I don't have time to read/watch everything in this thread this a.m. before work. However, from the title, 22% is a much higher number than I would have thought. 22% of Americans think the government operates with our consent? In other words, almost a quarter of the people still believe the government has not gone haywire and off-track and operates with honesty and integrity. Hmmmm - the dumbest of the dumb - the Obama's gonna take care of me crowd.