CNN Poll - Are there Muslims in your town ?

[obnoxiousdrunk]

I guess that's what they mean and 60% says YES.

http://www.cnn.com

[sniffa]

1. what's a musLim

:shrug:

[obnoxiousdrunk]

3. A believer in or adherent of Islam -eom

[Obamarama]

2. What kind of lame ass poll is that??

How would I have any idea?? Shouldn't they have an "I don't know" category?

This is just an attempt by a news organization to be able to say "an overwhelming percentage of people polled think there are terrorists in their city." Manufacturing more fear, I see.

[AbsolutSprint]

5. haha

haha..I like that. I bet Faux News would do exactly that.

[0rganism]

4. Or maybe - Are there Democrats in your town?

What else could it be...

Are there abortion providers in your town? ('cept that wouldn't be 60%)

Are there homosexuals in your town?

Remember, anyone a right winger doesn't like is now, officially, on the side of the terrorists.

[Logansquare]

6. I see "Do you think there are people with ties to terrorism in your town?"

Are you making a little (very little) funny?

[FatSlob]

7. I read it differently:

Do you think that Islamic Terrorists are in your town?

It wouldn't surprise me if there were. We have some nice targets.

[Journeyman]

8. So where's the option for the only honest response?. . .

How the cheney would I know?

I swear, I've looked around but this is a major metropolitan area and we just don't have a lot of cropdusters flown by people I don't know in the immediate area. I thought I saw a guy with a Farmer's Almanac the other day, but it could have been my imagination.

How un-cheney-believable is that question?

It reminds me of the scene in Richard Wright's Blackboy, when the woman who wanted to hire him asks the young Wright, "Do you steal?" And Wright looked at her in disbelief, realizing "one would have to be an idiot to answer that question: 'Yes, ma'am, I steals.'"

Are there terrorists in your town? "Yes, ma'am, they's terrorists. We all goes to meetings together."

[Zynx]

9. WTF?! 60% said YES?!

Paranoia alert!

[On the Road]

12. Hell, I Voted Yes

I live in the DC area.

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. Hm...my best friend is a Muslim...

as far as I know, he has no ties to terrorism...I think I'd have noticed by now, I've known him almost ten years...

Although, this being the rural south, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few KKK-tpye nutters about (and they count as terrorists, I'd say).

[LittleApple81]

11. I SENT THEM A MESSAGE. People, REACT. HERE IS MY MESSAGE:

What?????? Do you think there are people with ties to terrorism in your town????

What kind of question is that? Are you trying to increase the paranoia in this country? Don't you think that the Bush administration has done a good job already and so you need to add your 2 cents? I FRANKLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION and cannot justify it from any point of view.

[CarolynEC]

13. I think there are terrorists on my TV screen

But then, I've been on the production side of the screen, whipping people into a frenzy about approaching snowstorms. In New England. In winter.

In a way, it's the same game for them, different subject. The same psycholgy that goes into a news tease: "A deadly danger could be lurking in your home at this very moment. We'll tell you all about it a few hours from now."

It's not about providing a public service. It's about pushing your buttons.

[Moderator]

14. Locking.....

The title of this thread is misleading.

This is the actual poll question.

Do you think there are people with ties to terrorism in your town?

If you wish to repost this poll, please post the
actual poll question.


Thank you.

DU Moderator