Two scary polls

I'm glad Internet polls don't mean anything, because there are two fairly scary ones running at CNN.com and CNNMoney.com.

The CNN poll asks "Should U.S. forces attack sacred sites in Najaf where militants are hiding?" The response? An overwhelming "Yes," by 75 percent of 44,682 voters.

"The US military actions in the holy city of Najaf are deeply offensive to Muslims throughout the world," writes Juan Cole, in case you need some understanding of why the correct answer here is "no."

Need more?

Read this, from a Washington Post story, entitled "Cemetery fight haunts some U.S. troops," coming to me by way of Digby:

"Wives, daughters, husbands," said Sgt. Hector Guzman, 28, of the 1st Cavalry Division's 5th Regiment. "You just know you're destroying that tomb." The Houston native shook his head. "It doesn't feel right sometimes."

"We feel bad that we're destroying, that we're desecrating graves and such," added Staff Sgt. Thomas Gentry, 29, of Altoona, Pa. "That's not what we want to do."

Also from WaPo via Digby, the reaction from Iran's influential Ayatollah:

"These crimes are a dark blemish which will never be wiped from the face of America. They commit these crimes and shamelessly talk of democracy. Shame has no place in their vocabulary."

Again, for those who missed it the first time, the correct answer to that poll question is "no."

The CNNMoney poll asks "Would you support replacing federal income taxes with federal sales taxes?" The response? An overwhelming "Yes," by 65 percent of 11,011 voters.

Considering the cruel regressiveness of such a policy change, the correct answer here is also "no."