means of production

[Jonathan Lighter]

> After all, a larger proportion probably think Jon or I may be a Muslim.

If they haven't been asked, do they know what they think?

JL

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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