means of production

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 9, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> I didn't mention that 31% more think he *may be* a Muslim. (Technically,
> they're still unsure of his religion.)
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> JL

That may include those who have never heard of President Obama.  After all, a larger proportion probably think Jon or I may be a Muslim.  As for angels, I'm not sure I'm comforted by the statistic below, since whatever people think about the existence of angels, such speakers' beliefs don't reflect a negative attitude toward either angels or non-angels.

LH
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> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>> At 8/9/2012 12:09 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>> And have I mentioned that 17% of registered voters (close to one in five)
>>> are now convinced that the President is a Muslim?
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>> That low percentage actually makes me feel good.  A large majority of
>> Americans believes in angels.
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>> Joel
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