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Post #242,569 by jb4 1/26/06 1:27:56 PM Reply	I'm having a hard time with this (besides for the obvious reasons). I have a hard time believing that the average Brit is more butt-stoopud than the average redneck Amerikaner. Peter, warmachine Matt, any explanations? Could the survey be biased? jb4 "Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'." &mdash an unidentified letter writer to Newsweek on the expansion of executive powers under the Bush administration
Post #242,571 by boxley 1/26/06 1:38:48 PM Reply	between pikeys, louts and hooligans not many brits left :-) Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #242,673 by pwhysall 1/27/06 7:06:57 AM Reply	So am I. Simply put, it doesn't square with my experience at all. I'll conduct a survey down the pub - we have a broad spectrum of people propping up the bar on a Friday night, from brickies to logistics managers. I suspect that the sampling for this survey is a prime contributor to the results. Perhaps it was done by a confused field worker, who was in [link\|http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=birmingham&btnG=Search&ll=33.520556,-86.8025&spn=2.894193,6.943359\|Birmingham] and not, as they should have been, in [link\|http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=birmingham+uk&btnG=Search&ll=52.482921,-1.893619&spn=0.264282,0.86792\|Birmingham]. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #242,727 by a6l6e6x 1/27/06 12:31:39 PM Reply	Hey, Box, imric and Ross can throw rocks at the first one! Birmingham, Alabama tha is. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

From the "Run! Get Out While You Can!" Department - (tuberculosis) - (12) - Jan. 26, 2006, 12:49:45 PM EST

I really wonder about surveys like these. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Jan. 26, 2006, 01:11:55 PM EST

Sure you want to know? - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2006, 06:57:50 AM EST

He was a visionary. But it should be 1938. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 27, 2006, 07:54:59 AM EST

Dupe - (Ashton) - Jan. 27, 2006, 06:46:54 AM EST

I don't. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Jan. 27, 2006, 05:15:35 PM EST

The second is clearly a joke, not a lunatic warning -NT - (warmachine) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2006, 06:39:03 PM EST

You'd be amazed at how many DON'T get the joke -NT - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 27, 2006, 07:26:43 PM EST

I'm having a hard time with this - (jb4) - (3) - Jan. 26, 2006, 01:27:56 PM EST

between pikeys, louts and hooligans not many brits left :-) -NT - (boxley) - Jan. 26, 2006, 01:38:48 PM EST

So am I. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2006, 07:06:57 AM EST

Hey, Box, imric and Ross can throw rocks at the first one! - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 27, 2006, 12:31:39 PM EST

It indicates the level of scientific and religious literacy - (warmachine) - Jan. 26, 2006, 06:56:17 PM EST

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