Ah, the ad hominem - always a sure sign of a lost argument. Better luck next time.
Enjoy C++ in all its glory, most of us have chosen more productive software development tools. You should think long and hard about the motivations behind Java, C#, and now Go. Many folk far smarter than yourself see C++ for what it is - a failed experiment that set software engineering back by at least a decade.
As to “less than 1% of programmers programming in Obj-C”, once again you pull “facts” straight out of your nether region. Between the iPhone, and MacOS X the number is quite a bit higher than that. Macs are now up to 10% of PC sales in the US, double the marketshare of just a couple years ago.
Now, speaking of nether regions, pull year head out of yours, and then check tiobe, langpop, or any any one of a half dozen other sites. By any measure of usage you want, Objective-C is a blip (if that). Tiobe says Objective-C has seen a huge increase in popularity, because it went from .05% to .8%. Don't worry, it'll go back to five or six coders again soon, once the teeny-boppers have discovered what an over-priced, over-hyped lemon the iPhone is.
I know logic and reasoning really aren't your thing, but here's a clue: the installed base of a platform has nothing to do with the number of people actually interested in coding for in a particular language.