Finite Growth
Posted on June 27, 2007 in Articles
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America, Fuck Yah!!
Posted on June 26, 2007 in Articles
The Article: Number of Americans who believe Saddam-9/11 tie rises to 41 percent by Josh Catone in Raw Story.
The Text: A new Newsweek poll out this weekend exposed “gaps” in America’s knowledge of history and current events.
Perhaps most alarmingly, 41% of Americans answered ‘Yes’ to the question “Do you think Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was directly involved in planning, financing, or carrying out the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001?”
That total is actually up 5 points since September 2004.
Further, a majority of people couldn’t identify Saudia Arabia as the country of origin of most of the 9/11 hijackers, even given the question in multiple choice format. 20% answered Iraq, while 14% believed the hijackers came from Iran.
A majority (52%) believe the US is losing the war against al Qaeda, however Newsweek disagrees. In the magazine’s reporting of the poll, they made judgment that the US is in fact not “losing the fight against al-Qaeda or radical Islamic terrorism.”
Closer to home, 89% of Americans are unable to name the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (John Roberts), though a majority of those polled were able to name Nancy Pelosi as the current Speaker of the House.
A large majority of people said they didn’t know or didn’t care who the winner of this year’s American Idol competition was (or at least weren’t willing to admit it).
The full results of the Newsweek poll are available here.
The Analysis: Oh America, you’re so wonderful.
A Tour of Some of My Favorite European Graffiti
Posted on June 26, 2007 in Articles
Prague, Czech Republic:
Ljubljana, Slovenia:
Bucharest, Romania:
Florence, Italy:
Rome, Italy:
For more European graffiti on PBH, see What I Saw On The Way To My First Day of Work and Graffiti from Barcelona.
Blog Bound Up
Posted on June 26, 2007 in Articles
Ut oh, someone’s cracked the class code! In case you were blind to the segregated world around you, it’s finally been analyzed: Facebook is for white suburban kids and MySpace is for dirty brown urban youths. I wonder if we can parade them through the streets like in Iran?
In more good news, Elizabeth Edwards said (in public!) ‘I’m completely comfortable with gay marriage’ along with the best comment on the situation on Pandagon:
On MSNBC.com, the headline read “Elizabeth Edwards strays on gay marriage,” as if she were cheating on her husband by having a different opinion. Or as if she were a dog.
Other things worth checking out: Old, old computers used on an old, old ship, Israel’s influence on American foreign policy, 10 Attributes of Really Lazy People, Iraqi Kurdistan The End of Turkey’s EU Dreams?, and finally, Wind Powered Robots.
