This Map Shows Where Americans Trust Their State Governments

Residents in Republican-leaning states are more likely to “trust” their state governments, according to a new survey released by Gallup on Friday.

According to Gallup, in only six states do at least 70 percent of residents place either a “great deal/fair amount of trust” in their state’s government — North Dakota (77 percent), Wyoming (76), Utah (75), South Dakota (74), Nebraska (73), Texas (72), and Alaska (71). 

Illinois, by far, is the worst-ranking state in the survey — only 28 percent of its residents say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the state government. The next-lowest levels of trust come in Rhode Island (40 percent), Maine (40), Pennsylvania (46), Louisiana (48), California (49), and Maryland (49).

Here’s a map from Gallup shading the different levels of trustworthiness:

Gallup found that trust tends to be higher in less-populous states than in states with larger populations. Gallup said this helped to explain why red-leaning states earned more trust in the survey.

Illinois is by far the state in which residents least trust their government, which is helped by the fact that two of its most recent governors — Democrat Rod Blagojevich and Republican George Ryan — spent time in prison on wide-ranging corruption offenses.

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Flight 370 reality check: A Boeing 777 doesn"t disappear unless governments want it to disappear

EU-wide surge of metal theft sees governments and farmers fight back

Published time: October 02, 2013 13:36

Portuguese farmers (AFP Photo)

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A new law has come into force in England and Wales, obliging scrap dealers to keep a record of who they buy their metal from.

Known as The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, it’s the latest attempt by European governments to fight back against a rising trend of metal theft across the EU, sparked by the deepening economic crisis.

Portugal’s no exception, as some of its farming communities have taken up arms after been hit hard by scrap scavengers. RT’s Sarah Firth went to meet a group of vigilante farmers in Mondego.

“We’ve already had so much stolen. It’s almost time to harvest the crops and we cannot risk our equipment being stolen again. So we decided to start an armed patrol to protect our property. We’ve told everyone who takes part in the patrols to keep calm, to only use their weapon if they feel their own safety is at risk and to call the police first,” said Amindo Valente, a member of the local farmer patrol squad.

The armed volunteers refused to be filmed with their weapons, as their actions are not officially sanctioned by the government. 

But the farmers say they’re left with no other option but to take up arms, as they’ve already been robbed of metal parts worth a total of around 100,000 euro. 

While local metal recycling companies say the illegal business is booming because it’s lucrative and often unaccountable.

“It’s an industry that’s incredibly hard to regulate. There are laws but as with all laws it’s possible to get around them,” said Rui Alem from the ‘Recif Alem Metal Recycling Company.

A new law was passed just last year, granting Portuguese police more powers and tightening industry requirements, including a ban on cash payments for metal scrap. 

These countermeasures also include the implementation of a ‘cashless system’ – meaning for sales of more than 50 euro, scrapyards should be required to write a check. 

But despite new measures being introduced, metal theft cost the state an estimated 20 million euro last year.

The vigilante farmer patrol in Mondego say they will keep standing guard over their property, until the authorities succeed in rooting out metal theft.

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EU-wide surge of metal theft sees governments and farmers fight back

Obama: If Minorities Start Thinking Government"s The Problem, That Leaves The Marketplace On Its Own

PRESIDENT OBAMA: There is an argument that was made in 1964, 1965 on through the ’80s and ’90s in which those who resisted any change in the status quo, particularly when it came to economic opportunity, made two big arguments.

Argument number one was, any efforts by government to help folks who were locked out of opportunity, whether it was minorities or the poor generally, unions, any effort by government to help those folks is bad for the economy. And that became a major argument. And if, in fact, people start thinking the government’s the problem instead of the solution, then what that leaves you is whatever the marketplace does on its own. And what we’ve seen is a marketplace that increasingly produces very unequal results. And it – so it – it disempowers our capacity for common action to do something about poverty, to do something to help middle-class families.

And I think the second element to that argument that has been made, sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly, is that government has hurt middle-class families or hurt white working-class families, because, you know, pointy-headed bureaucrats in Washington are just trying to help out minorities or trying to give them something free. (PBS NewsHour, August 28, 2013)

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Obama: If Minorities Start Thinking Government"s The Problem, That Leaves The Marketplace On Its Own

Obama: If Minorities Start Thinking Government"s The Problem, That Leaves The Marketplace On Its Own

PRESIDENT OBAMA: There is an argument that was made in 1964, 1965 on through the ’80s and ’90s in which those who resisted any change in the status quo, particularly when it came to economic opportunity, made two big arguments.

Argument number one was, any efforts by government to help folks who were locked out of opportunity, whether it was minorities or the poor generally, unions, any effort by government to help those folks is bad for the economy. And that became a major argument. And if, in fact, people start thinking the government’s the problem instead of the solution, then what that leaves you is whatever the marketplace does on its own. And what we’ve seen is a marketplace that increasingly produces very unequal results. And it – so it – it disempowers our capacity for common action to do something about poverty, to do something to help middle-class families.

And I think the second element to that argument that has been made, sometimes subtly, sometimes not so subtly, is that government has hurt middle-class families or hurt white working-class families, because, you know, pointy-headed bureaucrats in Washington are just trying to help out minorities or trying to give them something free. (PBS NewsHour, August 28, 2013)

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Obama: If Minorities Start Thinking Government"s The Problem, That Leaves The Marketplace On Its Own

Russell Brand Doesn’t Believe the Governments Lies About Syria

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

By Andrew Freeman
Intellihub.com
August 28, 2013

In the clip below Russel Brand gives a perspective that has rarely been heard on the mainstream media.  He not only questions the official story of the recent chemical weapons attacks in Syria, but also brings up the fact that many western governments lied to the world so they could go to war in Iraq. 

In the short clip, Brand also talks about how more military intervention will not do Syria, or any other country, any good. 

According to wikipedia:

Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975)^[5] is an English comedian, actor, and author.

In 2004, Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK as the host of Big Brother’s Big Mouth, a Big Brother spin-off. In 2007, he had his first major film role in St Trinian’s. He became known in the United States in 2008, after his major role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the film led to a starring role in Get Him to the Greek in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor for animated films Despicable Me in 2010 and Hop in 2011. He starred in the 2011 remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur.

Brand is noted in the British media for his eccentricity and for controversies such as his dismissal from MTV after he dressed as Osama bin Laden, his behaviour as presenter of various award ceremonies and his former drug use. In 2008, he resigned from the BBC following prank calls he made to actor Andrew Sachs on The Russell Brand Show, which led to major changes to the BBC’s policy. His drug use, alcoholism and promiscuity have influenced his comedic material and public image. He is also widely known for his short marriage to Katy Perry which ended in 2012.[1]

Sources:

[1] Russel Brand – Wikipedia

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