October 17, 2006Opinions of The 49th StateLower 48ers were recently polled about their opinions of Alaska. It was commissioned...
So who better to commission it than the government of Alaska. Specifically the Governor. Former Senator Murkowski is a guy who knows how to spends taxpayers money. It's not all a waste, however. We did find out out that there are some really dumb people in this country.
Alaska became a state in 1959, but 5 percent of those polled believe it is still a territory. Four percent said Alaska is a separate country, and 2 percent said it is a commonwealth. One in every hundred said they did not know what Alaska's status is. What does that last graf tell me? 13% of Americans are idiots. At least.
Posted by AlexC at 5:12 PM
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But dagny thinks:
I do not deny there is plenty of stupidity out there but I do not think that is the problem here. More likely at least 13% (probably much more) of America is ignorant and undereducated. See related posts: http://www.threesources.com/archives/003255.html and http://www.threesources.com/archives/003400.html
But jk thinks:
Nobody is looking at the bright side here. It might help to get drilling in ANWR passed when we convince a plurality that Alaska is a frozen wasteland which is not even in our country. Posted by: jk at October 17, 2006 7:45 PM
But AlexC thinks:
One man's wasteland is another's sacred-national-treasure-to-preserve-at-all-costs-while-rambling on-about-our-lack-of-foreign-energy-indpenedence-halliburton-bush-co. But I'm jaded, so what do I know. Posted by: AlexC at October 17, 2006 9:28 PM
But TrekMedic251 thinks:
Sell it back to the Russians, then import the oil! |