The argument made is, “‘X’ hates Bush, so nothing she says can be believed.” That’s ad hominem in a nutshell.

If someone is a clueless git on a sunject, saying so isn’t ad hominem. It might even be simple truth, as in Rice lying about Hussein not being honest because he didn’t account for non-existent yellowcake. Since the CIA had told her that was nonsense calling her a liar not only isn’t ad hominem, it’s relevant. This is because ad hominem does not mean, “He was mean to me

Amy Alkon’s Testicles: To address a different logical fallacy: The plural of anecdote is data. Collect enough anecdotes and you can figure out what’s going on (just ask Nate Silver). The problem is, the singular of Data isn’t anecdote. Data is only functional in the plural. How one collects all those singular anecdotes is the tricky bit (as an Army interrogator I collected anecdotes. Analysts collected those [from lots of us] to create data).

“Heeyuk, paper or plastic?”

Franken is one of the most notorious liberals in the country. And he is backed by the hard Left. They are attempting to steal the election.

First, and much to the consternation of the King and Church, American liberals insisted on elections among the people, then they kept on until all people were defined as people, then they persisted until all the citizens got moderately fair representation, and now they insist on stealing the damn elections by counting the votes in a fair and transparent manner as agreed by all parties actually involved. Is there no shame? Is there no end to this anarchic tyranny of democracy, concern for the people, and the liberal fascist oppression of our righteous overlords?

As for Confederate Yankee and the conservative whine about unions, pffffttttttttt.

I quote: “Nize tits, my child.”

Al Franken claimed this weekend that when all the “ballots” are counted he will defeat Republican Norm Coleman for the Minnesota seat. If this happens, it will be a travesty. Franken is one of the most notorious liberals in the country. And he is backed by the hard Left. They are attempting to steal the election. When Election Day came and went last November, Norm Coleman led Franken by almost a 1000 votes. But then Franken and his liberal allies counter-attacked. Franken traveled to New York where billionaire George Soros threw a fundraiser for Franken helping him to raise millions for his legal fight. Franken has used Soros money to wage a fierce legal fight.
posted by noink on Dec. 22, 08 at 4:36 PM |

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Scadenfreudulicious!

Get The Ballots In Your Hands

I gotta hand it to the Dems…they sure knew what they were doing in 2006 when they spend a TON of money getting Democrat Secretaries of States into office in certain states. The Democrat Secretary of State personally held on to 200,000 potentially fraudulent ACORN voter registration cards after they people were registered so the local officials couldn’t verify them. Same thing in Minnesota. Everywhere else in the country that ACORN works, there is a trail of fraud a mile wide. However, according to the Democrat Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie, everything ACORN did in Minnesota was legit. Interesting. And isn’t it interesting how Coleman won all the recounts where a scanner was involved (even though Franken added 500 votes out of nowhere), but once Ritchie and his group got his hands on the ballots, the election suddenly goes to Franken. What a joke.

posted by RedGuyInBlueState on Dec. 22, 08 at 5:05 PM |

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Wingnut tears to brighten your day.

Guess what, the South isn’t doing so well:

http://www.bls.gov/web/mstrtcr2.pdf

I just carry my .45 out in the open, in my right hand, always ready.

And, BTW, I’m not insulted. Anyone who is insulted by remarks made on this blog ought to read a Nancy Drew mystery instead.

To drive this point into the dirt, the revenue stream from Prop 13 is not responsible for California’s revenue ills. It is, and nobody has refuted this yet, comparable to what other states get from property taxes. It’s not the most, it’s not the least. Now, if your argument is that CA is more expensive to live in than other states, are you blaming Prop 13 for that? If not, then you have no argument. If you are, I’d like to see some proof.

There are other revenue sources, and anyone who pays utility bills in CA knows what one is – the service charge. My DWP bill is 50% service charges. But you can’t call it a tax, technically. And there are sales taxes and income taxes.

You quoted Ian Welsh: “It would be fundamentally unfair for the rest of America, through the Federal government, to bail out a State whose citizens refuse to be taxed at the level their services require.” Well, good news for California at last, which in 2004 received 81 cents back from every federal tax dollar, while Mississippi got $1.84, Alaska $1.82, West Virginia $1.74 … need I go on? I believe Ian just stuck the dagger into his own argument with that one.

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THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

(kicks black into pit)

Tales told by idiots, signifying nothing – they just don’t sell like they used to.

Truck Nutz?

BOB “HONEST BOB” OWENS: Now look here, you pansy. To sweeten the deal, I’ll thrown in this slightly wind-damaged gree-yu-al.

CUSTOMER: [Arches eyebrow, sighs] …

You didn’t believe the BuyMore Nerd Herd was an actual company? Well, Confederate Yanker is the team member selling the extended-warranty contracts.

(There are certain Geenyus Marketeers who actually make quite a good living out of being *soooo* bloody pushy that people throw money at them just to shut up and go the fvck away. I’m guessing this is the ‘sweet spot’ CY dreams of, although if he had the right mixture of pushy/deferential, why would he be begging for patioware over the intertoobs?)

I will leave my guns at home, if they do.

Hell, I’d be happy if they would leave their cell phones at home.