Tag: poll
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geopolitiks: georgia, israel, thailand, india, pakistan, mexico & more
darth cheney visits georgia in show of solidarityfrom guardian: The US vice-president arrived in Tbilisi today, in a show of political backing for the nation and its pro-Western Georgian president. Dick Cheney’s visit comes a day after the White House announced a $1bn (£500m) economic aid package for the country, which was ravaged by last…
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all-time lows: our money & our president
bush disapproval marks lowest in gallup history from usa today: President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing;…
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poll: americans have lost faith in mainstream media
from press tv: A new opinion poll suggests that over 54 percent of Americans do not trust mainstream media and consider news websites more reliable. Some 41 percent said they trust the ‘Internet news and information websites’ more than the press. The new Harris Interactive survey reflects the findings of a Harvard University study (1.12mb…
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spacewar, fcs, fake experts, fingerprints & kevlar
US & russian citizens want weapons-free outer spacefrom afp: Most Americans and Russians want their governments to ensure a weapons-free outer space and would back a treaty underpinning the move, a poll showed Thursday. Seventy-eight percent of Americans and 67 percent of Russians said their leaderships should refrain from deploying any weapons in space as…
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december clearinghouse
top economist says america could plunge into recession * ohio guard call-up said to be largest since wwii * how to lose your job on your own time * mexico to microchip central american migrants * eli lilly knew prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants * wtc7: a tale of three broadcasters…
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military family poll: war not worth it
from military.com: Families with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq, with a majority concluding the invasion was not worth it, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found. The views of the military community, which includes active-duty…
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ron paul wins his 25th straw poll
from nolan chart: Ron Paul has just won his 25th straw poll. The Republican presidential candidate has taken the top honors in Virginia, followed by Fred Thompson in second place and Mike Huckabee in third. Paul got 182 of the 439 votes cast, or 38%. The Richmond-Times Dispatch reported that there was a visibly discernable…
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november clearinghouse
teachers, teens immerse selves in mock danger of ‘1984’* mayor claims he was abducted by satanists* video: rabbi weiss, outside annapolis peace confab, rips zionism* teens go on homeland security scavenger hunt* paul believes in threat of north american superhighway* ron paul smear attempts reflect ‘frightened’ & ‘insecure’ establishment* military families support ron paul’s platform…
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gop rivals tussle over immigration, the word & hitler
from raw story: Frequently using their YouTube-submitted questions as a jumping off place for attacks on rivals, the Republican presidential contenders took on a range of queries – from silly to serious – posed by ordinary Americans in Wednesday evening’s GOP debate in St. Petersburg, FL… As the evening’s focus later shifted to government spending,…
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gq picks ron paul as a ‘man of the year 2007’
from abc: GQ magazine has chosen Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul as one of their “Men of the Year 2007.” Paul, 72, appears in GQ’s December issue with GQ’s other men of the year including Hollywood heavyweight Tom Hanks, hip-hop artist Kanye West, new James Bond actor Daniel Craig, actor Casey Affleck, baseball star Alex…
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poll shows 62% believe US had 9/11 foreknowledge
from nypost: Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the federal government had warnings about 9/11 but decided to ignore them, a national survey found. And that’s not the only conspiracy theory with a huge number of true believers in the United States. The poll found that more than one out of three Americans believe Washington is…
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bomb iran, say insane americans in new poll
from raw story: Despite President Bush’s perpetually abysmal approval ratings, it appears his increasingly hostile rhetoric against Iran has drummed up enough fear of a “nuclear holocaust” or a World War III that a majority of Americans are in favor of a US strike against the country aimed a curtailing its apparent nuclear ambitions, a…
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‘i don’t want to know’ what americans believe about 9/11
from raw story: A 2006 poll about the causes the causes of 9/11 – which indicated that more than a third of Americans suspect government involvement in the tragedies – is too “frightening” for MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson to even think about. Discussing the booting of a 9/11 Truth heckler from the audience of last week’s…
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poll: bush’s job approval rating sinks to another record low
from reuters: Deepening unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress soured the mood of Americans and sent Bush’s approval rating to another record low this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. The Reuters/Zogby Index, which measures the mood of the country, also fell from 98.8 to 96 – the…
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cnbc learns not to ‘mess with’ ron paul
from raw story: CNBC Washington correspondent John Harwood asked former Representative Joe Scarborough on Tuesday to tell him what Rep. Ron Paul is really like, because he’s been amazed to discover lately that “if you mess with Ron Paul on television or online, you are going to feel the wrath of some serious followers.” Harwood…