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OK, I've got a question for all of you, this is an interesting one. If you weren't your religion, which religion would you be(and Judaism and Christianity are out of the question, I would expect a few to pick Judaism since it is so close to Christianity)? Why? What doctrine is the most important, and what do you think is the most important? I would maybe be a Zen Buddhist, afterall being one means a combination of romanticizing and the military thirst. That is, Jack Kerouac a Republican, supporter of Vietnam, and wrote On The Road as a rather nationalist...

Have you ever read poll results and wished they'd put the question differently? Or offered different answers? Or asked an entirely different question? Well, now you can do something about it. Newswise — Future Brief, a free Internet publication designed to keep the public abreast of trends in society, science, and security, is offering the public the opportunity to create their own poll questions. Those selected will be put to the American people in professional polls implemented by Zogby International, one of America's leading opinion research organizations. Zogby will take polls on each question in the same manner as it...

For years, it has been my position that the threat of radical Islam implies an imperative to focus security measures on Muslims. If searching for rapists, one looks only at the male population. Similarly, if searching for Islamists (adherents of radical Islam), one looks at the Muslim population. And so, I was encouraged by a just-released Cornell University opinion survey that finds nearly half the U.S. population agreeing with this proposition. Specifically, 44 percent of Americans believe that government authorities should direct special attention toward Muslims living in the United States, either by registering their whereabouts, profiling them, monitoring their...

The support by the Japanese gov on the War on Iraq is Necessary : 64% Without a doubt: 12% Unacceptable : 22% Done by Yomiuri newspaper between Mar 22-23. 92% of them also are worried about the possible N. Korean missile launch and her development of nukes.