from Ferguson. You won’t get noticed just because you are angry.

.500 Smith and Wesson Vs. tree

It’s got me thinking about starting my own tree service…..Either that or cat rescue.

You have to see this: Hog hunting with tannerite

Now that is how you take out a herd of feral swine! Now imagine if instead of using corn mash for bait you used a pile of Obama phones…. Wait a minute, did I really say that out loud?

Sheryl Attkinson: Govt. planted classified Docs on her computer

http://nypost.com/2014/10/27/ex-cbs-reporter-government-related-entity-bugged-my-computer/

“Attkisson says her source — identified only as “Number One” — told her the spying was most likely not court-authorized because it went on far longer than most legal taps.

But the most shocking finding, she says, was the discovery of three classified documents that Number One told her were “buried deep in your operating system. In a place that, unless you’re a some kind of computer whiz specialist, you wouldn’t even know exists.”

Sometimes you may ask yourself, in light of all that is happening, wold they really do that?

The short answer is yes, yes they would. You are not paranoid, things are as bad as you think they are. The police state will do whatever is necessary to stifle dissent and I am sure that planting classified documents is tame.

I would guess that if Attkinson were a man that they would have loaded up a couple hundred images of child porn.

This is stuff that you just can’t make up. The level of corruption in this regime is unparallelled in so called “Free” societies. What they do routinely would make Richard Nixon blush and hang his head n shame.

Can you still convince yourself that you have a representative Govt.?  Can you still convince yourself that this is for and by the people? Can you honestly say that they have the consent of the governed?

I know that I can’t; our experiment in liberty has failed. We are no longer a free people and we need to start acting like it. We need to totally withdraw our consent and stop pretending that a little freedom is better than none; it is not.

That little bit of freedom is to keep everybody placated. As long as they are not at your door then things are still A okay. They are not.This is not the end of this corrupt police state; it is only the beginning.  As I write this the Dems on the FEC are moving to regulate political speech on the internet.

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FEC Chairman Lee E. Goodman, a Republican, said if regulation extends that far, then anybody who writes a political blog, runs a politically active news site or even chat room could be regulated. He added that funny internet campaigns like “Obama Girl,” and “Jib Jab” would also face regulations.

“I told you this was coming,” he told Secrets. Earlier this year he warned that Democrats on the panel were gunning for conservative Internet sites like the Drudge Report.”

Regulate me? I think not. I will become a criminal just like you. Your corrupt and illegal actions have nullified the law. Your moral authority to rule is gone. You do not have my consent to govern me. I will not sit down, I will not shut up, I will not bow before the King.

I am sure that what I wrote today or yesterday was illegal and made me a criminal. Now it’s time to start acting like one. Happy Monday everyone.

Drone strike in 3….2….1…..

“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Declaration of independence

President Obama lets slip his scheme for a permanent majority

Think the Republicans are the answer? Not for a minute, all they are concerned with is remaining in the seat of power.They made their position clear in the primaries by knocking out any of the constitutionally concerned candidates.

Instead of having liberty minded men in the seats of power, we will have guys like Thad Cochran voting our destiny for us.

What we are witnessing are the last convulsing gasps of our political system and possibly our culture. I believe that within our time and sooner rather than later, that we will be faced with the choice to either kneel or resist.

Hope and change is coming; It is not finished yet by a long sight. The change will be something that we as a society will abhor, but will be forced by the propaganda machine of the ruling elite to accept.

Or not.

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

John F. Kennedy

Liberia transport minister in quarantine after driver dies of Ebola

http://www.modernghana.com/news/574823/67/liberia-minister-in-quarantine-after-driver-dies-o.html

And that after this:

“Liberia said its chief medical officer Bernice Dahn, who has been leading the fight against Ebola, does not have the deadly virus.

But, Minister of Information Lewis Brown said, Dahn placed herself in quarantine after her special assistant died Thursday. ”

And this:

“MONROVIA, Liberia — One of Liberia’s most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, a government official said Sunday, highlighting the risks that health workers face in trying to combat the deadly disease.”

But don’t worry, Dear leader has said that everything is safe.

Just remember that these aren’t hut dwelling bushmeat eaters going down here. These are educated Govt. officials who know all about protocol and are the elite of their society.

As the head of Samaritins purse stated and as evidenced by the unusual spread in Africa “Something is different about this one”

Just don’t forget that “Never let a crisis go to waste” is a double edged sword.

Liberia needs 79,940 more body bags

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/15/liberia-needs-79940-more-body-bags/

Don’t worry folks, CDC has it all under control. There is no way that it can possibly spread here.

And if it does the CDC, DHS, TSA and the rest will keep us safe by quarantines and wellness check points……That would make easy targets. Oops..Did I say that out loud?

Happy Friday!

I have finally come up with a plan. Yes there will be a gun underneath the plastic and also a potted plant.  I know I can hold out, I know I can. Whatever you do …Don’t panic.

Seal our own airports: Plane cleaners srike at LaGuardia

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26744552/plane-cleaners-strike

“NEW YORK (AP) – Airplane cabin cleaners have set up pickets outside a LaGuardia Airport terminal over health and safety issues.

About 200 Air Serv workers who support domestic flights at Terminal D began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday night.

They say their concerns include possible exposure to Ebola.”

Just wait until the first one gets sick. Those birds won’t be flying anywhere.

Second person with possible Ebola is Deputy who entered Duncan Apt.

FRISCO (CSBDFW.COM) – An afternoon news conference has been called in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas, to discuss a possible second case of Ebola.

According to a statement from the City of Frisco, the patient claims to have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, referred to as Dallas ‘patient zero.’

The Frisco patient has been identified as a Dallas County deputy Michael Monnig, who was not one of the 48 people being monitored by federal, state and local health officials because he never had direct contact with the patient.  Monnig did enter the apartment where Duncan stayed after Duncan had been admitted to the hospital.

Complete Coverage Of Ebola In Dallas

The call came in shortly after noon from Care Now, 301 W. Main Street, where the patient was “exhibiting signs and symptoms of Ebola.”

CBS 11 has confirmed with Care Now that the facility is in contact with the Centers for Disease Control and is holding everyone in the facility until receiving clearance from the CDC.  The patient has been transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital by Frisco firefighter-paramedics, the same hospital where Duncan, the first patient to be diagnosed with the virus on American soil, was admitted.  Duncan died earlier today, after spending more than 10 days in isolation at that hospital.

Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas confirmed the patient’s arrival to the Emergency Room in statement, which reads in part, “Right now, there are more questions than answers about this case. Our professional staff of nurses and doctors is prepared to examine the patient, discuss any findings with appropriate agencies and officials.  We are on alert with precautions and systems in place.”  The hospital is still admitting and caring for other patients at this time.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/?lead=frisco-patient-exhibiting-ebola-symptoms

Meanwhile back in Liberia

Back in Liberia, Ebola is killing Thomas Duncan’s neighbors

From Fox 4 Kansas city:

“A tiny tin-roofed room in a run-down building that’s now the focal point of so much of the paranoia ricocheting across the world.

But while the United States struggles to contain the fear stirred up by Thomas Eric Duncan’s diagnosis in Dallas, here there’s a different concern. Here, they are struggling to come to terms with the mounting death toll of all those who — like Duncan — came in contact with the pregnant woman who gave him Ebola.

Already nine others are dead or dying. All the neighbors have been put in quarantine. And local officials are trying to get in touch with everyone who may have interacted with the pregnant woman, Marthalene Williams.

That number?

“Right now, according to statistics that we got, close to 100,” says Pewo Wolobah from the local Ebola task force.

Desperation and despair

In Monrovia, like in several African hotspots, the challenge of containing the virus is staggering.

The disease has killed more than 3,400, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Liberia has been hit the worst — with 2,069 dead.

Hence, the desperation and despair in the homes along 72nd SKD Boulevard.

Ebola spreads exponentially. If any of those people had direct contact with Williams’ saliva or other bodily fluids, they are in danger of contracting the highly infectious disease — and potentially passing it on.

Unsuspecting contact

Marthalene Williams was in her seventh month of pregnancy when she collapsed.

Duncan rushed to help. Williams’ 12-year-old sister Tete was with him at the time, as were several other people.

“We’ve been through this over and over,” Wolobah says. “We tell the people no matter how much you love the person. It is the health authority that is responsible to pick up the sick.”

But none of them knew Williams had Ebola, Tete says.

Both of Williams’ parents have tested positive for Ebola.

Another woman who also ran to Williams’ side was rushed to a hospital days later. Soon afterward, a neighbor was given the difficult task of telling her 9-year-old daughter that her mom is never coming home.

And Duncan lies in a hospital bed in Dallas, critically ill.

All of them contracted Ebola trying to do good. Helping Williams was the right thing to do — the right thing with devastating consequences.”

Why all of this Henny Penny stuff you might wonder? Well I do have reasons and one of those reasons is that they very well may be under estimating the transmissibility of this particularly nasty little strain.

But I also have others. I know that there are people who think that this is a false flag and that publicizing it is playing into their hands. But remember that a battle is never a forgone conclusion ahead of time. A battleground is fluid and dynamic and the outcome can never be predicted fully. The outcome is determined through decisions that are made in real time in response to events transpiring on the ground.

The point being that if you never arrive in the continuum of the battle field then you never have a chance at winning the battle.

Men and Women in America are preparing for the inevitable even if we aren’t sure precisely what that will be.

“There are… preparations in place friends. The world is in an uproar and America is the nexus. We’re at what I like to call a “Node of History” – it’s one of those places in “time” where the time stream travels to a tightly, narrowed tube and events that occur change the face of the planet for ever.

World War I and II each had these “nodes” and you can all see that for yourselves if you study history. Romes rise and fall contained several such nodes. The rise of the United States, Soviet Union and Communist China had these “nodes”.

We’re approaching a point – though I can’t personally predict the exact events at this time – where the “narrowing time stream” (and this is just a phrase I use to describe my thinking, not the reality) will have so many interconnecting events occurring that one or two of them will boil to the top and become “The Event of Change”.

Men and Women in America are preparing for the inevitable even if we aren’t sure precisely what that will be.

Our preaching about “Being Prepared” is paying off. Finally.”

Comment from a reader that sums it up perfectly. Something is in the air and everybody knows it. It is now beginning to permeate our society from zombie apocalypses to white house down. Be prepared and be hard, there are no easy choices coming.

His blog can be found here:http://americanpatriotrealitycheck.wordpress.com/

Liberia: Ebola kills 8 soldiers, barracks deserted

“Don’t worry it isn’t easy to spread. Trust me, I am from the Govt. and here to help.”
If Americans start dying we need to rain fire, death and hell on those responsible. Have as much mercy as the virus itself.

“At least eight soldiers, among them two commissioned officers and two medical staff, have reportedly lost their lives to the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD), the Daily Observer has reliably learnt.

Those victimized by the EVD have been identified as, Private (PVT) Calvin Sackie, Corporals (Cpls) Florson Louise, Fanbiman Samuel, and Private First Class (Pfc) Anthony Sheriff.

Others are Sergeant (Sgt) Kromah, who was assigned as the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) medic and another medic from the Ministry of National Defense (MOD) identified as Annitta Sackie.

The two commissioned officers victimized by the EVD were up to press time not named.

The deceased, according to our source, contracted Ebola recently at the Edward Binyan Kesseley (EBK) Barracks when a lady unsuspected of carrying the disease, visited one of the victims, Cpl Floson Louise.

The ‘concubine’ who visited the late soldier has also been victimized by the disease. She is yet to be identified.

“When she slept at the EBK, it was thereafter the soldiers contracted the disease, and could not survive despite “intensive treatment” at the various Ebola Treatment Units in Monrovia,” our source disclosed.

This latest setback among the rank and file of the already sparse number of soldiers has reportedly created panic among them, to the extent that some of them have begun to desert the various barracks across the country.

Based on this information, the Daily Observer yesterday contacted Defense Assistant Minister for Public Affairs, David K. Dahn, who neither confirmed nor denied the report.

He, however, told this newspaper via mobile phone, “The whole West Africa is being threatened by Ebola, of which the AFL is no exception, because they are among other Liberians being afflicted by the EVD.”

He disclosed that the military is carrying out some measures at its barracks to decongest the soldiers. “This is why the barracks have become so quiet since the Ebola outbreak in the country.”

The latest deaths of the soldiers sadly add to several Para-military and other security personnel, including officers of the Liberian National Police (LNP), that have died. Others, including close family members, had been quarantined and subsequently released, having completed their 21 days isolation.

http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/ebola-kills-8-soldiers

More numbers

“Dallas (CNN) — Health officials are reaching out to as many as 100 people who may have had contact with the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S., a spokeswoman with the Texas Department of State Health Services said Thursday.”

So, now we are talking 100. Isn’t this just going to be an exponential list of contacts? The children who went to school at 4 different schools and so on and so on. Is Dallas ready for roadblocks and razor wire?
Before it comes to that, you better already have a plan out.

Ask yourself a question: what are you going to do if they quarantine your area?

ghostgunner: $1500.00 CNC machine to home manufacture AR15 receivers

What is Ghost Gunner?

“Ghost Gunner is a miniature CNC machine designed to automatically manufacture publicy created designs with nearly zero user interaction. No prior CNC knowledge or experience is required to manufacture from design files. Defense Distributed’s first design is the venerable AR-15 lower receiver. Ghost Gunner automatically finds and aligns your 80% lower receiver to the machine, with simple installation instructions, point and click software and all required tools. Just follow a few simple instructions to mount your 80% lower receiver, tighten a couple screws (with simple tools we provide), and on day one, Ghost Gunner can help you legally manufacture unserialized firearms in the comfort of your own home.

As shipped, Ghost Gunner can manufacture any mil-spec 80% AR-15 lower receiver that already has the rear take down well milled out. Lowers with non-mil-spec trigger guards that are otherwise mil-spec are also compatible. Defense Distributed recommends using the 7075 Ares Armor Raw 80% Lower AR-15 Billet, available for purchase here.”

Home

SHTF

Has anybody noticed that there are people noticeably missing this morning? I have and they are assuming SHTF. It comes with a whimper instead of a bang. It is time to step the game up a notch. We will know for sure in the next few weeks.Decision time draws nigh…

Ebola patient walked around for 8 days before hospitalization

Yep, if they are not lying it was 8 days that this guy walked around before he was hospitalized. Anyone smell a set up here? Anyone wonder why they are still letting flights in from Liberia when it is the epicenter of an outbreak of the worst kind of Sci-Fi disease imaginable?

Just remember this; You kill me, I kill you right back.
Did I forget to say what a foul and murderous mood that this put me in? Yeah , I guess I did.
There is just something about endangering the life of potentially millions of innocents that has that effect on me.

I am not the kind of man who sits on his hands while Pol Pot does his dirty business.

“The facts are straightforward, at least in the version that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out: A man of uncertain age flew from Liberia, where the disease remains uncontrolled, to Dallas to visit family. When checked for illness on departure, he had no fever. Upon landing in Texas on September 20, he was fine. Within four days, though, he began to feel ill—sufficiently so that he sought medical attention on September 26. That evaluation apparently failed to provide clues to the diagnosis, but two days later his symptoms had progressed enough that he again sought medical attention and this time was hospitalized, placed immediately into isolation, and diagnosed on September 30.

The timeline as presented raises countless questions. First: Was he contagious when boarding the plane and are his plane-mates therefore at risk? Surely not—the most compelling epidemiological fact in the entire tragic seven month outbreak has been the story of Patrick Sawyer, the Minnesotan who after traveling from Liberia to Nigeria, developed symptoms of overwhelming Ebola and died soon thereafter. Although few details have been revealed, none of those who traveled with Sawyer developed the disease despite the fact that he, unlike the Dallas case, was ill with the infection while traveling. And it is axiomatic (and hopefully true) that a person is contagious only when they are sick, not when they are brewing the infection.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/01/how-to-keep-ebola-from-spreading-to-other-u-s-cities.html

AMD-65 My zombie killer of choice

“AMD-65 (Hungarian: Automata Módosított Deszant[fegyver] 1965; Automatic Modified Paratrooper [weapon]) is a Hungarian-manufactured licensed variant of the venerable AKM rifle for use by that nation’s armored infantry and paratrooper (“descent”) units. The rifle’s design is suited for outdoor use as an infantry rifle but can also be used from within the confines of an armored vehicle as a fire support weapon. This is possible due to the side-folding stock of shaft design that makes it more compact. The 12.6-inch barrel is also relatively short for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. The operating mechanism does not require a gas expansion chamber at the muzzle as in the AKS-74U to ensure reliable functioning, but does use a specially designed muzzle brake, which reduces muzzle flash, but makes the weapon louder.”
I know it is heavy. I know it only has a 12.5″ barrel. None of that changes the fact that I can pound out rapid fire zombie kills at 50 Yds. and keep a 6″ pattern. When I say rapid fire, I mean rapid fire.
I have had it for about 4 Yrs. now and it has functioned flawlessly. I have put thousands of rounds through it and have never had a jam. I have heated it up until the grease and paint were starting to smoke and still no problem.
I have, since acquiring it, put on high dollar Holo optics, tac light and laser. I do have numerous other weapons to choose from, but in this one everything comes together to make ideal for what I do. The best part is it is also the most fun to shoot out of everything I have. HK MP-5 is close, but not quite.
It does have a couple of drawbacks though.Did you read the part up there where it said “Makes the weapon louder? Yeah, that is no joke. You do not want to be the guy standing next to me at the range. Even with hearing protection it is a little painful.
The other drawback is that it slings brass like no other weapon I have seen. I think it is the result of the gas piston being shortened to accommodate the 12.5” barrel. It literally throws the brass out of the booth that I am shooting from. It is not such a big deal to me but everyone else has to watch out for smoking brass.
I think they hate me at the range because I always burn 400 to 600 Rds. while I am there and I get everyone near me all flinchy.

More dirt from those in high places

From The daily caller: http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/14/bombshell-emails-white-house-coordinated-with-department-of-labor-to-hide-illegal-obama-fundraiser-hilda-solis-schedule/

“The Department of Labor coordinated with the White House on whether or not to release hidden portions of former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ schedule as Solis battled an FBI investigation into her illegal fundraising for President Obama.”

So there it is, more corruption. The stink is so bad that can’t hide it any more. They don’t even fear being caught at it anymore because there are no consequences.

There is no law anymore, no moral mandate that dictates right from wrong. All that exists now are punitive laws that will be used against those that oppose the machine.Illegitimate crooks, liars and thieves now rule from the highest places.

It is what I have been saying all along.

There is no law now unless you are afraid, no moral authority any longer backs their dictates. They have become so corrupt that they are illegitimate and their mandate to rule is gone. Fear is the only thing now that stands between what needs to be done and what is done.

Consequences are the only thing to fear and if you act in righteousness then consequences be damned;I will take my medicine when the time comes.Their despicable acts have turned my fear into self righteous indignation. They have unwittingly turned the tables on us. They have taken the moral authority that is supposed to rest with the law and handed it to us. They are the crooks and deceivers and their stench rises to high heaven.

Tempis Fugit

A system wide failure is on the way. It has gotten so bad that they can no longer hide it. Cracks are starting to appear and even the mindless minions are beginning to wake up, whether they want to or not. They are going to have to silence those that speak out, like Breitbart news which is now being audited by the IRS.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/09/09/Cruz-Questions-IRS-About-Decision-To-Audit-Breitbart-News

I think that the time is coming soon; the boiling point is about to be reached.Just remember that when law becomes nothing more than a punitive tool for a self perpetuating bureaucracy; try not to get caught…. Drone strike please….

Gallup: Americans sense of freedom drops (Now trails RWANDA)

From: Christian science monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0701/Land-of-the-free-Not-so-much.-Americans-sense-of-freedom-drops-poll-finds

This Independence Day, Americans will celebrate the nation’s core values, especially freedom. But according to a new international poll, Americans have become significantly “less satisfied with the freedom to choose what they want to do with their lives.”

Seventy-nine percent of US residents are satisfied with their level of freedom, down from 91 percent in 2006, according to the Gallup survey, released Tuesday.

That 12-point drop pushes the United States from among the highest in the world in terms of perceived freedom to 36th place, outside the top quartile of the 120 countries sampled, trailing Paraguay, Rwanda, and the autonomous region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Only 10 nations experienced as sharp a drop as the US in terms of the satisfaction of citizens with their level of freedom: Egypt, Greece, Italy, Venezuela, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Romania, Yemen, Pakistan, and Spain.

Among the people most satisfied with their own level of freedom are New Zealanders, who top the list at 94 percent, and Australians, who come in second at 93 percent, according to the report.

I think this decline is interesting in terms of perception,” says Jon Clifton, managing director of the Gallup World Poll. “Certainly the previous numbers make sense in terms of our classic self-perception. The recent numbers do not.”

One possible explanation for the sharp decline in the US is that Americans have been feeling constrained by the economy since 2006 – and their options have declined in a concrete, material way, Gallup says.

“The decline in perceived freedom among Americans could be attributed to the U.S. economy,” the report says. “Many Americans continue to lack confidence in the country and continue to see it as one of the biggest problems facing the country.”

Still, the report notes, there are some problems with this hypothesis: Self-reported job creation has rebounded, Americans are “feeling better about the economy,” and spending habits in the US are near their pre-recession levels.

“Although unclear, the decline in perceived freedom could be more than just economics,” such as how Americans view their government, writes Mr. Clifton.

Since June 2013, confidence of Americans in their government has dropped significantly. In a poll released Monday, Gallup reports a 7-point drop in confidence in the presidency (to 29 percent), a 4-point drop for the Supreme Court (to 30 percent), and a 3-point drop for Congress (to 7 percent, a record low).

According to another poll also released by Gallup on Tuesday, the portion of Americans who believe there to be “widespread corruption” in the US has jumped from 59 percent in 2006 to 79 percent in 2013.

“It’s hard to say why this is,” says Clifton. “It could be due to recent scandals like the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups and the NSA leaks.”

In any case, he adds, Americans are coming to view their government as an obstacle, rather than an enabler.

“Americans not only feel that the U.S. government is performing poorly, as demonstrated by record-low congressional approval ratings, but they also report that the U.S. government itself as one of the biggest problem facing the country today,” the report concludes.

The survey also notes a statistically significant correlation between perceptions of corruption and perceptions of freedom worldwide, with many of the countries with the most perceived freedom also boasting low levels of corruption.

The Gallup poll took place between 2006 and 2013 and included approximately 1,000 face-to-face interviews from each nation. The margin of error ranged from 1.7 to 5.8 percent.

I love the sense of befuddlement as the author tries to hypothesize the possible reasons for the decline. Could it be the economy, which has been faltering since 2006? (2008)    No you asswipe it’s the NSA, TSA, DHS and the rest of the Govt. alphabet soup. It’s the over reach of the federal government and the militarizing of the police forces. It’s the overt corruption of our government and the feckless but evil leadership of our dear leader. It is the intrusion of federally mandated health care. In short, to clear up your befuddlement. It is tyranny. It is the fact that we have lost our representation and now live in a federally controlled police state. What a moron.