DC: America Is Among Least Racist Countries In The World

From 2010 to 2014, the World Values Survey asked residents in over 50 countries who they would not want as neighbors. Just over five percent of respondents in the United States said “people of a difference race.” That’s far more tolerant a response than citizens of most European, African and Asian countries gave. As a comparison, 15 percent of Germans, 41 percent of Indians and 22 percent of Japanese said they wouldn’t want to live next to “people of a different race.” The Washington Post depicted the results in a useful chart.

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Obama Admin offers cash to nationwide survey respondants regarding removal of 4 dams on Klamath

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Water & Power Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04) sent letters to the Bureau of Reclamation and the Office of Management and Budget requesting information on the use of American tax dollars to pay for a controversial Department of the Interior (DOI) survey on the need to remove four privately owned dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. Read more at Unified Patriots...
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Take the Plastic Bag Ban Survey

Let your voice be heard! Take the City of Corvallis Survey on the propose plastic bag ban. Read More......

Corvallis bag ban & tax survey

OREGON CATALYST, 3/17/2012 by In the news - Hilex Poly

The Corvallis City Council is considering installing a ban and tax on all shopping bags, both paper and plastic. In exploring options, the City Council has asked for comments from the public in this survey. ✧ Please take a few moments and let the Corvallis City Council know your thoughts on bag bans and taxes on shopping bags. ✧ Hilex believes that the answer lies within common sense legislation that preserves Oregon’s manufacturing and recycling jobs, rather than increasing costs for local residents.  Despite misconceptions, plastic bags are 100% recyclable and made in the U.S., using domestic natural gas and support American jobs.

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CNBC: Secret Walmart Survey Shows Inflation Already Here

11/11/2010 - There might not have been a second round of quantitative easing, if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shopped at Walmart. ∴ A new pricing survey of products sold at the world’s largest retailer [WMT 53.95 -0.18 (-0.33%)] showed a 0.6 percent price increase in just the last two months, according to MKM Partners. At that rate, prices would be close to four percent higher a year from now, double the Fed’s mandate. Read more at CNBC...
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Educating the Public (on Education)

HOOVER INSTITUTION, by William G. Howell and Martin R. West - The 2008 Education Next-PEPG Survey found that providing respondents with accurate information about teacher salaries decreased support for raising them; providing information about charter schools increased support for them among liberals but lowered it among conservatives. Read more at Hoover... Read More......

USA Today Poll on the meaning of "Right to bare arms"

From John Detweiler: "Take action."

Our new Attorney General has already said firearm restriction is one of his major issues. ∴ This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results will be published later this month. This upcoming year will become critical for gun owners with the Supreme Court accepting the District of Columbia case against the right for individuals to bear arms.

The Question is: Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms? http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popup5895.htm


Results as of 4/24/2009:

With 2,214,919 responses
Yes: 96%
No: 3%
Undecided: 1%

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