How bad things feel today, they sure beat the shit out of the 1970s as far as this citizen is concerned.
Even so, a battered public seems discouraged by the onslaught of dispiriting things. An Associated Press-Ipsos poll says a barrel-scraping 17 percent of people surveyed believe the country is moving in the right direction. That is the lowest reading since the survey began in 2003.
[From >The Associated Press: Everything seemingly is spinning out of control]
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