AlterNet sees “15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams”: 1) Inequality of wealth unprecedented, 2) DOW hits 10,000 and big banks bailed out with taxpayer money give billions in bonuses, 3) Middle class collapsing, 4) While older workers lost big chunk of 401k needed for retirement, 400 richest Americans added $30 billion to combined wealth of $1.57 trillion, 5) Home foreclosure filings in third quarter 2009 = 937,840, worst ever, expected to reach 3.4 million by year’s end, with more coming next year, 6) 25 million unemployed or underemployed, prospects for new jobs slim, 7) Over 120 banks have failed this year, more to come, 10 states on verge of bankruptcy, 9) Public debt topped $12 trillion for first time, 10) With 47.4 million citizens living in poverty, U.S. poverty rate is highest in industrialized world, 11) One out of every two children in U.S. will need food stamps, 12) Number of U.S. citizens without health care at record 46.3 million, 13) Lack of health insurance caused 45,000 preventable deaths in past year and medical bills led to two out of three bankruptcies, 14) Demand for guns and ammunition hits record high, 15) A hundred new armed militia groups have formed in past year.