The 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll

Which one of the following occupations is most likely to become obsolete in the United States in the next 50 years?

What Do You Think?

Staying with the subject of professions, respondents were asked which occupations were most likely to become obsolete in the U.S. in the next 50 years. If you're a fact-checker, U.N. peacekeeper or an airline pilot, breathe easy - you're looking good. If you're a newspaper reporter, you may want to catch the next dinosaur out of town. And the big winner? Tobacco farmers just don't get the respect they used to when they were helping to reduce the Social Security rolls by millions. Fully one third of those polled think that all those professions will still be around in 50 years. Bad news for those who enjoy a good smoke with their morning paper.

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by gregohio1 November 23, 2009 11:28 AM EST: As a loyal American, nothing would please me more than for Texas to seceed. Keep on executing innocent people, getting your teens pregnant, letting your cops rob motorists, and shooting petty criminals in the back. Just don't wave my flag while you do it.

Texas. It's like a whole other country (Mexico).; Reply to this comment


by onfinal63 November 22, 2009 6:54 AM EST: I will be moving to texas when I eturn from Kuwait. I have several acres just south of Van Horn,and for dam sure i intend to protect my space. I do hope Texas has the guts to become it's own country,I for one will back that as with so many others. With the person they call President the US is finished as a country. Barack Hussein Binladin,oops I mean Obama,he will be issuing prayer rugs to all liberals first.; Reply to this comment

by zinnius November 15, 2009 7:57 PM EST

Kaylee,

You want Texas to secede? What happens when the U.S. closes its military bases and NASA? Then pulls out the border patrol? No more emergency aid for hurricanes and floods, etc. You think there's enough oil to cover all that? Do you think Texas is the only place that sells oil?

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by kayleesanders November 16, 2009 7:42 AM EST: The federal border patrol is totally hamstrung here. Our Texas Guard is much more ready and effective and our governor is ready to go with it. We are living on the border of a "major" killing field in Mexico and if the federal government won't protect us then we should be able to protect ourselves. "We" took better care and refuge of the New Orleans hurricane survivors than the federal government. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Amarillo all filled up their cities helping refugees. No, Texas is not the only place that sells oil, but we would be free to sell to the highest bidder and support our economy. With Obama and the democrats in office I feel there will be no military bases left in 4 years as he has disdain for the military as was witnessed by his trip to Ft. Hood last week. NASA is getting severe federal budget cuts and has no real "mission" with the democrats in charge. Texas is a huge state with many thriving economies and now with torte reform doctors are moving to the state in droves due to decreased malpractice costs. Many california tech companies continue to move here due to low taxes and no state income tax. Austin is the tech center and houses don't stay on the market there. Texas also has a very rich history of "individualism" and I certainly want to keep that. It is an unusual place and certainly not for everyone, but I'll keep it the way it is.


by kayleesanders November 15, 2009 5:56 PM EST: Glad Texas is at the top to secede. As a Texan nothing would please me more than to see us have our own country since we are so different from the rest of the US. It would be funny to see where the rest of the country gets their refined oil and gas. Al Gore will be glad to take your money for you to buy your carbon footprints. It is in our constitution in Texas that we can secede at any time. Don't worry about the illegal immigration problem either, they can still come through Arizona and Harry Reid's Nevada and of course Nancy Pelosi's California. We are the "last frontier" and I hope we stay that way. I'm also glad Texas got the most votes as that means "hopefully" no one wants to move here. We're full up!!; Reply to this comment


by weeselkie November 13, 2009 6:27 PM EST: Stupid ass questions. Are you SERIOUS?? Get Real!; Reply to this comment


by ipswichbay November 8, 2009 6:42 PM EST: Concerning the poll I just completed?

Really stupid questions. I guess that makes me stupid for participating, huh?; Reply to this comment


by DoubleHappiness88 November 2, 2009 1:04 PM EST: Does anyone else suspect these questions were formulated by a 13 year old twit?; Reply to this comment


by DoubleHappiness88 November 2, 2009 1:01 PM EST: Does anyone else suspect these questions were formulated by a 13 year old twit?; Reply to this comment

by mountainstates1 November 2, 2009 11:29 AM EST

I can't believe there would be a more assinine poll than what state should seceed from the union. How dumb is that? How about which magazine you'd like to see cease publication??? Starting with this one. !

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by nomealaska November 2, 2009 12:37 PM EST: Alaska should succeed. We are not America's park to be exploited and managed by Twittering dolts from afar. We should get Northwest Territories and the Yukon and made the Tundra Republic. The lesser 48 can just split New Jersey or adopt Puerto Rico so they can have there 50 states.


by Rohanite November 2, 2009 12:42 PM EST: I think we should kick California out of the US (it's not like the governator is even from here anyway), and then take over Canada and make that a state. But we won't because then there will be a foreign tax on movies and gossip mags, and we'd all go broke because we can't live without Hollywood.

by culturechang November 1, 2009 9:37 PM EST

It makes no sense to legalize marijuana and keep prostitution illegal. You cannot sit around and cherry pick your vices. You either have the freedom to do what you want with your body or not.

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by culturechang November 2, 2009 9:25 AM EST: Good point pigsinlipstick. But if that were the only brainwashing over this issue, I would be happy. They have a majority of Americans believing consensual adult prostitution is "slavery".


by Rohanite November 2, 2009 12:53 PM EST: The only brainwashing going on is people thinking they're islands who can do anything they want "to their own bodies" without affecting anyone else. Things just don't work that way...we're all connected somehow.

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