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To: Dale Baker who wrote (26139)	8/9/2006 4:01:10 PM
From: the_wheel	Respond to of 541052

I had thought the Internet would enable an improvement in education. Apparently not for everyone.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (26139)	8/9/2006 4:02:39 PM
From: Condor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541052

my unusual living situation doesn't give me a representative sample of acquaintances. Is this going to get ugly? <g>

To: Dale Baker who wrote (26139)	8/9/2006 4:45:52 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541052

The people I know wouldn't believe it either but that's hardly a random sample. It does however include people of all different political opinions. When I first read about the poll I thought it was one of those "instant online polls" that are frequently so unreliable. However according to scrippsnews.com it doesn't seem like it is. I notice in the comments at that site that someone is arguing that "jet fuel can't burn steel". Well maybe it can't totally melt or burn through steel, I don't know but it certainly can weaken it through heat. Its not like the steel has to be burned through. I do see arguments like that comment from time to time online (never by anyone speaking directly to me in person) but I'm still skeptical that a third of Americans either believe the government was behind 9/11 or that they knew about it and deliberately did nothing. Extreme claims require more evidence than normal claims. This one poll doesn't do it for me, esp. without a lot of information about the methodology of the poll.