The sound you do not hear is me hitting my head on the desk repeatedly

[featherynscale]

Poll - 79% of Americans believe that the Virgin Birth of Jesus was a literal, historical, really for sure happened event.

Take a look at that, kids. Read it all the way to the bottom, where 69% of Americans surveyed believe that "creation science" should be taught in addition to or instead of evolution in schools. Wanna guess which of those two options got the most respondents?

Now, I suppose it's possible that the sample for this poll came entirely from people caught as they exited some sort of remedial course in small-town Georgia. Except that I think that statement is unfair to all the students in small-town Georgia who are genuinely trying to better themselves.

In conclusion, Europe.

Comments

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

My day was looking up...

Add to task list: Buy wining lottery ticket, buy island, start own country, bring clan.

[malvito.livejournal.com]

Since it's a voluntary poll, it's easy for the numbers to be skewed. The response probably has less to do with an actual percentage of people in the US as it does the number of people who emailed their friends to respond and skew the numbers. People who feel 'empowered' by the results of this year's election.

OK, yeah, having to listen to these people does make one yearn for a collection of small nuclear weapons (or at least enforced sterility of the ignorant).

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I was so optimistic about your first statement that I went back and read the article again to see where it talked about the poll methodology. But no. Random phone poll. You can choose to answer or not answer, but skewing the sampling is probably right out.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I support you. When you are God-Emperor, I have no doubt that things will be better for the clan.

[malvito.livejournal.com]

Oh, pee.

And here I ws really really hoping it was an online poll.

*sigh* As much as I love my home, yeah, Europe is looking better and better. (Of course, with the right company ...)

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

As I said earlier, a good smack upside the head and the word "THINK!" yelled would work wonders. At least for the slapper/yeller.

Conclusions

[hekatatia.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeah. That's one of the big reasons Gavin wasn't too happy in the U.S.