shakran

Hmm. I'm sure by the time they're two years old I'll be more than willing to give them to you

Pan, I agree with you that we need to start making a hell of a lot of noise. As far as the average thing, by definition the majority of people are average or below. Average is the most common condition - that's why it's average. If you add below average to average you always end up with a greater percentage than if you just look at above average. That's the point of why my friend says.

Also, your explanation of why people are lethargic (because they think the GOP is gonna screw things up no matter what they do) has merit only for the non-republicans. What I mean by that is, for example, look at the 74% of the country that believed many of the 9/11 terrorists came from Iraq, simply because the administration alluded to it. That's not an issue of saying "fuckit, they'll screw it up anyway, why should I vote them out." That's an issue of saying "they said it, so it must be true," even though evidence is readilly available to contradict what they said.

Hope that made sense - - i'm pretty tired tonight