How well has the anti-war movement thought things out?

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Friday July 04, 2008 · 9:54 AM PDT

2008/07/04 · 09:54

I was strongly opposed to the decision to invade Iraq in the first place, but since the war began I've been conflicted about what should be done next and need guidance. On the one hand the cost of the war will only increase the longer it continues so America should pull out, but on the other hand if America pulls out now, all the expense of the war (both in money and lives) would have been for nothing, so perhaps America should stay until it leaves Iraq better off than it was before the invasion. One can be opposed to making a mess without being opposed to cleaning it up. Starting the war was a huge mistake, but some would argue America should turn lemons into lemonade, or as Dr. Phil might say "if you can't make the right decision, at least make the decision right."

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What is/was your position on the Iraq war?

63 votes Vote Now!

What is/was your position on the Iraq war?

I opposed getting in the war and I oppose staying in the war

48 votes

I opposed getting in the war but I support staying in the war

1 vote

I opposed getting in the war, but I don't know what should be done now

1 vote

I supported getting in the war and I support staying in the war

6 votes

I supported getting in the war and I oppose staying in the war

4 votes

I supported getting in the war and I don't know what should be done now

0 votes

I was neutral about starting the war and I'm neutral now

0 votes

I was neutral about starting the war but I oppose continuing it

3 votes

I was neutral about starting the war but I support staying in the war

0 votes

What does the progressive blogosphere believe was the primary motive for Iraq war?

greenboy

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Friday June 27, 2008 · 12:41 PM PDT

2008/06/27 · 12:41

It seems to me that people on the anti-war left are so unhappy about the Iraq war because they believe they were not told the truth about what the true motive was. But what does the anti-war left believe the true motive was. There are two camps. Those who believe the war was motivated by a desire to dominate oil, and those who who believe the war was was motivated by a desire to protect Israel, but which view point is stronger among anti-war liberals?

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What do you believe was the true MAIN motive for invading Iraq?

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What do you believe was the true MAIN motive for invading Iraq?

the stated motives

1 vote

Israel

5 votes

oil

39 votes

both oil and Israel

18 votes

Other (explain)

15 votes

Time to go positive

greenboy

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Sunday June 08, 2008 · 5:54 AM PDT

2008/06/08 · 05:54

Way back when I thought Hillary would be the nominee I wrote a diary about whey it was time to go positive. Now that the nominee has been chosen I thouht it was once again time to offer tips on why being positive is a benefit.

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Are you ready to go positive?

18 votes Vote Now!

Are you ready to go positive?

Yes

12 votes

4 votes

Not sure

2 votes

Daily Kos Race poll

greenboy

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 6:50 AM PDT

2008/05/14 · 06:50

Anthropologists have long divided the human species into races. Most classifications recognized at least three major races: Negroids, Caucasoids, and Mongoloids. Some added a fourth race known as australoids, while others insisted that there were only three races and argued over whether australoids were negroid or caucasoid. By the end of the 20th century scientists stopped using the term race, but instead refered to genetic clusters. Cavalli-Sforza identified four genetic clusers which correspond to four major regions of the world, that had become relatively genetically isolated from one another by deserts, mountains, or oceans.

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Where were MOST of your ancestors living 10,000 years ago?

201 votes Vote Now!

Where were MOST of your ancestors living 10,000 years ago?

Sub-Saharan Africa

28 votes

Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia

136 votes

North East Asia or the Americas

2 votes

South East Asia or the Pacific Islands

5 votes

I am too racially mixed to say that MOST of my ancestors came from a single region (specify in comments)

23 votes

I honestly know (please specify in comments)

7 votes

Barbara Walters for VP

greenboy

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 8:45 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 08:45

Barbara Walters would make an excellent VP. She's a self-made woman so she brings the feminist vote. She's Jewish so she helps with the Jewish vote. She's white so she can help with the white vote. She's considered the hardest working woman in media so she can help with the hard working vote. She adopted her daughter so she helps with the adoption vote. She had a retarded, possibly autistic sister, so she helps with that vote, and autism is a big issue now. She's not young so she helps with the older vote. She's worshipped by the media (including Charlie Gibson) so she helps get good media coverage and fewer hit jobs. She helps with the gay male vote because she's a diva, and the gay female vote because she let Rosie cohost the View. She has decades of experience talking to heads of state and bringing about change for women. She's not a politician so she's part of Obama's message for change. She has a following of several million women who watch the View everyday, and plus Obama owes her big time since she's the one who inspired a teenaged Oprah to pursue a career in broadcasting; thus putting Barbara on the ticket would be a full-circle moment. Hillary fans owe her too, because without Walters paving the way for women of influence, Hillary would not have been able to run for president.

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Do you like Barbara Walters?

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Do you like Barbara Walters?

Yes

11 votes

46 votes

Neutral/undecided

7 votes

What was your IQ score (anonymous poll)?

greenboy

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Sunday May 11, 2008 · 7:48 AM PDT

2008/05/11 · 07:48

IQ tests are not supposed to measure what you know or learned in school, but rather your native innate intelligence. Studies of identical twins reared apart suggest that by late adulthood IQ is almost entirely genetic. There are some environmental effects (i.e. nutrition) but cultural factors like being raised in a rich educated home are now believed to have zero impact on IQ by late adulthood. There are some psychologists who argue that dropping out of school causes your IQ to drop dramatically, however one could argue that people may drop out of school because they were already genetically getting dumber (it just takes a few years for one's IQ scores to catch up with the current state of one's intelligence).

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868 votes Show Results

How do you score on IQ test(s)?

868 votes Vote Now!

How do you score on IQ test(s)?

I score below 70

9 votes

I score in the 70s

4 votes

I score in the 80s

2 votes

I score in the 90s

10 votes

I score in the 100s

12 votes

I score in the 110s

40 votes

I score in the 120s

145 votes

I score in the 130s

255 votes

I score in the 140s

169 votes

I score in the 150s

76 votes

I score in the 160s

57 votes

I score in the 170s

17 votes

I score in the 180s

15 votes

I score above 190

14 votes

I don't know

43 votes

Should Hillary be VP?

greenboy

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 5:02 PM PDT

2008/05/10 · 17:02

I recently read on Ramussen that if Hillary wants to be VP, there's no way Obama could turn her down because she has so many delegates. I do think Hillary could help energize the female vote, would appeal to older voters, voters who didn't have the opportunity to attend college, Hispanic voters, and voters of Jewish ancestry. My biggest problem with Hillary being VP is I'd be scared she'd deliberately sink the ticket so that she can run again in 2012, and that time be on top of the ticket. As Dick Morris points out, a ticket in 2012 would be worth having because will John McCain be in his mid seventies, (I also think the country will also be in bad shape and America will be even more eager to get the republicans out of office):

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How tall are you?

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How tall are you?

I'm a male who is 6'9 or taller

1 vote

I'm a male who is from 6'6" to 6'8"

2 votes

I'm a male who is from 6'3" to 6'5"

4 votes

I'm a male who is from 6'0" to 6'2"

16 votes

I'm a male who is from 5'9" to 5'11"

24 votes

I'm a male who is from 5'6" to 5'8"

15 votes

I'm a male who is from 5'3" to 5'5"

4 votes

I'm a male who is 5'2" or shorter

1 vote

I'm a female who is 6'1" or taller

0 votes

I'm a female who is from 5'10" to 6'0"

4 votes

I'm a female who is from 5'7" to 5'9"

13 votes

I'm a female who is from 5'4" to 5'6"

14 votes

I'm a female who is from 5'1" to 5'3"

14 votes

I'm a female who is from 4'10" to 5'0"

2 votes

I'm a female who is 4'9" or less

0 votes

SAT Poll. What were your SAT scores

greenboy

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 11:31 AM PDT

2008/05/02 · 11:31

The SAT has gone through a lot of changes over the years. Before 1994 it was much more difficult. Only about 1 in a million people could score a perfect 1600. After 1994 only one person in several thousand could score a perfect 1600. As of 2006, the perfect score is 2400 or so, and the test is very different. What are your thoughts on the SAT? Is it a good way to select students for university.

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1057 votes Show Results

What were your SAT scores?

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1550-1600

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1490-1549

I tokk the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1370-1489

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1220 and 1369

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1060 and 1219

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 910-1059

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 767-909

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 700-766

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored in the 600s

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored below 600

I took the SAT from 1994 to 2005 and scored 1400 or higher

I took the SAT from 1994 to 2005 and scored below 1400

I took the SAT after 2005

I was headed for university but where I live you don't take SATs

I was not headed for university and so the SAT had no relevance

1057 votes Vote Now!

What were your SAT scores?

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1550-1600

66 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1490-1549

81 votes

I tokk the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1370-1489

206 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1220 and 1369

224 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 1060 and 1219

136 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 910-1059

46 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 767-909

10 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored between 700-766

4 votes

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored in the 600s

1 vote

I took the SAT before 1994 and scored below 600

1 vote

I took the SAT from 1994 to 2005 and scored 1400 or higher

135 votes

I took the SAT from 1994 to 2005 and scored below 1400

80 votes

I took the SAT after 2005

17 votes

I was headed for university but where I live you don't take SATs

40 votes

I was not headed for university and so the SAT had no relevance

10 votes

Poll on sexual orientation & Obama/Clinton preference

greenboy

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Thursday May 01, 2008 · 7:50 AM PDT

2008/05/01 · 07:50

Yesterday I did a poll on ethnicity and Obama/Clinton preference in the Daily Kos community. Obviously the poll was unscientific, the sample size was small, and it was especially small within all the ethnicities sampled. The results were as follows:

Among non-Hispanic Blacks and Afro-multiracial at Daily Kos, 91% prefer Obam to Clinton. Among non-Hispanic whites of mostly non-Jewish ancestry, 94% prefer Obama. Among people here of Jewish ancestry, 94% support Obama. Among Hispanics here, 100% support Obama. Among Arab ancestry people here, 0% prefer Obama (sample size in this group was only 1 person), among South Asian ancestry and East Asian ancestry people here, 100% prefer Obama. Based on this unscientific poll it seems that 16% of Daily Kos is Non-Hispanic Black/Afro-multiracial, 51% are non-Hispanic, non-Jewish white, 13% are Jewish, 6% Hispanic, 1% Arab, 2% South Asian, 2% East Asian, and 9% none of the above.

If you haven't taken this poll you can do so here: http://www.dailykos.com/...

But today it would be interesting to see how preference for Obama or Clinton divides along gender and sexual orientation.

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Do you prefer Obama or Clinton (if forced to choose)?

509 votes Vote Now!

Do you prefer Obama or Clinton (if forced to choose)?

I'm a gay male who prefers Obama

118 votes

I'm a gay male who prefers Clinton

11 votes

I'm a bisexual male who prefers Obama

23 votes

I'm a bisexual male who prefers Clinton

2 votes

I'm a straight male who prefers Obama

172 votes

I'm a straight male who prefers Clinton

10 votes

I'm a gay female who prefers Obama

14 votes

I'm a gay female who prefers Clinton

1 vote

I'm a bisexual female who prefers Obama

21 votes

I'm a bisexual female who prefers Clinton

2 votes

I'm a straight female who prefers Obama

130 votes

I'm a straight female who prefers Clinton

5 votes

Race, ethnicity & support for Obama or Clinton

greenboy

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 2:20 PM PDT

2008/04/30 · 14:20

I thought it would be interesting to take a poll of ethnicity and candidate support here on Daily Kos. It will be interesting to see if ethnic politics on Daily Kos parallels ethnic politics seen in exit polls. Sorry this diary is not very long, but if I add much more to it, I'm afraid I may influence the results of the polls. I'm hoping the content for this diary will emerge in the comments, so please post your thoughts and reactions to incoming poll results. This poll will not only give insight into the voting preferences of Daily Kos (not much of a mystery) but also the ethnic demographics of Daily Kos.

My apologies for excluding Native Americans (the true founders of the continent). There was just not enough room for everyone, and it would have been difficult to word the poll given the overlap with Hispanics, and considering the small population, it would have been difficult to get meaningful poll results.

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What's your ethnicity & who do you support

I am a non-Hispanic black or Afro-multiracial and support Obama

I am a non-Hispanic black or Afro-multiracial and support Clinton

I am a non-Hispanic white of mostly non-Jewish ancestry and support Obama

I am a non-Hispanic white of mostly non-Jewish ancestry and support Clinton

I am of mostly Jewish ancestry and support Obama

I am of mostly Jewish ancestry and support Clinton

I am Hispanic and support Obama

I am Hispanic and support Clinton

I am of mostly Arab ancestry and support Obama

I am of mostly Arab ancestry and support Clinton

I am of mostly South Asian ancestry for Obama

I am of mostly South Asian ancestry for Clinton

I am of mostly East Asian ancestry for Obama

I am of mostly East Asian ancestry for Clinton

I honestly don't fit into any of these ethnic groups

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What's your ethnicity & who do you support

I am a non-Hispanic black or Afro-multiracial and support Obama

26 votes

I am a non-Hispanic black or Afro-multiracial and support Clinton

2 votes

I am a non-Hispanic white of mostly non-Jewish ancestry and support Obama

91 votes

I am a non-Hispanic white of mostly non-Jewish ancestry and support Clinton

6 votes

I am of mostly Jewish ancestry and support Obama

22 votes

I am of mostly Jewish ancestry and support Clinton

1 vote

I am Hispanic and support Obama

10 votes

I am Hispanic and support Clinton

0 votes

I am of mostly Arab ancestry and support Obama

0 votes

I am of mostly Arab ancestry and support Clinton

1 vote

I am of mostly South Asian ancestry for Obama

3 votes

I am of mostly South Asian ancestry for Clinton

0 votes

I am of mostly East Asian ancestry for Obama

3 votes

I am of mostly East Asian ancestry for Clinton

0 votes

I honestly don't fit into any of these ethnic groups

14 votes

Keith Olbermann inspired poll (please recommend)

greenboy

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Saturday April 19, 2008 · 8:56 PM PDT

2008/04/19 · 20:56

This is a completely open ended poll. I hope everyone recomends it because a poll as open ended as this one can not yield interesting results unless as many of you take it as possible.

Out of all the living people on Earth today, who are the top 10 worst people in the world and the 10 best people in the world?(rank each list in order)

I know this sounds silly but I really feel such a poll will reveal a lot about the Daily Kos community.

The most admired people in the world (by Americans)

greenboy

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Wednesday April 16, 2008 · 7:06 AM PDT

2008/04/16 · 07:06

At the end of every year Gallup asks Americans to name the man or woman living today in any part of the world that they admire the most. The poll is completely open-ended, so being mentioned by even 1% of respondents is a huge achievement, since many people most admire a family member or friend. Almost always, the sitting president is the most admired man (this makes sense because you can’t get elected without having much of the country worship you, and it’s hard to push an agenda without broad public support).

The most admired woman is usually the first lady, or former first lady, showing the power of the presidency is so great it rubs off on his wife. Below the fold are the most admired men and women as of 2007. Note that the standard error of the poll is about 3 points, so Bush and Bill Clinton are statistically tied, as are Hillary and Oprah (Oprah beat Hillary among women, Hillary beat Oprah among men).

See poll results below:

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Which admired person do you most admire?

135 votes Vote Now!

Which admired person do you most admire?

George W. Bush

6 votes

Bill Clinton

0 votes

Al Gore

24 votes

Barack Obama

46 votes

Billy Graham

2 votes

Nelson Mandela

38 votes

Hillary Clinton

1 vote

Oprah Winfrey

8 votes

Condoleeza Rice

0 votes

Angelina Jolie

4 votes

Laura Bush

0 votes

Margaret Thatcher

6 votes

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