PalosVerdesBlog Opinion Poll

The drive-by media have been bubbling over with balderdash the last couple of days dealing with the Virginia Tech massacre, the Supreme Court abortion ruling and other items. I’d like to know what my blog readers think about these matters. Take the poll; “answers” to follow.

Cho Seung-Hui Killings

1. What was the source of the killer’s rage?
a) Inability to process serotonin
b) Childhood brain injury
c) American injustice
d) His personal evil

2. The purpose of his hateful acts was to:
a) Rail against the use of alcohol
b) Live up to his father’s Saudi Arabian leanings
c) Die like Jesus
d) Get on television

3. What is the appropriate reaction to the murders?
a) Compassion for Cho
b) Banning hand guns
c) Anger at the Virginia Tech police
d) Hoping that Cho goes straight to hell

Supreme Court Upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

4. The Court ruling exhibited:
a) Judicial restraint
b) Judicial activism
c) Stare Decisis
d) Have no idea

5. The ruling expresses:
a) Respect for the dignity of human life
b) Disrespect for lower court rulings
c) Belief that women are flighty creatures who must be protected by men
d) Disdain of the Bush administration for women’s reproductive rights

6. The banned procedure described as “intact dilation and extraction” is:
a) A gruesome murder
b) Necessary to protect the life of the woman
c) Ok, if birth could lead to post-partum depression
d) Unlikely to cause mental anguish in the mother

Media Mania

7. The most politically biased newspaper in the US is the:
a) Wall Street Journal
b) New York Times
c) Washington Post
d) Los Angeles Times