Monday, May 09, 2005

AT LONG LAST, MY FAITH IN DEMOCRACY IS RESTORED

Forget all the Diebold conspiracy theories. Forget those speed-dailing freaks obsessed with American Idol. Thanks to the Serious Journalists(tm) at CNN, here's a poll everyone can agree accurately reflects our collective consciousness:

Do you believe a dog could care for a baby?

Yes
  64%
100719 votes

No

  36%

55697 votes
Total: 156416 votes

You might look at this and see 156,416 fatuous and somewhat disengaged folks, most likely browsing the Web on company time, succumbing to the ongoing infantilization of what people used to like to call "news." Me? I see 156,416 patriots.