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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 05:59 PM Original message |
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans support full-body scanners at airports |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh please keep me safe from everything, I will do anything |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ... |
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L.Torsalo (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Initial poll found that support |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. A new Washington Post-ABC News Poll? |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Exactly right. I have not spoken to a single person who isn't outraged by this... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Unfortunately, I did speak to someone who is not outraged |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bullshit poll. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 08:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Total Bullshit |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Baloney |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. How many of that 68% are flying the "friendly skies"?? |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I flew three round-trips in the last month |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can believe it. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Biased poll results as a means of control |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bullshit. When they euphemistically term it "pat down", of course |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. They corrupt the language |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. just 15 percent of those polled say they travel by plane every few months.. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. I want to see a poll regarding 'pat downs' - and ask only those folks that have experienced it |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. The terrorists have won |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. No, they haven't. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. "As long as it's that brown skinned guy who gets scanned and stripped" |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wonder how they'll feel after the scanner bounces them for a zipper or something |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. baaaa, baaaaa, baaaaaa. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yesterday on the news I noticed during several segment on cable TV.... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. uh huh...sure they do, if this poll says that, sure they do! |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. I suppose I don't support this because I know it is offensive to many people, however |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. What if it gave you cancer? What if it wound up on the internet? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Do you have proof it does? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. i could tell it was you anyway, LOL! |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Yes. Xrays cause cancer. Your kidding Yourself if you dont think everybodies |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The backscatter X-ray gives you about the same dose as 2 minutes of flying |
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catchnrelease (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. On the dangers of TSA backscatter scanners |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Nice PR firm quote, but the reason the pilots don't go through is because of the radiation, |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. LOL! |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. The years of conditioning paid off |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. so how much did this polling company make? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wish they'd start polling on "strip search" instead of "body scan" |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Give it time. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Don't believe it. Propaganda damage control in effect. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Definitely. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. Two Thirds Of Americans are Hapless Sheep Who See Five Fingers Instead Of Four. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. So the National Security State |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. Give them a week or 5 |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'd be willing to bet that 98% of them haven't been groped yet (n/t) |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Another phoney poll |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. Interesting number! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Down from four out of five last week. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. cool |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. So it's dropping. CBS had it at 80% one week ago. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Propoganda. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. Afraid of everything but the real enemy -- the puppetmasters of our political body. nt |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-22-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
42. How many of them actually travel on planes? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
50. Bullshit. All it means is two-thirds haven't caught on to what the question refers to. |
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SoCalDemGrrl (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
51. How bout polling on sticking one's hands down your underwear and groping?? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
52. and 50% of americans are below average... |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
53. For me, the real issue is not safety |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-23-10 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
54. How about a poll of security experts? |
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