POLL: How Many Of You Are Aware?

[rwanger]

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Not really. I think news shows are nothing but total crap, and I pretty much avoid them at all costs. I used to get the paper daily but I stopped doing that because the amount of stupidity that is present in our government and society would just get me all worked up, and since there isnt really anything I can do it about it, It would just make me start out the day all pissed off. So I just stopped reading it, and im a much happier person now because of it.

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I'm in this boat too. It just doesn't interest me at all. I don't know why it doesn't interest me. Maybe it will someday. But I do have a much happier, more optimistic view of the world than most of the people I know who watch a lot of TV news.

Ignorance is bliss I suppose...

[Anacardo]

I am Awareness.

[Elevens]

I can see both sides of the argument here.

Following politics can be frustrating and confusing, regardless of your political views.

Following the news can oftentimes be depressing and frustrating (often due to politics).

However, I think it's sad when so many people know so little about the world that surrounds them.

[hedxcold]

i only know most of the news like this because i have yahoo as my homepage (still use the old style page), and i see the headlines there

[PokerBob]

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The Holloway thread and thinking about Darfur, Sudan, etc. has made me think of how ridiculous it is that she gets so much attention and globabl tragedies don't get any attention.

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hot, young white girls getting killed is a global tragedy. unless, of course, you are gay.

[suzzer99]

Just click the CNN webpage once a day. Not too tough. Also for all my in-depth news I watch The Daily Show/Colbert, and for the same in sports - Pardon the Interruption. I stay basically informed, and entertained w/o having to sit through awful 6 o'clock news.

[Lottery Larry]

I heard something, but I wasn't aware it was that many (holiday weekend, I didn't even read the paper yet)

Do I get extra credit for not having any idea what Hollaway refers to?

[RacersEdge]

I really don't like following something I can't affect. I mean I could spend all afternoon following a news story on TV, or I could read a book on poker, or real estate or cooking and make myself a better at some skill.

[Pudge714]

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I didn't do anything that would have had me aware of anything in the world this weekend.

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I realize Memorial Day Weekend is probably skewing the results on average but I still think its sad.

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83% on Memorial Day weekend is not a disapointing result in my opinion.

[prohornblower]

Im aware only because of a thread that was started on this forum. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Other than that it's all been Taylor Hicks and 715 lately around my neck of the Tiger woods.