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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:07 PM Original message |
One in Five Americans Believes Sun Revolves Around Earth |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Is this George's 20%? nt |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
126. I think it generally represents a solid majority of us. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. and think george w bunnypants is doing a heckuva job as pretzeldent |
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anniebelle (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why doesn't this surprise me. |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. whereas, a great majority of Americans believe the Earth... |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Indeed...a Dem politician having sex with a prostitute |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm always confused by that |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. We have had this anti-intellectualism rising and it is damn scary |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I was having a beer with a friend after the 1994 election... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Exactly. Doesn't surprise me one bit. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. oops! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Most folks don't take no civics no more |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
110. Incidentally, "zeitgeist of the times" is reduntant. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #110 |
144. Thanks! |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. How can you not buy or read a book for a year?! |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I know! |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. That number will probably increase |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Very valid point |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Not true, there are many kids book series's that are doing well |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Very good point. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-13-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #61 |
143. Good point. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. We didn't have any books. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
150. We have to limit my 13-year old's reading. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
123. J.K Rowling deserves a knighthood, IMHO |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
122. I've only just become aware of "non-readers" in the last decade |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #122 |
156. I know, it's the weirdest thing. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
130. Call me odd, but I don't think it's important for me to know a foreign language. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #130 |
151. I'm thrilled I learned Spanish. I use it often. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
142. I have a problem with |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Forget that whole "I'm sorry about being Elitist" crap |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. and they all take turns hosting The View |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
134. Apathy, hell — outright disdain |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Most Americans will not be able to tell the reason for seasons on Earth |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Doesn't it sicken you that people think it's the distance? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #56 |
94. On the other hand, the distance to the sun |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
112. Oh really? (astrology) |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. Some do; most don't |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. Well, in retribution for Hades abducting Persephone, her mother Demeter, the goddess of fertility, |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
88. einstein was right |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
106. GAWD causes all that stuff. You don't need to no no more!! (NT) |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did they change it? When? |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. Kesey and five grad students wrote a book, and they had Venus rise in the east at sunset |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. There are also many people who will spend $4.00 for a cup of coffee |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. You do not see a difference between |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I don't see a difference in... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. One is a matter of taste and opinion |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm under the impression that value is wholly subjective rather... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The monetary value of a commodity is a fact. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
113. A fact dependent upon a great many things |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
125. WTF?? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
148. Play Civilization once in a while (nm) |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Hint: the ones who wear shorts in cold weather ... |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
74. Allow me to translate this post. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
137. Chovexani wins |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
77. Computer games are fun |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #77 |
116. I agree on the investment vs. hours of fun |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
80. Oooh and some men have sex with other men. Nice bit of fundamentalist attitude there |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:38 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. Are you delusional? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #92 |
97. People who adopt purely subjective biases as absolute truth are just fundies. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thus my posting name: we are in the endarkenment. nt. |
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tachyon (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't gotta know nuthin', I gots Jebus in my hart |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
93. Oh goodie, a new bigot |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #93 |
107. 'Betcha they are, though. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #107 |
127. That's a rather poor grasp of history you have there |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. I'm sure Galileo feels better now that you've explained it. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
135. Ah, now you're changing your tune |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. Fundamentalists are just one degree of Christians. |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. No wonder why this country is going down the tubes. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Rush Limbaugh thinks it rises and sets over his pasty white ass |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. . |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. Allz I knows iz I ain't descended from no ape. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. That's seriously disturbing |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
82. I really DIG that image! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #82 |
98. That's more unsettling than the picture itself. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. One in five, huh? I wonder how that coincides with O'Louffa's ratings? |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is why robots will soon take over. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow..... |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's about right... |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
87. No, The proportion of young Earth creationists in America is more like half. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. I attribute that to bad science education |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. We're a stupid, stupid country. In breaking other news, dog bites man. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. life without books....I can't imagine it |
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MadAndy (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's pretty stupid, It revolves around Mrs Bill Clinton. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. Before we get all uppity here... |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. The motion of the sun along the zodiacal belt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. retrograde planets and occam's razor |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. mercury and venus transit |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. I'll start with Keppler's stellar Mechanics |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
118. Do you know people who can explain string theory? |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. Hard data from decades of spaces probes flying about... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. The only signs left of the Enlightenment I see... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #78 |
100. Is Torquemada posting over there again? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. Enlightenment is for squares, Daddy-O |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #71 |
89. Who cares when you have a big Plasma TV and an iPod. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
146. But industrialized, corporate scientists might |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
108. Differential red shift. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #108 |
138. That would be Doppler effect, not red shift |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. "Red Shift" is primarily caused by the Doppler effect (and twinned with expansion) |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. I seriously question the stat that 80% of families did not buy or read a book in 2006. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I do, since the numbers from the industry continue to decline |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. It's not 80%. I'm sorry. That's just stupid. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. Look for the stats published by the National Publishing Associsation |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. can't seem to find a website for Natianl Publishing Association. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Check the mag |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
73. Middle class and up families, yes. Even there, I am not so sure, but there is a better chance, |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. that's pretty close to 19% |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. sweet Sherri Shepherd! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. Four in Five politicians believe the world revolves around them. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
47. Everybody knows the earth revolves around Jesus. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
101. My fundie sister-in-law said something at christmas about |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. Books, they're available almost everywhere! |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. The coming of the "Huns". If your ever in Brussels.. |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Makes me worry that the movie Idiocracy is a window into the future... nt |
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Lex Talionis (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #68 |
96. I haven't seen that movie. Daughter says I should. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. Was This Poll Taken at the RNC? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. ..... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. "Wapo article it references as a source..." |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yeah, but then, four in five believe that it revolves around the U.S. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
69. Part of the problem is that you even had to worry about being called elitist |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
72. It doesn't? |
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New Dawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
75. There are also Americans who think that Poland is in Africa... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #75 |
105. And don't forget the brainiacs who think WWII was fought against Russia. n/t |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. I know what you're saying but it's arguable that the end of WWII *WAS*... |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #109 |
121. Yes, but I'm talking about surveys of college students |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. I know; I was just riffing off of your point. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
76. one on the st interviewer said: we have FIVE moons |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
79. The was an astronaut, a cosmonaught, and a blonde. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
81. "80 percent of American families did not buy or read a book in 2006." |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. The last book my husband read was "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" in 1989. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. It's shocking when you hear it, but believable on reflection |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-11-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
85. I think this coincides with the popularity of Faux News |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
90. Washington? Where the hell is that? Next time, quote from a paper published in America! |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #90 |
154. I was living in California at the time. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
91. should be 1-5 Americans can't properly read the questions on stupid tests! |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
95. Rasmussen has it at 88%. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
99. George's base speaks from their mud huts |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
102. How many of them post in GD-Primaries? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
103. If the earth is flat it makes sense to me.......Were like a frisbee |
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twiceshy (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
104. If I had to blame one thing it's FASHION..... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #104 |
145. I almost wanted to go into the thing abt fashion when |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
111. No. One in three Americans don't understand the question posed to them in a survey. |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
114. I actually find this poll more disturbing |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
117. Changing? |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
119. I told my mom about this this morning, and her first reaction was |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
120. Whoa! |
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iris5426 (697 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Yes. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
131. Why must we always be the stupid country? |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
132. Brains are for wimps, and other American pop culture truths... |
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Slagathor (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
133. I'm pretty sure more than 20% of the public is stupid (nt) |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
136. On the bright side, that means bright prospects for my friend's career |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-12-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
139. I read more online daily now than I did books when I was younger |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
147. The real Confirmation was when Bush got into office the way he did...mind boggling |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
152. And *that* is why the US is so religious, in comparison to other developed nations. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
153. There is a disproportionate |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
155. 80% of families did not buy or read a book in 2006??? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #155 |
157. I think its more like 85%..and if we talking serious books...not pulp fic...90% |
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