The world is choke full of bad news…..from starvation to pandemics to war to just plain stupid violence……so when I rad a piece that I consider good news I will always share it with my readers…and yesterday I saw a report that made me smile……

Tough times for the far right? The number of militias, skinhead gangs, and other extremist groups in the US dropped last year for the first time since 1999, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The hate-group watchdog found that the number of extreme-right groups dropped around 14% to 2,035, though it says the fall followed “four years of explosive growth,” reports CNN. The number of organizations classed as hate groups dropped 7% to 939—up from just 457 in 1999. “Patriot” groups dropped by 19% to 1,096, but there were only 149 such groups in 2008. The drop is owed to many factors, including internal squabbles, legal troubles, the improving economy, widespread demoralization at President Obama’s re-election—and the adoption of some extremist policies by mainstream politicians, the SPLC says. But despite the drop in numbers, the center warns that far-right extremists are still a serious threat, reports the Los Angeles Times. “The radical right is growing leaner and meaner,” a senior fellow at the center says. “The numbers are down somewhat, but the potential for violence remains high.”

Like I said good news…..but how long will it last?  We are not far away from another presidential election and the possibility of an up-tick in these groups could be on the horizon.

Or could this be the beginning of a country of harmony?  Love is out of the question, so I will settle for a little harmony…..maybe then the people will become more important than ideological bullsh*t.

Just saying.