Just when it seems you're about to lose all hope, afraid that too many Americans have bought into the Marxist propaganda spewed non-stop by the "mainstream" media, a light shines forth out of the darkness to give you hope.

So it was today as I read at Fox News that a majority of Americans see government not as the savior in the current financial crisis, but as the villain. 

A 53 percent majority thinks government involvement is not part of the solution at all, but part of the problem. This view is more intense among Republicans (69 percent) and independents (59 percent)--though a large minority of Democrats (40 percent) also views government involvement in a negative light.

Over half of voters (53 percent) oppose the seven hundred billion dollar rescue package passed by Congress, with about one-third (34 percent) supporting it. Even higher majorities oppose the package among Republicans (57 percent) and independents (59 percent). Moreover, most voters backing Barack Obama (47 percent) and John McCain (56 percent) also oppose the bailout plan.

The national telephone poll was conducted for FOX News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 900 registered voters from Oct. 8 to Oct. 9. The poll has a 3-point error margin.

With Democrats on Capitol Hill pounding out a drum beat for weeks that the problem here was a lack of government meddling, and having that drum beat echoed by their propaganda machine in the "mainstream" media, frankly I'm a little astonished at such clear perception on the part of the American people.

Perhaps more and more people are bypassing the "mainstream" media jackals and getting their information from more reliable sources.

How refreshing!