The Primaries and Iran -- update

The Absurd Times

(Our newest editor, Jean)


Nausea

That really is about the only word for it. The first bit of sabotage was Colin Powell's, Bush's liar for hire, endorsing Obama and pointing out that "he is black enough." Who needs that kind of endorsement in racist Amerika?

Then what's with the polls? Well, I personally know no one without an answering machine to answer the phone for them and I haven't answered one in years. These people are bound to have certain other things in common and, besides, it eliminates the maxim that any person in the population has an equal chance of being questioned and that is what a representative sample is. Furthermore, even with this measurement error, those who do answer the phone and answer the questions are unlikely to admit that they would not vote for anyone who is black -- or female. Yet they will vote their predjudice. In addition, they do mention a plus or minus 4 percentage points "margin of error," meaning they could be as far as eight points off, (assuming a representative sample), and some networks were so inane as to report AVERAGE PERCENTAGES of polls! And yet, they usually are accurate enough. Did you know that, mathematically, the larger the polulation being measured, the smaller the sample needed for accuracy? I don't believe it, but I can prove it mathematically. In fact, I have.

Kucinich did us all a great favor in NH by calling for a recount. Some of the votes were hand counted and some computer counted. Fortunately, they used the scanner method which relies on a paper record and thus the recount is possible. In many other states, no paper record is kept. All that is needed is a taser, or a Blackberry, to change an election result.

Hillary's tears probably swung that election for her. The polls probably shut Edwards pretty much out as his debate performance was exceptional. In fact, winning a debate, that is by presenting your point and supporting it and refuting your opponents with facts is almost a certain way to loose the election.

Finally,the whole bit in the straits of Hormuz was faked with flase splicing, video mixed with audio from a different time period, etc. Even the Pentagon is backing off on that.

Well, at least I got to play with a few fonts.