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in Advance
By Tom Elia
September 01, 2004
The New Editor
According to a recent Zogby International poll, about "half (49.3%) of New York City
residents and 41% of New York citizens overall say that some US leaders 'knew in advance
that attacks were planned on or around September 11, 2001, and that they consciously failed
to act.'"
The poll, which was conducted August 24-26, 2004, questioned New York residents and
had a margin of error of 3.5%.
According to the poll, "nearly 30% of registered Republicans and over 38% of those who
described themselves as 'very conservative' supported the claim" of foreknowledge of the
September 11 attacks. The poll also found strong support for this theory among "adults
under 30 (62.8%), African-Americans (62.5%), Hispanics (60.1%), Asians (59.4%), and
'Born Again' Evangelical Christians (47.9%)."
It is rumored that the polling firm Phineas Taylor Barnum & Associates conducted a
follow-up poll questioning these same respondents, producing the following results:
68% of poll respondents believe that a human thumb, when protruding between an index and
middle finger (cleverly disguised as a hypodermic needle), contains a magic serum that is the
antidote for the dreaded disease known as "Cooties."
51% of respondents believe that the Tooth Fairy has enriched himself unfairly by "shorting"
the amount given to those who have lost their teeth. 47% believe these actions represent
malfeasance, fraud, or both on the part of the Tooth Fairy, and are grounds for a
class-action lawsuit. 46% believe that at the very least the Tooth Fairy should be stripped of
his professional accreditation with the American Dental Association.
38% of poll respondents believe their mothers' recent back injuries were caused when the
respondents stepped on ill-positioned sidewalk cracks, placed in their path by Halliburton
Corporation and subsidiaries of the Carlyle Group, who made money on the resulting injuries
through an interlocking series of offshore partnerships within the health care industry.
63% of respondents believe Nicolas Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolves around the
sun was fabricated for the benefit of 16th Century industrialists. 87% of those holding this
belief believed Copernicus was actually an alias used by a con man named Murray Schwartz.
42% worried for friends traveling overseas, concerned they would wander too far, perhaps
falling off the end of the Earth, thus losing their reception for Pacifica Radio.
73% believed that the minutes of the Trilateral Commission's weekly meetings -- proving that
the Rothschilds, the Queen of England, and various others actually run the world -- should
be made public and that the Commission's meetings should be broadcast by C-SPAN as a
replacement for that boring Booknotes show with that guy from Indiana who likes to talk
about government so much.
53% said their family celebrations regularly included virgins, volcanoes, and fatted calves.
98% of those who celebrate in such a manner felt it was too cruel to sacrifice fatted calves
in this day and age, but that it was important to continue sacrificing virgins in order to
preserve cultural traditions.
63% believed that regular bleedings were crucial to physical health and helped to remove
harmful toxins and 'bad humors' generated by eating genetically modified foods.
The margin for error in the rumored Phineas Taylor Barnum & Associates poll is unknown.
The original Zogby International poll was co-sponsored by three organizations:
911Truth.Org, Walden Three, and 9/11 Citizens Watch.
911Truth.Org describes itself on its Web site as "a campaign to educate the public about the
Sept. 11th cover-up and inspire popular pressure to overturn the 'incompetence theory' and
expose the truth surrounding the events of 9/11 before the November election; namely, that
elements within the U.S. government must have been complicit, or worse, for the attacks to
happen the way they did."
Walden Three's Web site says its "concept for rationally planned, sustainable cities is a
compellation (sic) and extrapolation of many different works throughout history; but its
primary influences are the literary works Walden, by Henry David Thoreau; Walden Two, by
Dr. B.F. Skinner; and the concept of REBT by Dr. Albert Ellis."
The 9/11 Citizens Watch Web site describes itself as "a new citizen-led oversight process
established to monitor and constructively engage the Government-sanctioned National
Commission on the Terrorist Attacks on the US."
Previous polls over the last 12 years revealed the following information about New Yorkers:
In the 2000 presidential election Al Gore won about 60% of New York's vote, versus about
35% for George W. Bush; in the 1996 presidential election Bill Clinton received about 60% of
New York's vote, versus about 30% for Bob Dole; and in 1992 Bill Clinton won just over
50% of New York's vote, versus just over 33% for George H. W. Bush.
The margin for error in the polls taken between 1992-2000 appears to be in the eye of the
beholder.
Tom Elia is a contributing editor for The New Editor.
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