Psycho-Babble Survey Results

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The results of one psycho-babble survey on y2k are actually quite interesting~ http://www.otterbein.edu/dept/psyc/y2k/ It seems the respondents (mostly doomers) are well-educated, make good money, and include alot of IT/tech professionals. I got the invitation to participate from Gary North's site.

-- Chicken Ma (gotta@getgoin.com), December 16, 1999

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You mean they aren't a bunch of Chrisitan fundamentalist terrorists with 5th grade educations married to their sister Sue and planning to bring about y2k with dynamite if it doesn't look like it's happening of it's own accord? Go figure.

-- Hokie (nn@va.com), December 16, 1999.

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Interesting that the majority of people preparing are conservative or leaning towards the conservative POV. The party that espouses people taking responsibility for their own lives seems to be the ones most prepared for whatever happens on rollover.

-- just wondering (
what.it.is@about.com), December 16, 1999.

Er, "just wondering"-- would you like to post us a list of the long line of Republican leaders (senators, congressman, governors, candidates etc) who Get It, and have shown their leadership?

In my town and county, the Y2k activists are solidly Leftist and Green Party types, and we have our own philosophical reasons for people to be self-sufficient.

I think you overgeneralize.

-- Firemouse (firemouse@fcmail.com), December 16, 1999.


Firemouse,
My apology for not specifically stating that I was commenting on the results of the survey that is the subject of this thread.

-- just wondering (what.it.is@about.com), December 16, 1999.

BTW...
Firemouse, just to make it fair (which btw to a liberal means 'do it my way or else') can you list the long line of Democratic/liberal leaders (senators, congressman, governors, candidates etc) who Get It, and have shown their leadership?

-- just wondering (what.it.is@about.com), December 16, 1999.


Just wondering,

Thanks for your clarification.

To be scrupulously fair, as a registered Democrat who has spent her entire adult life voting for Democrats and who only once has even slept with a Republican (hmm, the sex was great, and he said he'd be changing his party affiliation as a result of me, tee hee)... I gotta say that the Democratic party leadersip has been just as bad. I'm an equal-opportunity pollytician hater on this.

"Pollyticians -- the other white meat."

-- Firemouse (firemouse@fcmail.com), December 16, 1999.


"registered Democrat who has spent her entire adult life voting for Democrats "

Firemouse...

.....Why would anyone do that? Just wondering?

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), December 16, 1999.


Golly Patrick, just one of those endearing foibles I guess. Doggone it, I just couldn't help myself.

Or maybe it's genetic? Both my grandaddies were.

-- Firemouse (firemouse@fcmail.com), December 16, 1999.


Firemoouse...

.....Thanks for taking the time to respond...

-- Patrick (pmchenry@gradall.com), December 17, 1999.


I agree it is interesting, but they forgot a rather significant political persuasion: "libertarian". I'd be surprised if that wouldn't have been the choice of a large percentage of the respondents, if only it had been available.

-- Steve Heller (stheller@koyote.com), December 17, 1999.


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