This was forwarded to me by someone who simply thought I would find it interesting, not so I could vote. I did find it interesting:
Will NBC be surprised?
Here’s your chance to let the media know where the people stand on
our faith in God, as a nation.
NBC is taking a poll on “In God We Trust” to stay on our American
currency.
Please send this to every Christian you know so they can vote on
this important subject.
Please do it right away, before NBC takes this off the web page.
Poll is still open so you can vote.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/This is not sent for discussion, if you agree forward it, if you don’t, delete it.
By me forwarding it, you know how I feel.
I’ll bet this was a surprise to NBC.
I want you to savor the deliciousness of this for a moment. “Please send this to every Christian you know,” it says. “This is not sent for discussion, if you agree forward it, if you don’t, delete it.” In other words, “Please help self-select NBC’s sample.”
Yes, straw men and fish in barrels, not all religionists are like this, etc. Not my main point. My main point is: please use this to become more wary of online polls of any kind. There is probably even a law we could devise, something along the lines of “The accuracy of an online poll varies inversely w.r.t. its emotional weight.” Yes, gotta say emotional; it’s not like there’s anything more rigorous going on. “vi vs. emacs” is not called a religious argument for no reason.
I am left to wonder how many times the charming bigot who sent this originally voted herself.
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Aw, let ‘em keep it on the bill. If nothing else, it’ll give you something about which to smile when we’re all burning our worthless dollars for warmth.