A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
Should same-sex couples be given the same legal rights that male-female couples receive from the government?
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Is marriage a right that should be given to all couples: gay, or straight?
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Is it time to end the ban on mobile phones in-flight?
Friday, June 4th, 2010A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
It’s a fact of life for the frequent flier: Once the plane is off the ground, cell phones must be turned off and put away. But, the debate on whether it is possible for mobiles to interfere with navigational equipment continues: Some say it’s possible, others not, some even think it infringes on civil liberty. Until it can be proven either way, we may not seen an end to the ban. What do you think?
Dutch groups want to expand assisted suicide rights
Friday, May 28th, 2010The Netherlands is one of a handful of countries where very ill people have the right to medical assistance to kill themselves if they choose to do so. But right-to-die advocates say that right should also be extended to those who want to end their lives before the onset of illness and incapacitation that comes with age.
A petition asking the Dutch parliament to debate whether all people over 70 have a right to suicide gathered more than 117,000 signatures. The petition’s sponsors hope to put it on the parliamentary agenda after elections in June. You can read the full article on the Deutsche Welle website at http://bit.ly/dmaGWU
We have had a poll running for some time on Euthenasia at http://bit.ly/8ceiQn So far 27% support euthenasia and 35% support it “with safeguards”
Are School/University Libraries a thing of the past?
Friday, March 26th, 2010A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
A recent LA Times article ( http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/21/opinion/la-oe-scribner21-2010mar21 ) bemoaned the closing of school libraries, and the inherent lack of research skill sets in the ‘Google Generation.’ What do you think? Does the Internet adequately replace traditional research skills? Do libraries still have a value?
Best and Worst of 2009
Friday, January 1st, 2010The results are in! Our best and worst of 2009 Polls are now closed, with over 550 votes cast between them, from over 40 different countries.
The Top World Political Figure of 2009 is a clear winner: Barack Obama with 31% of the votes cast, followed by ‘none of the above’ with 15% and Hu Jintao of China with 13% of voters.
Barack Obama comes out on top again in the Top US Politician Poll, with 35% of the votes, Bill Clinton as runner up with 24% and Sarah palin in third with 13%.
In the most active of our Best and Worst of 2009 Polls, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered a huge majority of the votes, with 62% calling him the Worst Political figure of 2009. Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi came in a distant second with 9% of the votes with Barack Obama just behind taking 6% of the votes.
The Economic Crisis was our voter’s choice for Top Political Issue of 2009, receiving 40% of all the votes, Climate Change came in second with 16% and Healthcare and the Middle East tied for third with 14%.
For the Worst U.S. Politician of 2009, once again Barack Obama takes the lead, with 36% of votes, Sarah Palin narrowly trailing with 28%. No-one else came close!
Worst Political Move of 2009 award goes to ‘The Blagojevich Auction’ with 33% of votes, Obama’s Public Option comes in second at 25% with Joe Wilson’s ‘You Lie!’ coming in third with 20% of the vote.
Glenn Beck edged out Keith Olbermann as your ‘Worst Political Commentator of 2009‘ with 32% and 28% of the vote respectively. Rush Limbaugh came in third with 21%.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad featured strongly in our ‘Biggest Political Liar of 2009‘ Poll, with 44% of the vote, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin and Silvio Berlusconi all showing well, too, with Palin and Obama tied for second place at 13%, and Berlusconi at 10%.
Thanks for voting, everyone! Full Results:
Top US Political Figure of 2009?
Barack Obama 35%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Sarah Palin 13%
Bill Clinton 24%
Sonia Sotomayo 2%
John McCain 10%
Edward Kennedy 0%
Ben Bernanke 8%
Top World Political Figure of 2009?
Barack Obama (US) 31%
Hu Jintao (PRC) 13%
Nicolas Sarkozy (FR) 8%
Ban Ki Moon (UN) 2%
Gordon Brown (UK) 8%
Mir Hossein Mousavi (Iran) 8%
Angela Merkel (Germany) 11%
None of the above 15%
Worst Political Figure of 2009?
Barack Obama (US) 8%
Silvio Berlusconi (Italy) 9%
Hugo Chavez (Venezuela) 6%
Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) 6%
Kim Jong-Il (North Korea) 3%
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (Iran) 62%
Gordon Brown (UK) 1%
None of the above 2%
Top Political Issue of 2009?
Economic Crisis 40%
Climate Change/Global Warming 16%
Middle East 14%
Nuclear weapons 4%
Education 4%
Healthcare 14%
None of the above 6%
Worst U.S. Politician of 2009?
Barack Obama 36%
Hillary Clinton (Sec. State) 5%
Ben Bernanke 1%
Sarah Palin 28%
Van Jones 5%
Joe Wilson 9%
Christopher Dodd 7%
None of the above 3%
Worst U.S. Political move of 2009?
“You Lie!” 20%
The Public Option 25%
The Biden Bunker Reveal 4%
The Sanford Affair 8%
The Blagojevich ‘Auction’ 33%
The Ensign Affair 0%
The Grayson Slur 0%
None of the above 8%
Worst Political Commentator of 2009?
Glenn Beck 32%
Sean Hannity 3%
Rush Limbaugh 21%
Rachel Maddow 3%
Chris Matthews 3%
Bill O’Reilly 3%
Keith Olbermann 28%
none of the above 3%
Biggest Political Liar?
Sarah Palin 13%
Al Gore 6%
Barack Obama 13%
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 44%
Hugo Chavez 3%
Silvio Berlusconi 10%
Don’t know 3%
None of the above 3%
What is the greatest threat facing the world today?
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
From Global Warming to Nuclear Proliferation, what do you is the greatest threat facing the world today?
VOTE! What do you think?
How is it that only Western nations are accused of “defaming” religion?
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Nov. 3 (from NationalReview.com) America, like so many countries in the West, laments its strained relations with the Islamic world. In June, Pres. Barack Obama traveled to Cairo to speak against the “fear and mistrust” that exist between the West and Islam. Yet Muslim governments demand respect for Islam while refusing to offer similar respect for religious minorities within their own borders.
The recent Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets in that European nation has become the latest controversy to generate Muslim protests worldwide. However, Islamic governments are in no position to complain about Western intolerance and “Islamophobia.” Most Muslim nations are repressive or offer only limited political freedom. More often than not, Islamic states violate basic human rights; and almost all persecute Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities.
Many authoritarian states — especially Communist or formerly Communist ones — violate religious liberty along with other freedoms in order to maintain political control. But Muslim nations are almost unique in their willingness to persecute religious minorities to promote religious ends, as is evident from the State Department’s latest report on religious liberty abroad.
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World AIDS Day 2009 – Are we doing enough?
Monday, November 30th, 2009A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is about raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The World AIDS Day theme for 2009 is ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done. According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.4 million people living with HIV, including 2.1 million children. During 2008 some 2.7 million people became newly infected with the virus and an estimated 2 million people died from AIDS. Are we doing enough to combat AIDS – in developing and Western countries?
U.S. Voter Anger Is Building Over Deficits
Saturday, November 28th, 2009After engineering an unprecedented spending surge for nearly a year, President Barack Obama now wants to signal that he takes deficits seriously. So this week the White House announced that it is considering creating a commission to figure how to fix the budget mess…
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Muslims Mark Eid al-Adha Festival on 4th Day of Hajj
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Muslims around the world are celebrating the festival of Eid al-Adha, including more than two million pilgrims taking part in annual Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia.
Pilgrims in the Saudi holy city of Mecca threw stones at three pillars representing Satan, a ritual that began Friday and continues until Sunday. No major incidents were reported Friday, the third day of the pilgrimage.
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