Comments on: Looks like someone stole David Frum’s calculator http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html Poise! Poise! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:44:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Johnston http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27274 George Johnston Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:53:58 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27274 Maybe it was "poultry" special interests pronounced with Bush's fake Texan accent. Maybe it was “poultry” special interests pronounced with Bush’s fake Texan accent.

]]> By: Yosef http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27273 Yosef Tue, 24 Aug 2004 01:10:43 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27273 Damn! The repubs have the crucial Chicken vote! This election might as well be over! Damn! The repubs have the crucial Chicken vote! This election might as well be over!

]]> By: John E Thelin http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27272 John E Thelin Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:42:51 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27272 Poultry? Cue chickenhawk joke here. Poultry? Cue chickenhawk joke here.

]]> By: Alison http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27271 Alison Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:04:07 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27271 Why does he enclose the main topic of his column in parentheses like this : [special interest soft money]? He does this ten times and only once omits them! It makes the column read as if he had merely been filling in a form letter or template. Hmmm... Why does he enclose the main topic of his column in parentheses like this : [special interest soft money]? He does this ten times and only once omits them! It makes the column read as if he had merely been filling in a form letter or template. Hmmm…

]]> By: Donna http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27270 Donna Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:12:08 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27270 He has a degree in BS...a degree in bullshit? At least he admits it. He has a degree in BS…a degree in bullshit? At least he admits it.

]]> By: s.s. http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27269 s.s. Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:23:33 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27269 "a poultry 8.4%, a mere $17.5 million" I cry fowl. “a poultry 8.4%, a mere $17.5 million”

I cry fowl.

]]> By: s.z. http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27268 s.z. Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:53:36 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27268 <i> a poultry 8.4%, a mere $17.5 million </i> I think he is saying that $17.5 million in is just chicken feed to a guy like Bush, who awards more than that to Halliburton in just one day. And that Cheney is socking away a nice little nest egg through his stock dividends. Or something. a poultry 8.4%, a mere $17.5 million

I think he is saying that $17.5 million in is just chicken feed to a guy like Bush, who awards more than that to Halliburton in just one day. And that Cheney is socking away a nice little nest egg through his stock dividends. Or something.

]]> By: Frederick http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27267 Frederick Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:33:18 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27267 A <b>poultry</b> 8.4%?! Is he saying that Bush is too chicken to accept large amounts of special interest funding? And does this "poultry" thing have anything to do with Kerry "Chicken" Marsala? A poultry 8.4%?! Is he saying that Bush is too chicken to accept large amounts of special interest funding? And does this “poultry” thing have anything to do with Kerry “Chicken” Marsala?

]]> By: Sadly, No! http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27266 Sadly, No! Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:05:31 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27266 <i>If there are 2000 donations of $10 and 1999 donations of $2000, then the contributions are mostly under $200. It's a meaningless statistic.</i> Yet the best (?) part is that even if we use this meaningless statistic and tortured definition Kerry has done "better" than Bush (35% v. 28% in dollars raised, and 82% v. 70% in # of donations.) If there are 2000 donations of $10 and 1999 donations of $2000, then the contributions are mostly under $200. It’s a meaningless statistic.

Yet the best (?) part is that even if we use this meaningless statistic and tortured definition Kerry has done “better” than Bush (35% v. 28% in dollars raised, and 82% v. 70% in # of donations.)

]]> By: mac http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27265 mac Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:56:27 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27265 Ah seb, you can't handle the truth. Individual contributions "mostly" under 200 does not mean what you think it means. If there are 2000 donations of $10 and 1999 donations of $2000, then the contributions are mostly under $200. It's a meaningless statistic. What is most likely, is that the median contribution is right at $200. In fact, that's a very high number indeed. Ah seb, you can’t handle the truth. Individual contributions “mostly” under 200 does not mean what you think it means.

If there are 2000 donations of $10 and 1999 donations of $2000, then the contributions are mostly under $200. It’s a meaningless statistic.

What is most likely, is that the median contribution is right at $200. In fact, that’s a very high number indeed.

]]> By: citizen10468 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27264 citizen10468 Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:00:09 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27264 I am always skeptical of claims to the effect that a given percentage have contributed less than n number of dollarts. For example, does an individual who gives $199 per month for ten months count as ten contributions of under $200? I am always skeptical of claims to the effect that a given percentage have contributed less than n number of dollarts. For example, does an individual who gives $199 per month for ten months count as ten contributions of under $200?

]]> By: Eric http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27263 Eric Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:29:39 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27263 You guys can really find 'em can't you? <i>A hard hitting columnist, attacking the socialist cancer plaguing America today.</i> He is also apparently attacking the rules of english grammar. (Successfully, I would add!) You guys can really find ‘em can’t you?

A hard hitting columnist, attacking the socialist cancer plaguing America today.

He is also apparently attacking the rules of english grammar. (Successfully, I would add!)

]]> By: thehim http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27262 thehim Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:28:29 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27262 <em>His ?tongue in cheek? method of making sense will keep you entertained</em> I really can't argue with that statement. I'm definitely entertained. His ?tongue in cheek? method of making sense will keep you entertained

I really can’t argue with that statement. I’m definitely entertained.

]]> By: puginov http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/900.html#comment-27261 puginov Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:09:53 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000900.html#comment-27261 "He is published nationwide and in many countries around the globe," Hey, now I am, too! Thanks, Sadly, No! “He is published nationwide and in many countries around the globe,” Hey, now I am, too! Thanks, Sadly, No!

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