Originally posted by Brain Walrus:you seem like a real reasonable fella … do you think the moon landing was staged?
I was a total cynic on polls, believing that they never happened because I have never met anyone who was polled (sp?) and was under the impression the left/right swinging media made them up for their own agendas
Dennis Kucinich vs. Ron Paul
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:Was it a phone poll? Maybe it was a push poll. Was the question phrased like "Mitt Romney worships the devil and has nine wives. Are you more likely to vote for him, less likely to vote for him or the same?"
BTW - I was a total cynic on polls, believing that they never happened because I have never met anyone who was polled (sp?) and was under the impression the left/right swinging media made them up for their own agendas HOWEVER!!! I got polled yesterday. It was a very weird poll though because it was asking if the election was today would I vote for Clinton or Thompson??? Like Thompson is going to be the rep candidate :roll: …..so, even though they do actually poll people, the still do it in a way that benefits their own agenda….
Actually, I was never polled before, because hey, I'm hetero, but seriously, last election I was polled by some cute young thing from the LA Times. I tried to pick her up but my best Quagmire lines weren't working.
Brian
P.S. Speaking of things you don't believe in… Does anyone here know a Nielsen family. Viewership for every television program is computed by a survey and I've never known ANY Nielsen family whose tv habits are tallied. I think the "ratings" you get for TV programs are highly biased.
I don't know any Nielsen families, but about 10 years ago, I was contacted about previewing a brand new sitcom that hadn't yet been aired. The tape arrived, and the instructions indicated that the tape would erase itself as it played. Thinking I was smart, I set up 2 TV's to tape it, you know, just to buck the system.
The shitty sitcom was called Dads, and it started C. Thomas Howell as, surprise, a dad. It also had Rue McClanahan as a German day-care instructor, and that woman that played the bitch on Herman's Head. When I got done viewing, I had to take a little opinion poll; it turned out all they cared about were the commercials shown. I felt duped.
Oddly enough, Dads became a running joke with my friends, and when I was contacted out of the blue again to view a sitcom, I hoped for something equally lame. Turned out to be the same episode of Dads :(
The shitty sitcom was called Dads, and it started C. Thomas Howell as, surprise, a dad. It also had Rue McClanahan as a German day-care instructor, and that woman that played the bitch on Herman's Head. When I got done viewing, I had to take a little opinion poll; it turned out all they cared about were the commercials shown. I felt duped.
Oddly enough, Dads became a running joke with my friends, and when I was contacted out of the blue again to view a sitcom, I hoped for something equally lame. Turned out to be the same episode of Dads :(
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
P.S. Speaking of things you don't believe in… Does anyone here know a Nielsen family. Viewership for every television program is computed by a survey and I've never known ANY Nielsen family whose tv habits are tallied. I think the "ratings" you get for TV programs are highly biased.
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:Dunno….wasn't there. Although it's weird the flags were flapping in the wind when there's no fucking wind on the moon!!! And the shadows from the stage lights are a bit weird too…
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:you seem like a real reasonable fella … do you think the moon landing was staged?
I was a total cynic on polls, believing that they never happened because I have never met anyone who was polled (sp?) and was under the impression the left/right swinging media made them up for their own agendas
My girlfriend and I were a Nielsen family a few years ago. Kind of a pain in the ass with all the boxes hooked up to everything. You do get paid (albeit not much). Rarely did the things we watched rank highly.
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:several years ago i was regularly contacted to give my opinions on music, primarily alternative. the would call, play snippets of a song, ask if i was familiar with it and if i liked it. right before i moved out to california, they called again, but before they played any music, they asked how old i was, i told them i was 30, and said, oh, you are no longer qualified to participate in the survey. i believe the calls were from a record company, and the survey takers were always funny when i said i hated a song or a band, and they'd say, yeah, i hate it too.
P.S. Speaking of things you don't believe in… Does anyone here know a Nielsen family. Viewership for every television program is computed by a survey and I've never known ANY Nielsen family whose tv habits are tallied. I think the "ratings" you get for TV programs are highly biased.
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Originally posted by vansmack:Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
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Originally posted by vansmack:mccain first, giuliani second. . .no real surprise for me.
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Originally posted by vansmack:Dodd, Kucinich, Obama, Biden.
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I sure know how to pick winners. I'll be offering my AFC and NFC championship winners later this week.
Originally posted by vansmack:Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, Clinton, Obama.
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I somehow ended up with Duncan Hunter first.
Obama, Biden, Clinton, Gulliani.
Hillary it is then!
Hillary it is then!
Kucinich (score 61); Dodd and Gravel (51); Richardson (47); Clinton, Obama, Biden and Edwards (41); Paulbot (30); 9iu11ani (21); Romney (9); McCain (5); Grampa Fred, Hunter and Hawk-a-bee (3).
Since I will be voting against the Republican I guess I should root for Bahilajohn Obatonwards.
Since I will be voting against the Republican I guess I should root for Bahilajohn Obatonwards.
Hillary and Obama, 1-2. I'm so mainstream.
I disagree with all of them on immigration.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:61 ?!?
Kucinich (score 61);
My highest score was a 27.
Because there wasn't a "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" option?
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
I disagree with all of them on immigration.
Originally posted by nkotb:No, because I didn't think it should give you the right to stay in this country if you're 9 months pregnant, sneak into the country and drop your sprog on American soil.
Because there wasn't a "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" option?
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
I disagree with all of them on immigration.