Judging by the hordes of people on the streets with signs, desperation doesn't sound so quiet lately.

"Hordes?"

15% of the country lives in poverty. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/us/14census.html?pagewante...)

Imagine what it would look like if 1 in 6 people took to the streets. 50 million. That's a horde.

Oh purleez. There's what, a couple of thousand of 'em nationwide? The same damn crowd that protests.... everything?

That goes for people rich and poor. We all have to face death.