Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
One little quibble. On Nov 9, 2004, at 8:52 PM, JDG wrote: I know that you can't handle the fact that the American people wisely rejected a fomer peacenik, anti-war activist, Massachusetts liberal for President by a substantial majority just three years after September 11th,

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three percent (51:48) is not, by any definition of the term, a substantial majority. As it happens, three percent is within the margin of error for most statistical purposes. Fact check, indeed. Warren, _an election is not a sample_. The

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 10, 2004, at 4:44 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three percent (51:48) is not, by any definition of the term, a substantial majority. As it happens, three percent is within the margin of error for most statistical purposes. Fact check, indeed. Warren,

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread David Brin
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strewth -- and yet, many seem to see fit to take a 51% majority as a mandate Exactly the same people who knew very well that Al Gore had a mandate to be President. And that Gore + Nader voters formed a clear majority who OPPOSED the plans

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread JDG
At 06:13 PM 11/10/2004 -0800 David Brin wrote: Then concocted an entire war simply in order to be reelected. No doubt he learned that trick from his father! JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread David Brin
--- JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:13 PM 11/10/2004 -0800 David Brin wrote: Then concocted an entire war simply in order to be reelected. No doubt he learned that trick from his father! Somebody tell this so and so that deliberate obduracy is unattractive. The neocons openly said

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The neocons openly said that H made a mistake ending his war too soon. Well, so did you. Hmmm...the great neocon conspiracy has longer tentacles than I thought. = Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freedom is not free

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-10 Thread JDG
At 08:47 PM 11/10/2004 -0800 David Brin wrote: Then concocted an entire war simply in order to be reelected. No doubt he learned that trick from his father! Somebody tell this so and so that deliberate obduracy is unattractive. The neocons openly said that H made a mistake ending his war

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-09 Thread JDG
At 04:29 PM 11/9/2004 -0800 d.brin wrote: EDUCATIONBush.vs 2000 No High School (4%)..49%..+10 H.S. Graduate (22%)..52%...+3 Some College (32%)...54%..+3 College Graduate (26%)..52%.+1 Postgrad Study

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-09 Thread David Brin
--- JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhh... Dr. Brin - by your standards, you are out-and-out *lying* here. You can go f**k yourself for saying that, you asshole. I said their support plummeted. I did not say whom they voted for. They all know where their bread is buttered. I used them as

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-09 Thread JDG
At 07:58 PM 11/9/2004 -0800 David Brin wrote: Uhh... Dr. Brin - by your standards, you are out-and-out *lying* here. [bleep] I said their support plummeted. I did not say whom they voted for. They all know where their bread is buttered. I used them as EXTREMA! And ALL three expressed

Re: Brin: Fact Check

2004-11-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Brin: Fact Check At 07:58 PM 11/9/2004 -0800 David Brin wrote: Uhh... Dr. Brin - by your standards, you are out-and-out *lying* here