How long until riots begin in the U.S.?

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I realize what I'm about to say may sound trite.  I don't mean to minimize the fact that times are tough in the U.S. and may remain tough for a while.  I even think a protest or two or a dozen might wake some people up.

But, during the day, I saw footage of thousands of starving children in Somalia whose mothers had walked for one month to bring them to aid camps, and a government hurling tanks and munitions at its own people in Syria.  9% unemployment sucks, and dropping markets do cause people genuinely understandable anxiety and all.  But there are lots and lots of people in the world who can only wish they had our problems instead of their own.