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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 06:49 AM
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There's No Excuse For This...
Checked out CNN's poll and found that 40% of viewers there voted "Not At All" as to their understanding of HCR. I imagine these are the same people who are whining and complaining. In this day and age and with all of the information available to all of us, there is just no excuse for this. Laziness and willful ignorance seems to be their way to go. How sad, and these people probably vote...



Quick vote
Do you understand the new health care law's effects on you?
Read Related Articles
This is not a scientific poll
Not at all
40%
35029
Somewhat
37%
32363
Very well
24%
20839
Total votes: 88231
This is not a scientific poll


www.cnn.com
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 06:51 AM
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1. It's strange that they can find their way to cnn, but can't be bothered
informing themselves.

So I imagine cnn will go to great pains to explain in layman's terms how the new hcr rules will affect Americans.

:sarcasm:
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 06:53 AM
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2. Dancing With the Stars and American Idol haven't covered the health care bill yet..
How could you expect Americans to know anything about it?
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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 06:55 AM
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3. That would be because our noise media is infotainment
that does not even bother trying to inform and that treats utter deliberate bullshit as equivalent to reasonable informed opinion. 40% don't have a clue because the mass media brainwashing is busy with Jesse James v Sandra Bullock, Tiger Woods' errant dick, and an endless parade of republican disinformation intended to cause Fear Uncertainty and Doubt presented without comment or analysis.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 07:20 AM
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4. Remember those great days when Turner owned CNN? It was THE
place to go for news. Wish Soros would buy it....LOL.
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 08:41 AM
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5. Now that Amanpour is leaving, the only one with any credibility at CNN is
Zacharia. The rest of them are just corporate info-tainers.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 08:45 AM
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6. Well I don't see a big problem
with people not understanding something as much as I do with people not understanding but having big huge hissy fits even when they don't understand.


Kind of reminds me of a kid who's never tasted a certain food screeching that he "doesn't like it" before he even has any.


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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 09:14 AM
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7. Must admit when a kid I hated spinach. Had not tasted it yet but
the color and look of it made the decision for me...LOL. I have since changed my mind...
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 09:18 AM
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8. "This is not a scientific poll"
Freeps would select "not at all" to fuck with the poll. It's what they do. They then clear their cookies and vote again and again and again and again. Online polls are worthless.
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