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13 American Milestones For 2013
In the course of conducting public opinion surveys and demographic analyses, the Pew Research Center found a wide range of data milestones, breakthroughs, peaks and valleys in 2013, including record support for same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana; record levels of distrust of the federal government; record numbers of mothers who were the primary breadwinners for their families; and record numbers of Millennials living with their parents. Here is a look at the highs and lows Americans reached this year, according to Pew's data.
1... Just over half (51%) of the public now favors same-sex marriage, while 42% are opposed.
2... A majority of Americans (52%) now favor legalizing the use of marijuana.
3... A majority agrees the U.S. should mind its own business internationally, the highest measure in nearly a half century of polling.
4... The share of Americans saying they do not want their own representative in Congress reelected – 38% – is at its highest point in two decades.
5... For the first time, a majority of the public (53%) says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms.
6... 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31—the so-called Millennial generation— now live in their parents’ home, the highest share in at least four decades.
7... A record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family.
8... The U.S., which has a total population of 317 million, is now home to a record 40.4 million immigrants.
9... A record seven-in-ten (69%) Hispanic high school graduates in the class of 2012 enrolled in college that fall, two percentage points higher than the rate (67%) among their white counterparts.
10... The percentage of Americans who say the U.S. plays a more important and powerful role as a world leader than it did 10 years ago has fallen to a 40-year low of just 17%.
11... The percentage of American Catholics calling themselves “strong” Catholics is at a four-decade low.
12... For the first time since Pew Research Center began tracking smartphone adoption, a majority of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind.
13... 50% of the public now cites the internet as a main source for national and international news.
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48% of Americans are imbeciles.
77 percent of the 1,000 adults questioned are concerned about government corruption and 52 percent of them think the problem has gotten worse over the past five years since President Barack Obama first took office.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/poll-breitbart-corruption-worse/2013/12...
100% of the 77% will do absolutely nothing about it allowing the 1% continued free reign.
Merry Christmas, and get your trail runs in this week!
so half the legal-ish age women are fat
wow wtf
although one can hope that its all the old ones that are the reason for this
So half-ish + kids are born out of wedlock.
Therefore fat chicks by and large beget bastard children.
Or sumptin' like that, no?
Ah, the elegance of data mining.
I'm gonna do one better than same sex marriage: I'm gonna marry myself!
Why did CO legalize gay marriage and marijuana at the same time?
They did it for the cross-over pipe smoker demographic.
A: Because it says in Leviticus, "If a man lays with another man, he shall be stoned".
Belief in religion is Santa Claus for adults. Citing this BS is as bad as believing in the red/blue lie.
Do no wrong, fear no man is the only guideline you need in life.
If you dig another man's ass at least you won't procreate.
Lesbian and gay lifestyles are simply a way out for unattractive women and selfish guys without the balls to take care of a family.
Here in Washington State, I know guys who have married male marijuana plants
Dude! Everyone knows the lesbian plants are the only ones worth marrying!
Unless you're into seed production
Works for me! Colorado, Rocky Mountain high!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_WyUwNPOzQ
"I'm gonna do one better than same sex marriage: I'm gonna marry myself!"
Sounds like you are yanking your own crank on that one!
# 4 is good news.
Are the white kids just figuring it out faster that college just isn't worth it?
You're an optimist.
What the chart does not show is the percentage of eachg group that actually graduates from high-school, even becoming eligible for counting in the "goes on to college" fraction. Good old DoL does it again.
With Affirmative Action in college admissions and workplace...yes white kids (males) are figuring it out.
Like ObamaCare - white kids pay more, so that non whites pay less, so that both get the same benefit, unless you are both going for the same job.
The year of the selfie and pajama boy
India stops Bitcoin trading
...still trading above 700
http://btcpost.net/index.php
Rupees ?
A record 62% think Kim Kardashian's butt is just right, while only 37% think they have a 50/50 chance of hitting the next powerball jackpot.
Americans Rule.
Is that 37% responding as part of the 62% ?
At every local election, we write in my child's name for public office, is the only one we're certain is taking lobbyists or special interest monies.
A write in campaign 'Edward Snowden for president' would be interesting
Yes it would but on a paper, anonymous ballot.
Number four and number five are a good sign. I'm amazed at how many people still get their ....ahem....newz...from the teevee.
How about the number of Americans that don't want to be Americans.
Where do I F'n sign up.
Indian reservation. Gamble using bitcoin. Forget about Mt Gov ..how about Wampum.net... the Indian bitcoin trading site and bank.
How about the number of American Indians that believe Bitcoin is a solution for their nation to fight bankster occupation?
Where do I sign up.
Ooh, what an interesting proposition-- bitcoin dealers on American Indian land. In theory it's sovereign (but I suppose Yemen is too, but go tell that to the drones).
And what percent have a fucking clue as to what our money system is based on?
Can understand the implications of an exponential function?
pods
Not very many. The only hope is that they understand tyranny in much simpler terms. You know, getting pepper sprayed or shot for looking at a cop wrong, NSA spying, no knock warrants, treating drug dogs as good enough for probable cause, etc...
Once you get people to understand that, you can then point out that the bosses of those who implement the police state are bought and paid for, often by bankers.
Need a few more charts:
14. Gun Ownership
15. % that can cite all the names on Duck Dynasty but don't know their Congressmen's names
16. Hours spent online each work day as a % of all workdays
recent bill he or she voted on, telling him or her how you feel, what
you need from him or her, and asking for a response.
they voted on, telling them how you feel, what you need from him or her,
and asking for a response.
opinion on an issue of your selection. Send the sheriff a letter
stating whether you are satisfied with his or her response, and thanking
him or her for taking the time to talk with you on the phone.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-10-02/take-hedgelesshorseman-c...
LOL, during the whole Syria fiasco, I wrote an Op-Ed for the local paper and they published it. I called the actions that the government were taking Orwellian, pointed out that congress had a penchant for willfully misrepresenting the truth, and also pointed out that we really ought not trust a president that promised to stop the spying under GWB only to double down on it. I went on to state that we should judge those in DC by their actions, not their promises. Once I saw that it was published, it sent it to my congress critters and pointed out that many their constitutants had already read it as it was published by the largest newspaper in the state.
@hedgless
Sorry man, but they're all bought and paid for, except MAYBE the local sheriff - depending on how much drug trade is going on in that area. The real "votes" that count are lobbying dollars and corporate PACs. Turns out the ROI on lobbying is too attractive to ignore.
Honestly I'd take the Duck Dynasty guys in the White House over any candidate of the past twenty years. Conservative Christians with family values. OH DEAR GOD THE HUMANITY!!!
They play hillbillies on TV but actually built and run a solid business. The Duck Commander made them millionaires before TV. Besides any of the wives would make one hell of a good looking first lady, bring some class back after the wookie. You know she's going to loot the White House when she leaves.
Besides America should just go full Hollywood and elect reality TV characters. Duck Commander in Chief, Rick Harrison as Treasury Secretary, Rick Dale as Secretary of the Interior, Danny Coker as Secretary of Defense. Reality Government.
So you'd have a solid businessman in charge, a gold bug in charge of the money, a guy that can restore just about anything in charge of rebuilding crumbling infrastructure, and a guy that doesn't take shit from anybody.
I'm pretty sure those guys are preferable to the joke we've had running this place.
Whatev. One man's Conservative Christians with family values is another man's fascist.
I don't hate the Duck Dynasty people. I don't even know them. They hate me, though, without even meeting me.
Hate may be a family value, but I want no part of it.
They dont hate you.
They just find your dirty penis disgusting.
What business is it of theirs what I do with my business? Aren't we supposed to be free, with liberty and justice for all, and crap like that?
Hypocrites don't know they're hypocrites. That's what makes it so frustrating to be a human being.
Yeah, well,when it gets to the point where I'm supposed to like it, over the line.
The gay-rights movement has always aligned with feminists and racialists, who have _always_ seen liberty in conflict with justice. It seems more than a little opportunistic, to plead for libertarian values now.
"What business is it of theirs what I do with my business?"
Are they actively trying to stop you from doing anything? Looks to me like an actor was asked his opinion about something and he stated it truthfully.
What's the problem here? Would you like to stop him from stating his opinion? Would you rather him lie? What's really going on here?
Tsar - Assholes like yerself always use that word "hate" like you own it. Fuck you.
"Conservatie Christians" are facsist... why... because they want to cut the Federal budget deficit? Anyone who wants to cut the Federal budget deficit = Conservative Christian. Conservative Christian - hateful.
Just cut the deficit and shut the fuck up, and stop with your "hating"
#14 Gun Ownership: Last month, for each person that applied for ObamaCare at the exchanges, 34 people applied for weapons carry permits.
The really eye opening fact for me is that in less than 50 years, the number of people married has cratered while the number of women as single head of family has doubled. Says something about the inability of a generation to find and keep a spouse.
Everyone wants to do their own thing, Relationships are about not always getting your way.
She finds a guy, has a kid, divorces him and keeps half his income for the next eighteen years, and tells everyone that she's a "single" mom. Since the child support doesn't show up on her income taxes, she's also the "main earner" in her household. More bullshit numbers from feminist academics.
@Nick Jihad
Bingo.
Family law has always been skewed in favor of women, and now its even worse. How bad? Well, there's that guy that jumped with his 3 year old son out of a high window in NYC, part of a custody battle gone bad. There's others, of course, suffering silently while their ex spends all the money sent her way - in addition to the pile of his stuff she stole "legally".
There are many women out there who know exactly how to game the system, and it wouldn't surprise me that the gold-digger syndrome has gotten so prevelant that most guys are totally done with being in a "relationship" with these american cunts.
It happened in Japan too, but for a different reason - there was a larger expectation to spend and support a girl, you had to have a decent apartment/car/etc.. Most guys looked around and said - "shit, I can't do this with Abe printing his ass off" (or even if they didn't realize it, same result) and decided to stay at home instead.
The pendulum swings both ways, and I think we're on the downswing of guys willing to put up with the demanding petulant bitchy girlfriend/wife/whatever.
Looks like time to kill off the internet.