Sunday Stats: Is America Too Politically Correct?

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% of Adults believe America today has become too politically correct, while just 23% say the country is not politically correct enough. Eleven percent (11%) say the balance is about right.

What do you think? Me, when they start removing the American flag from a veteran’s monument over some PC issue–yeah, we’ve gone too far.

Sunday Statistics: Is Torture Justified

A recent Pew Research Center survey asked 742 U.S. adults whether the use of torture against suspected terrorists can be justified.

The overall results (leaving out the popular rarely justified category to keep this simple. Full results here.):

• Can often be justified: 15%
• Can sometimes be justified: 34%
• Can never be justified: 25%

Here’s more detail:

Take a Stand or Shut Up (and sing)

Most anti-Arizona Immigration Law pundits say something like this:

Now that Arizona has toughened illegal immigration laws, will the border crossings stop? Not until we look at the business end of immigration… If you seriously want to stop illegal border crossing, you have to hit where it hurts: the wallet. There are two reasons that Americans let illegals cross over in the first place: we don’t want to spend $25 on tomatoes, and we don’t want to get caught growing our own pot or making our own drug factories because that’s illegal and highly enforced.

The Devil is in the Details: The Arizona Immigration Law

There’s a lot of emotion swirling around the new Arizona immigration law. Arizona feels a desperate need (made critical when illegals killed a popular rancher on his own property and shot then left for dead a law enforcement officer) to protect their borders. The Feds have a law but they’re not enforcing it, so Arizona has stepped up to the plate and agreed to use state resources to enforce the Federal law.

Sunday Stats: Communism or Democracy?

A stunning 72% say most Hungarians are actually worse off now economically than they were under communism, according to a Pew Research Center study.

Sunday Stats: Government Requires Consent of the Governed–in America

Only 21 percent of Americans say that Washington operates with the consent of the governed,

Sunday Stats: America is ‘Fair and Descent’

…according to a Rasmussen Poll and in the opinion of Americans:

Sunday Stats:Who’s the Better Judge of Economic Issues?

…Obama with his Harvard degree or the average American? This might surprise you (from a Rasmussen Poll).