I hate the recent trend in which mass media outlets conduct polls to see what “the people” feel about a topic. The polls’ revelations about the state of the American system of education invariably depress me.

On CNN the other morning, they had a pollasking American Catholics about the next pope. I don’t remember the actual numbers, but I’ll ballpark it.

Should the next Pope be:

More Liberal? 15%
About the same? 55%
More conservatibe? 25%

Followed by this question:

Should the next Pope allow:

Birth control? 80%
Married priests? 60%
Women priests? 50%

Idiots.