EPTI always thought that was common sense, than again it isn't so common.
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wswordsmen
United States987 Posts
I always thought that was common sense, than again it isn't so common. | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
On October 10 2008 00:44 Jibba wrote: Intelligent people = democrats rich = intelligent people rich = republican Hmmmmmmmmm REPUBLICANTS R DEMOCRATS? | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
On October 09 2008 18:57 fight_or_flight wrote: How ahara can cover both the political and economic threads amazes me. it has a lot to do with my extraordinary manliness although to be fair most of my posts in here are along the lines of "U SUXORS I ROXORS GOGOGOG" | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
Are you going to tell me Columbia's liberal political science faculty is more intelligent than Stanford's conservative faculty? Chicago's Friedmanites are less intelligent than the SSE? It's a bullshit oversimplification to support your cause and one that both sides try to manipulate, but it's an all-around fallacious argument. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
The event, at the Ritz-Carlton in California's Half Moon Bay, aims to ``motivate and educate'' about 150 independent agents who sell AIG coverage to high-end clients, said spokesman Nicholas Ashooh. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino today called ``despicable'' expenses from the first gathering, a weeklong conference last month at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach. Those costs included $23,000 for spa services, according to Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. AIG considered buying advertisements to explain its position, only to be told by public relations consultant George Sard that it would be ``a really bad idea.'' ------- wow | ||
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Savio
United States1850 Posts
EDIT: I think I found it. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On October 09 2008 13:08 D10 wrote: Imo the only state that would be better off would be california, for obvious reasons California is asking for a bailout from the Federal Government. I doubt they would be better off on their own. | ||
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Savio
United States1850 Posts
You cannot argue that the US has worse healthcare outcomes than Scandinavian countries simply because the US is bigger. You argued that because people's heath outcomes is a distribution from good to bad, that the larger group would suffer. That is just not good statistics. Increasing the sampling size does not bias the result or change the mean values. It affects the variance only (actually lowers it). There are valid reasons that comparing our health to Scandinavian countries is not a fair comparison, but sample size is not one of them. Demographics, cultural, and ethnic differences are valid points. | ||
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Savio
United States1850 Posts
RealClearPolitics in their tracking of state polls for the first time have shown Obama with over 270 votes (the required number to win) without even counting the toss-up states. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/ Unless something major changes, this looks like its about over. | ||
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Clutch3
United States1344 Posts
On October 10 2008 02:39 BlackJack wrote: California is asking for a bailout from the Federal Government. I doubt they would be better off on their own. Well, if you look at the amount that California pays to the federal government and the amount it receives, the deficit is more than enough to balance the California budget. So, financially, California would definitely be better off alone. On other fronts, it's kind of a matter of opinion.  http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/sr139.pdf | ||
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a-game
Canada5214 Posts
On October 10 2008 03:23 Savio wrote: *sigh* (of pain, not relief) RealClearPolitics in their tracking of state polls for the first time have shown Obama with over 270 votes (the required number to win) without even counting the toss-up states. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/ Unless something major changes, this looks like its about over. come on savio, you know that the GOP is just saving wright/hussein/terrorism ads until closer to voting day. i don't consider this thing in the bag until/if obama's weathered those attacks i think the power of looping reverend wright sermons 72 hours before election day is being underestimated here Edit: and i think obama could go a some ways to undercutting those attacks preemptively by having a second "wright" speech a couple weeks before voting day... (which still wouldn't be that effective, i mean those wright clips are GOLD) | ||
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ahrara_
Afghanistan1715 Posts
I will mention that "dirty tactics" like labeling Obama a "terrorist" are only effective in the long run. They take time to "cling" and gain traction. This happens because criticisms only work when there's a ring of truth, the candidates have to have a reputation for similar flaws. I don't think that's been established with Obama very well. Now you could argue this kinda rhetoric has been around throughout the campaign, but only recently has McCain really been pushing these ideas aggressively (with the exception of Ayers). ultimately, mccain's inability to stick to a consistent message, as opposed to Obama's campaign which from day one has labeled mccain as a typical republican, just like bush, and weak on the economy, is what is costing McCain this election. In other words, Obama has successfully cast McCain into the Republican stereotype, whereas McCain is running around like a chicken with its head cut off throwing whatever nonsense accusations it can muster. None of these accusations are sticking because none of it is a part of a consistent message. | ||
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Tsagacity
United States2124 Posts
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Flaccid
8921 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2671/uspollnumbersoct92008gl2.jpg) The sad part is it's still going to be too close for comfort =[ | ||
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
On October 10 2008 06:00 Tsagacity wrote: Probably (hopefully?!) only a small portion of people are like this, but those that are are very scary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E&eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/09/mccain those bitches are pathetic. Its one thing to have a different viewpoint than someone if its logical at all. But to see those people.....they seem like your typical white bread anti anything not known to them middle american. Its sick | ||
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Flaccid
8921 Posts
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
LEEV HURRR ALOWN | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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HeavenS
Colombia2259 Posts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl78 | ||
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skyglow1
New Zealand3962 Posts
For anyone interested in what the said "overhead projector" is. | ||
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