ASSUMING YOUR ANSWER, I PRESUME?

Got an interesting e-mail this afternoon, noting that our local Bush puppet --- Congressman Adam Putnam (R - Bartow) --- has an on-line poll question that asks:

Do you support a 2% across-the-board cut in federal spending to help pay for Hurricane Katrina rebuilding costs?

Most folks would never really notice, but this individual did. The "Yes" answer was already selected. Of course, my friend picked "No" and wrote a message to Mr. Putnam suggesting that instead of cutting education and social services by 2% --- I read earlier this week that the budget for food stamps was being cut significantly for next fiscal year --- maybe he and his collegues should put an excise tax on Big Oil's huge profits. I would also suggest putting the kibosh on the tax cuts for the wealthy.

His Web site does not keep a running tally of votes casts and how, only after the poll is completed.

Also, I thought it quite interesting that he previous poll asked:

Do you support building a nuclear power plant in Polk County?

It's almost impossible to fathom that 60% of the 208 responses favoured such an idea. Of course, online polls are unscientific, and are easily manipulated.