they should put a disclaimer of bias before they air anything
[quote]91 percent believe the stimulus legislation lost jobs[/quote]
Last I checked unemployment is still 9-10% Most of the jobs created were government jobs, and but millions of non-government jobs were lost, netting a job loss
[quote]72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit[/quote]
Only in America can a trillion dollars reduce the deficit, oh wait, it doesn't work that way here either.
[quote]72 percent believe the economy is getting worse[/quote]
well it certainly isn't getting much better.
[quote]60 percent believe climate change is not occurring[/quote]
climate change is occurring, many people debate on the actual severity of it, and whether it is man-made or not.
The rest of these are sad that people get these wrong
[quote]49 percent believe income taxes have gone up[/quote]
they might shortly if the cut isn't passed...
[quote]63 percent believe the stimulus legislation did not include any tax cuts
56 percent believe Obama initiated the GM/Chrysler bailout[/quote]
[quote]38 percent believe that most Republicans opposed TARP[/quote]
many republicans, like John McCain, are such filthy progressives, it's not even funny
[quote]63 percent believe Obama was not born in the U.S. (or that it is unclear)[/quote]
sigh...but I did find Obama's reluctance to give up his birth certificate a little strange...that's just me
[QUOTE=Misiek93;26740524]sigh...but I did find Obama's reluctance to give up his birth certificate a little strange...that's just me[/QUOTE]
He never refused
[release]60 percent believe climate change is not occurring[/release]
Man-made global warming isn't real.
[b]MYSTERY SOLVED[/B] :c00lbert:
[QUOTE=Misiek93;26740524]many republicans, like John McCain, are such filthy progressives, it's not even funny[/QUOTE]
hahaha john mccain is progressive? what are you a caveman?
"Study Confirms That Fox News Makes You Stupid"
I respect that in a news source, straight forward and bluntly stating what points are made in the article. Not something silly to gain attention... this type of titling gets attention.
[QUOTE=Archy;26739022]they should put a disclaimer of bias before they air anything[/QUOTE]
Surgeon General's warning on Fox News, like cigarettes
Capital idea actually
[QUOTE=Habsburg;26740539]He never refused[/QUOTE]
well it took a long time for it to get out, when it could have been done in a few days given his resources at the time
[QUOTE=Habsburg;26740567]hahaha john mccain is progressive? what are you a caveman?[/QUOTE]
Ahem
John McCain:
-Supports Cap and Trade
-co-sponsored a "patients' bill of rights" with John Edwards and Ted Kennedy. He sponsored a bill with John Kerry to raise automobile fuel-efficiency standards, and sponsored a cap-and-trade bill with Joe Lieberman too. John McCain was also one of only 6 Republicans to vote against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
-voted against the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts
-In 2001, McCain met with Democrats to discuss switching parties. In 2004, he met with John Kerry about being his V.P. candidate.
-Favorite President = Teddy Roosevelt
The presumptive Republican nominee channels the 26th president -- his "ultimate hero" -- on the campaign trail, in his platform, even in an online ad in which images of the two are juxtaposed. "I am," he has said, "a Teddy Roosevelt Republican." - McCain's self-comparison to T.R.
-railied against the repeal of the estate tax…Then suddenly in 2005, he stopped blocking the passage of a permanent repeal of the estate tax. Then again out of nowhere, he decided to support making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent. Tax cuts he was once ferociously against
Too bad the idiots that watch Fox will never see this.
You know, correlation does not equal causation. :downs:
Really, though, this is a very biased source. If you want to discredit Fox News, you shouldn't have to use things like insults and "72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit," which it very well might[1]. Just take Glaber for example. He listened to Bill O'Riley over literally hundreds of counter-arguments, insisting that selling and giving out healthy school food will create an unbreakable dependence on the government. If you could make a study trying to link stubbornness like that to where people get their news, that would be more effective.
That doesn't mean you can just throw out this data, though, and it is very funny data.
[1][sp]It is yet to be seen if the new methods of obtaining money, such as initiatives to stop fraud, will cover the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid. While it is likely that it will, never underestimate the power of the United States government to spend more than it has. Also, don't take this as an argument against the US healthcare law. It isn't perfect, but I'll take it over that steaming pile of free market crap we used to have.[/sp]
[editline]16th December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Misiek93;26740711]-railied against the repeal of the estate tax…Then suddenly in 2005, he stopped blocking the passage of a permanent repeal of the estate tax. Then again out of nowhere, he decided to support making the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent. Tax cuts he was once ferociously against[/QUOTE]
This is where I stopped liking John McCain. He used to be one of the best politicians. He wasn't afraid to stand up for what would be best for the nation, even though it made him look bad to his fellow Republicans. That is what has been missing from the government for so long that we desperately need back. Then, suddenly, he became just another pawn in the party's pocket, and the nation lost another hero of sanity.
[QUOTE=Misiek93;26740524]climate change is occurring, many people debate on the actual severity of it, and whether it is man-made or not.[/QUOTE]"Debate" about global warming? The consensus among climatologists i.e. [b]people qualified in the field,[/b] is unanimous; the opinions of laymen or scientist not specialised in the field are, quite frankly, irrelevant.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;26741380]...is unanimous...[/QUOTE]
not quite
for example:
"Matthew Rigby and Ronald Prinn, the TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science"
They found evidence that seems to contradict that greenhouse gases cause global warming
[url]http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/39973-mit-scientists-baffled-by-global-warming-theory-contradicts-scientific-dat[/url]
or better yet, Dr. Lindzen of MIT, professor of Meteorology
after 30 years of collecting data, the data contradicts every computer model put out by the UN, and showed that the IPCC predictions are inflated compared to what the trend of actual data shows.
I trust an MIT professor more than ("Nobel laureate") Al Gore
but the fact is, there's a bunch of data on both sides, and more scientists seem to lean towards global warming
[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;26727075]They get indoctrinated, usually from Birth. It's not hereditary, it's gained.[/QUOTE]
That's not 100% true. Studies show that partisanship is partially genetic.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgreV2;26741203] Just take Glaber for example. He listened to Bill O'Riley over literally hundreds of counter-arguments.[/QUOTE]
Bill made the same argument as me? (Still is without fox news on TV + missed the online video)
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;26741380]"Debate" about global warming? The consensus among climatologists i.e. [b]people qualified in the field,[/b] is unanimous; the opinions of laymen or scientist not specialised in the field are, quite frankly, irrelevant.[/QUOTE]
Are you sure about that?
[quote]Most of the headlines are grabbed by NASA’s James Hansen, Head of Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. Hansen has been the doomsayer-sayer-in-chief of the climate alarmists along with Al Gore. Hansen has been quoted as saying, “The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains.” [B]But other NASA scientists who use satellites to collect real data, take a different view, and are now saying that “our world should be just beginning to enter a new period of cooling — perhaps the next ice age.”[/B][/quote]
Source: [url]http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2010/12/15/nasa-says-earth-is-entering-a-cooling-period/[/url]
Source's Source: [url]http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/big-questions/what-are-the-primary-causes-of-the-earth-system-variability/[/url]
[QUOTE=Borg184;26726584]It's all my god damn parents watch. My mom can care less, but loves Sarah Palin. My Dad is one of those "Oh god everything is a conspiracy, the government is poisoning us and the world is gonna end soon" guys, and my grandmother worships Bill O'Reilly.
I love my parents.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit...are we related?
[editline]17th December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;26741380]"Debate" about global warming? The consensus among climatologists i.e. [b]people qualified in the field,[/b] is unanimous; the opinions of laymen or scientist not specialised in the field are, quite frankly, irrelevant.[/QUOTE]
There is a debate about global warming, mostly on the specific pieces of it.
Thank GOD my parents don't watch the news. That aside, they are Democrats anyway, so watching Fox News would basically be like watching a comedy channel.
Excellent news my American friends! Now can you perhaps get these people over to England so we can prove that reading the Daily Mail makes you a stubborn misogynist?
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