The Church of the Blinding White Light of Stupidity

Nice Poll Question... it's a wonder you don't fall over on your left side...

But hows about giving me some appropriate answers to choose from? Maybe it is too much to ask for these butt monkeys to be consistant with their wording?

This question in a poll over at MSNBC/Newsweek got my dander up...

7. Has the mainstream news media given enough scrutiny to the Bush Administration's war plans and statements about Iraq?

Given enough scrutiny
Too uncritical
Don't know

This is like those logic tests that we all took in High School.

Which item does not belong in the list?
Vulva
Tadpole
Dildo

Let's look at the words they chose to use...

scrutiny
n 1: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) [syn: examination, inspection] 2: a prolonged intense look

critical
adj 1: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude" [ant: uncritical]

So I don't get to answer that I think the media have been too critical? Start at the middle and only allow answers that move towards the preferred position or professed ignorance? You could almost assume that the creators of this question had a preconceived outcome.

I would like to poll these writers on some issues that are important to me.

1 When you awake in the morning what is the first thing you do?

a - A chicken
b - Try to pull my head out of my ass but give up as it takes too much effort.
c - I'm stupid.

2 Have you stopped taking Exctasy?
a - The second door to the left.
b - I plan to quit getting high as soon as I get my head out of my ass.
c - I'm stupid.

3 What was your first sexual experience?
a - a goat.
b - The sky is chartreuse. No, brown. Definitely brown.
c - I'm stupid.

4 Should we nuke Iraq into a puddle of glowing glass?
a - Only after skinning all the Republican Guards and Saddam's entire family.
b - Are we there yet, are we there yet?
c - I'm stupid.

Oh well... you might think I had a preconceived ideal for the outcome...

I know I'm right so it doesn't matter if I fudged the results, all that matters is that my heart was in the right place, just to the left of my sternum... or is it to the right...

Posted by Mike S at January 26, 2003 11:47 AM