But I don't feel like a Viking!

Some of the commentary I run across that downplays the seriousness of (taking a deep breath so I can say it nonstop) the scandals of Benghazi, the IRS targeting conservative and religious groups, the FBI zeroing in on pro life entities, the NSA accessing phone records for the AP, the TSA being able to monitor truckers and other means of mass transit and the disclosure of "Operation Prism" seems to be summed up as "all is well, don't worry your little head about these things.". These are conservative sites and pundits that espouse this too.

It puts me in mind of this: http://youtu.be/d8IBnfkcrsM Just as the inhabitants of Hy-Brazil wanted to believe nothing had changed, that life would go on as before, so do too many folk who want to believe there is no rot in our current culture.

Come to think of it, I DID have a cousin named Eric. He wasn't a Viking either.