North Carolina voters say what the neighbors think Posted: 7 months ago by DerAlt
As a prelude to North Carolina's May 6 Democratic presidential primary, state voters recently were asked about prejudices. As related by the News & Observer in Raleigh, here's what the poll found:
Not me, but my neighbor is predudiced.
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Documentary to explore media impact on voters. Posted: 14 hours ago by shuallyo
On Election day twelve Obama voters were interviewed extensively right after they voted to learn how the news media impacted their knowledge of what occurred during the campaign. These voters were chosen for their apparent intelligence/verbal abilities and willingness to express their opinions to a large audience. The rather shocking video below seeks to provide some insight into which information broke through the news media clutter and which did not.
All of this was conducted for a forthcoming documentary on how the news media impacted the 2008 election. Please get on our mailing list and return to this website in the coming months for more information on the film, "Media Malpractice... How Obama Got Elected"
Because obviously interviewing a relative handful of Obama voters, while interesting, is hardly scientific proof of anything, we also commissioned a Zogby telephone poll which asked the very same questions (as well as a few others) with similarly amazing results.
Zogby Poll
512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points
97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates
Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions
57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing)
81.8% could NOT correctly say Joe Biden quit a previous campaign because of plagiarism (25% chance by guessing)
82.6% could NOT correctly say that Barack Obama won his first election by getting opponents kicked off the ballot (25% chance by guessing)
88.4% could NOT correctly say that Obama said his policies would likely bankrupt the coal industry and make energy rates skyrocket (25% chance by guessing)
56.1% could NOT correctly say Obama started his political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground (25% chance by guessing).
And yet.....
Only 13.7% failed to identify Sarah Palin as the person on which their party spent $150,000 in clothes
Only 6.2% failed to identify Palin as the one with a pregnant teenage daughter
And 86.9 % thought that Palin said that she could see Russia from her "house," even though that was Tina Fey who said that!!
Only 2.4% got at least 11 correct.
Only .5% got all of them correct. (And we "gave" one answer that was technically not Palin, but actually Tina Fey)
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Wanna Drive To The North Pole? Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Top Gear had a race between a dog sled, and a Toyota Hilux, to the north pole.
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Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
The Arctic North (northern parts of Canada and Alaska) is a cruel environment for men and machine; for planes it is no different. The weather creates all sorts of hazards, the terrain offers its own variety of opportinuties for disaster.
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North Korean nuclear talks result in resolution Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
North Korea has agreed in talks to cease its nuclear development programme by the end of the year.
This can only be good news.
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Carving up the North Pole pie Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
Diplomatic tensions could heat up between Russia, Denmark and other countries as they try to stake a claim on the North Pole and its buried oil reserves
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Microsoft Sells 10 Million Xbox 360 Consoles In North America Posted: 6 months ago by punthe
Microsoft is the first console manufacturer to sell 10 million consoles in North America...
Now, is that 10 million functioning consoles?
Or, is that including the 30 odd percent that failed with the Red Ring of Death?
BWAA HAA HAA HAA HAA!!!!
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Obama Opens Double-Digit Lead Over McCain: Poll Posted: 4 weeks ago by punthe
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has opened up a 10-point lead over Republican opponent John McCain two weeks before the November 4 U.S. election, according to Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Tuesday.
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Pregnant Marine missing from North Carolina base Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
A search is under way for a pregnant 20-year-old Marine who has been missing from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, since December 14.
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Dr. Strangelove Visits North Korea, a Web Guide Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
Over the past week the talk of the international stage has been North Korean president Kim Jong Il and his testing of a nuclear weapon, which made its three neighbors, South Korea, China and Japan nervous and gave the Bush Administration one more headache.
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UN Urges North Korea to cancel Nuclear test. Posted: 2 years ago by icepigs
And since North Korea always follows the recommendation of the UN.....
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The Coldest Place in North America Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
Yukon, Canada holds the record for the coldest recorded temperature in North America - 81 degrees below zero. The article describes some pretty interesting characteristics of such extreme cold conditions.
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Tensions rise over North Korean threat Posted: 2 years ago by Phildo
Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out Saturday along the border with South Korea and Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.
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Chinese banks stop financial transfers to North Korea Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
Chinese banks have stopped financial transfers to North Korea under government orders as part of sanctions imposed for Pyongyang's nuclear test, bank employees said Friday, in a possibly serious blow to the country's frail economy.
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North Korean general cracks George W. Bush joke Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In North Korea, where cracking a joke about the country's leader could see you, well, die laughing, poking fun at the U.S. president is obviously not as serious.
Read the joke in the article.
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North Korea Welcomes Tourists Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Thanks to a softening in U.S. relations with North Korea, you could be in Pyongyang for the spring thaw.
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Tensions mount over North Korean nuclear testing. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
North Korea threatens Japan over sanctions.
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Interesting Conspiracy theory and facts Posted: 8 months ago by rebellionleader
Its about the north american union and the rfid chip that is supposed to be installed in people, soon one world government as well
kinda hints of revalations in the bible
it makes sense kind of too
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Lost world warning from North Sea Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists are uncovering a huge prehistoric "lost country" hidden below the North Sea.
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Wrist watch buried at North Pole 3 years ago, found by boy 1800 miles away! Posted: 2 years ago by BrownTrout
A wristwatch buried in the ice at the North Pole three years ago was found by a boy more than 1,800 miles away after it floated ashore on the Faroe Islands.
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State of North Dakota sues NCAA over nickname of university. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
They're not crazy about changing name to the Fighting Sue.
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