HuffPo: America's 'Oh Crap' Phenomenon

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America's 'Oh Crap' Phenomenon
Bob Cesca
8.29.2005

The Center for Survey Research and Analysis released an interesting and infuriating poll today regarding the Patriot Act which showed that the more American citizens know about the law, the less they like it. Not surprisingly, fewer than half of Americans know what the law is all about. And many of those who like it don't have a clue as to its content.

64 percent of Americans surveyed said they support the Patriot Act. Coincidentally, on the "Mmm-Doy!" barometer, the same percentage of Americans believe in Creationism, according to Harris.

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t's absolutely indicative of the danger of quips like "mega-dittos" and "we report, you decide". If Rush Limbaugh says it, then it must be so. Or if Fox News reports something flagrantly biased or untrue while knowing that most of their viewers are too trusting or lazy to know otherwise, much less "decide", then enough time is bought to squeak through unconstitutional claptrap like the Patriot Act or worse: the Iraq War. Then when reality sets in, many of those same people belch out a collective, "Oh crap," after it's too late to wiggle out.

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By the way, there's a gigantic "oh crap" on the way on October 17, the day Bush's Bankruptcy Bill takes effect. After that day, if you have to declare bankruptcy for any reason, prepare for an anal intrusion so deep that a "Welcome to Delaware" sign will begin to poke through your scalp. No exemptions for military vets. No exemptions for the disabled. Just attached wages and repossessions until the day your credit cards actually fossilize.

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[sniffa]

1. oh crap

maybe i shouLd decLare bankruptcy soon then.

[wli]

2. Oh crap! The USA has become the Fourth Reich! n/t

[quisp]

3. Oh Crap! I'm not the laziest person I know!

I actually THINK about issues that affect my life, thus I'm a Democrat!