Comments on: Trajectories http://www.stickwithanose.com/2010/01/01/trajectories/ On the Poverty of Social Discourse Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stick http://www.stickwithanose.com/2010/01/01/trajectories/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Stick Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:23:49 +0000 http://www.stickwithanose.com/?p=1395#comment-352 Agreed... One should always be suspicious of anything coming from Rasmussen, but I do think that it's tapping into something approximating the zeitgeist of contemporary American culture. How we [as a society] react to the realization of economic stagnation will quickly move into some kind of action. The question is what kind...? Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Agreed… One should always be suspicious of anything coming from Rasmussen, but I do think that it’s tapping into something approximating the zeitgeist of contemporary American culture. How we [as a society] react to the realization of economic stagnation will quickly move into some kind of action. The question is what kind…? Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> By: williamjames http://www.stickwithanose.com/2010/01/01/trajectories/comment-page-1/#comment-351 williamjames Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:03:27 +0000 http://www.stickwithanose.com/?p=1395#comment-351 Interesting piece but I wouldn't go to the well with the results of that opinion poll. From wiki: "...John Marshal of Talking Points Memo commented on their [Rasmussen] reliability in a February 2009 article: The toplines tend to be a bit toward the Republican side of the spectrum, compared to the average of other polls. But if you factor that in they're pretty reliable...But the qualitative questions, in terms of their phrasing and so forth, are frequently skewed to give answers friendly toward GOP or conservative viewpoints..." I agree completely that the U.S. is re-polarized. It seems, though, that Americans are stunned more than activated by evidence that they will not "get ahead", "find a good job", or establish a "college fund" for little Sam. Interesting piece but I wouldn’t go to the well with the results of that opinion poll. From wiki:

“…John Marshal of Talking Points Memo commented on their [Rasmussen] reliability in a February 2009 article:
The toplines tend to be a bit toward the Republican side of the spectrum, compared to the average of other polls. But if you factor that in they’re pretty reliable…But the qualitative questions, in terms of their phrasing and so forth, are frequently skewed to give answers friendly toward GOP or conservative viewpoints…”

I agree completely that the U.S. is re-polarized. It seems, though, that Americans are stunned more than activated by evidence that they will not “get ahead”, “find a good job”, or establish a “college fund” for little Sam.

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