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Mr_Jefferson_24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 10:47 PM
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Poll question: "An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know...
Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 10:49 PM by Mr_Jefferson_24
what it means. There is no such thing in the country." Who said it? No Googling now.

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White House spokesperson Dana Perino told Fox News on Monday that the newly-enacted expansion of the administration's warrantless wiretap powers involves only minor changes.

Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/White_House_spokesperson_continues_to_attack_0806.html
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ProudDad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 11:25 PM
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1. Ah, I thought so (n/t)
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Mr_Jefferson_24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 11:52 PM
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2. If I could make a change to DU polling ...
...it would be that a potential respondent cannot view the poll results until after voting, or voluntarily opting to waive their voting privilege. Quiz polls, especially, don't work very well otherwise.
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Clintonista2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-07-07 12:38 AM
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5. YES! I've always wanted that too
Even for myself, personally, I find that I am usually swayed by the choice that has the most number of votes, even when I try not to be.
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Mr_Jefferson_24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 11:55 PM
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3. If I still had time to edit I think I might change the...
Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 11:56 PM by Mr_Jefferson_24
"George Bernard Shaw" choice to "Barney Fife."

:D
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-07-07 12:35 AM
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4. Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems?

You have zero privacy anyway," Scott McNealy told a group of reporters and analysts Monday night at an event to launch his company's new Jini technology.

"Get over it."


http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/01/17538
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Mr_Jefferson_24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-07-07 12:42 AM
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6. When it's his privacy I'd bet he'd whistle a different tune. nt.
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