Greg Laden's Blog
Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, and Stuff
Learn more about Charles Darwin and his work.
Looking for stuff about birds?
Lean more about lions
An archaeological expedition to the Congo
The Skeptical Search Engine
The contents of Greg Laden's Blog are copyrighted by Greg Laden.
Recent Comments
- Drivebyposter on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- J.Doug Swallow on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Lotharsson on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Jonathan Eisen on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- daedalus2u on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- daedalus2u on HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Greg Laden on Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Andrew C. Holmes on Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Calli Arcale on Environmentally Friendly Hard Drive Case
- Calli Arcale on The grey squirrel from a birder's point of view
Search
Profile
Click on "About" for the big picture, and "Archives" for the details.
Recent Posts
- 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners
- HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute's Insider Reveals Secrets
- Charles Darwin, Geologist
- Looking for stuff about birds?
- Environmentally Friendly Hard Drive Case
- Charles Darwin February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882
- Whitney Houston has died
- Lions!
- Changing the rep of Fungi one mushroom-based robot thingie-builder at a time
- More Mississippi Meanderings
Blogroll
If you don't see yourself on my blogroll, just drop me a line and let me know. I'll add you.*- 10,000 Birds
- Alpha Meme
- a Nadder!
- Angry by Choice
- Armchair Dissident
- (((Billy))) The Atheist
- blogfish
- blogSci
- Blond Nonbeliever
- Blue Lion Blog
- Bug Girl's Blog
- Camels with Hammers
- Catalogue of Oganisms
- Cassandra's Tears
- Class M Planet
- Climate Bites
- Cocktail Party Physics
- Counter Minds
- Cranky Linguist, The
- Crowded Head, Cozy Bed
- Dead Racist Society
- Deep Sea News
- Dispersal of Darwin
- Divine Afflatus
- Dread Tomato Addiction
- Evil is Underrated
- Evolved and Rational
- Evolving in Kansas
- Evolving Thoughts
- Fellman Studio Blog
- Flying Trilobite
- Further Thoughts
- Hoxful Monsters
- ICBS Everywhere
- Illusory Tenant
- It's Alive!!
- Jafcisa
- Letters from a Broad
- Life Before Death
- Looking For Detachment
- Matharu's Rants and Raves
- Mors dei
- Natural Reckonings
- Nature Blog Network
- Providentia
- Qeyḥ bāḥrī
- Quiche Moraine
- Religion, Sets, and Politics
- Sandwalk
- Sarah Zielinski
- Science Notes
- The Seething Primate
- Skepchick
- Spanish Inquisitor
- Splendid Elles
- Survival Machine
- Synapostasy
- TalkOrigins
- Tangled Up in Blue Guy
- Tetrapod Zoology
- The Flying Trilobite
- The Inoculated Mind
- The Intersection
- The Loom (new)
- The Scientific Activist
- The Unexamined Life..
- The Zone
- Thinking for Free
- Think Progress
- Three Toed Sloth
- Toomanytribbles
- Traumatized by Truth
- Truth Is a Woman
- udreamofjanie
- Uncommon Liberty
- View from the Pond
- Vickie Henderson Art
- When Pigs Fly Returns
- Writer's Daily Grind
Archives
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
« Washington State Faithful In Tizzy Over Atheist Affront | Main | When will this yahooistic madness end? »
POLL: Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?
Category: Religion
Posted on: December 8, 2008 10:32 AM, by Greg Laden
TrackBacks
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/87429
Comments
Over 9 million votes so far.
Good luck with breakfast.
Posted by: Anon | December 8, 2008 10:38 AM
It's only 18% yes so far. Work to be done!
Posted by: chris | December 8, 2008 10:48 AM
I did my part, but it's not looking too good right now.
Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
18%
No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.
82%
Posted by: Joel | December 8, 2008 10:58 AM
//9129583 responses //
You would find that even PZ's hordes would have trouble with this one....
And isnt this a fairly old one?
Posted by: clinteas | December 8, 2008 11:04 AM
I'm in favor of completely eliminating cash and going to an all electronic transfer system. So I have a hard time getting riled up about "In God We Trust" on money. Because if it were to be removed there would have to be a few redesigns and maybe a few reprints at the tax payer's expense. Just sack the entire system and move on. Cash sucks.
Posted by: Nick | December 8, 2008 11:05 AM
Yeah, old polls that have been thoroughly trashed by bots aren't good candidates for crashing -- they've already been crashed.
Posted by: PZ Myers | December 8, 2008 12:42 PM
I'm just not good at this yet.
Posted by: Greg Laden | December 8, 2008 1:32 PM
They need to work on the wording of the poll question a bit. It should be something like, "Should majority mob rule be allowed to take away the constitutional rights of a small subgroup of the population?"
Posted by: Virgil Samms | December 8, 2008 1:54 PM
"In FSM We Trust"
Posted by: BZ | December 8, 2008 1:58 PM
Leave "In God We Trust" there, but add "Everybody else pays cash" right below it.
The credit crisis could have been avoided had that been done ten years ago...
Posted by: dave | December 8, 2008 2:10 PM
I find it interesting that the "no" justification is quite condescending to religious people.
Posted by: freelunch | December 8, 2008 2:17 PM
PZ, already tried to crash this... we were at 95% at one point...
Posted by: Random Chimp | December 8, 2008 6:06 PM