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No one has ever run deficits like the ones Bush is running. Again, find out
what you're talking about. Ed Huntress Hmmm, and I thought congress made the budget all this time :o). Greg Sefton |
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Well at least he's not a draft dodger.
Jim Yeah, That last idiot prez we had sure was. Greg S |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message . net... "Jim Wilson" wrote in message k.net... Ed Huntress wrote... I see that the latest CNN/Gallup Poll has Kerry ahead of Bush by 53% to 46%. Hey, I've got a question. Does anybody know of a quantitative study on how accurately the polls predict election day results? Something like, before election day 2000, the polls said X, and on election day, the voters said Y. I've never seen something like this. There are some correlations between polls and results on the Web. But you have to decide first what you're looking for. If the question is how accurately do polls taken a month before an election predict the election results, the answer is, very poorly...because the poll studied opinions a month before the election, not the morning of election day. Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That's all. Ed Huntress I'd ban ALL political polling until the elections are over. Let everyone vote their own mind without being swayed by what some poll says others are doing. Gary H. Lucas |
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Hmm. Liberal might also mean, you support the entire bill
of rights. It could mean pensions that were promised, have to be delivered on retirement. That sort of thing. I think I approve of your viewpoint. Jim Yes, or one for all & all for one, take from the rich & give to the poor. A big socialist society where Uncle takes care of all your needs .. on & on. Greg Sefton |
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And you are saying that Gunner's original post was "fair and Balanced"?
Nope but mine was :o). Greg Sefton |
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Well, you sure can't call him a draft dodger Yep Slick Willy was a genuine draft dodger. Kerry would have done what Dubya did if he's had the intelligence to do it. Hell, so would I.. Greg Sefton |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:40:20 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
brought forth from the murky depths: Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That's all. That's at their best. At their worst, they are poorly worded and heavily slanted toward the obtaining the precise results the pollster wants. Far too often they are the latter. ================================================== ========= Save the Endangered Boullions from being cubed! http://www.diversify.com/stees.html Hilarious T-shirts online ================================================== ========= |
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"Jim Wilson" wrote in message
k.net... Ed Huntress wrote... Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That is precisely what I'm getting at -- or what I'm doubting, to tell the truth. I've never seen anything to substantiate that the polls have any value, other than to give the media something to talk about as if they had "authoritative" information -- yes, I'm laughing -- and to give politicians a compass to pose on. Well, don't make light of that compass. It's of interest to more than the politicians. I find it interesting to see how events, speeches, and so on influence the public mood. In national politics, it only takes a slight change in attitudes to have a really large consequence. Most races are close enough that the non-idealogues, who vote for the person rather than for the party, tend to determine the outcome of elections. So it's to be expected that the majority will swing back and forth a bit during the course of a campaign, as it unfolds. But within the scope of what they measure, the polls we have today are extraordinarily good. Notice that when one comes out significantly wrong, it's big news. There's no comment when they get it right -- which is most of the time. Ed Huntress |
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"Gary H. Lucas" wrote in message
... There are some correlations between polls and results on the Web. But you have to decide first what you're looking for. If the question is how accurately do polls taken a month before an election predict the election results, the answer is, very poorly...because the poll studied opinions a month before the election, not the morning of election day. Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That's all. Ed Huntress I'd ban ALL political polling until the elections are over. Let everyone vote their own mind without being swayed by what some poll says others are doing. Gary H. Lucas Why are you worried about people being swayed by polls? If they can be swayed by a poll, what else can they be swayed by? I think the stink over polls is 'way off base. I don't know anyone who votes on the basis of polls. But I do know people who vote for stupid reasons. Ed Huntress |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:31:18 -0500, john
brought forth from the murky depths: The blacklist: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou....a/content.html Corning: http://www.forbes.com/personalfinanc...tr1242986.html Best regards, Spehro Pefhany What................ walmart didnt make the list Met Life and NY Life Ins. Cos.?!? How do life insurance companies "export America"? I'm stumped. Indian Voice Mail or sumpin? ================================================== ========= Save the Endangered Boullions from being cubed! http://www.diversify.com/stees.html Hilarious T-shirts online ================================================== ========= |
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On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 01:00:47 GMT, the renowned Larry Jaques
wrote: On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:31:18 -0500, john brought forth from the murky depths: The blacklist: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou....a/content.html Corning: http://www.forbes.com/personalfinanc...tr1242986.html Best regards, Spehro Pefhany What................ walmart didnt make the list Met Life and NY Life Ins. Cos.?!? How do life insurance companies "export America"? I'm stumped. Indian Voice Mail or sumpin? The Offshore Component ACS now processes a MetLife claim online in a matter of seconds, not days. MetLife claims arrive at ACS' mailroom in Lexington, Kentucky, where they are opened and prepped for scanning. "Prepping involves a lot of little things that make a big difference," says Creamer. ACS sands the edges off the envelopes instead of slicing open the mail to protect the contents better. Slicing envelopes tends to cut up internal documents which then have to be taped together again before scanning, which adds another step to the workflow. The next step involves screening the claims to see if documents are missing, then sorting them. Once the staff scans the document, the image "is almost simultaneously beamed offshore" for data capture via ACS' proprietary satellite network. ACS has disaster prevention practices in place, including never sending more than 50 percent of a client's work to one offshore location. MetLife preferred this system to other providers who were limited to a single location or who had no backup or recovery mechanism. ACS has offshore operations in Ghana, Mexico, the Caribbean, Guatemala and China. When claims arrive at these centers, one operator keys in the data from the digitized image of the claim and another operator independently keys it in again. The system automatically compares the two versions to verify that there is no difference in the information. ACS passes on its labor savings from its offshore operations to MetLife. "Wage rates in countries like India and the Philippines can provide an 80 percent discount on U.S. wages," says Debashish Sinha, Principal Analyst of IT Services, at the Gartner Group. He says total cost savings are closer to 50 percent "because of the significant additional costs associated with managing the relationship." Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
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"Bray Haven" wrote in message
... No one has ever run deficits like the ones Bush is running. Again, find out what you're talking about. Ed Huntress Hmmm, and I thought congress made the budget all this time :o). Greg Sefton Not when the President and the majority of Congress are of the same party. Then the President just tells them how high to jump. d8-) Ed Huntress |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:40:20 GMT, "Ed Huntress" brought forth from the murky depths: Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That's all. That's at their best. At their worst, they are poorly worded and heavily slanted toward the obtaining the precise results the pollster wants. Far too often they are the latter. That's why, if you're seriously interest in the poll, you read the methodology -- including the questions. If you don't you just victimize yourself. In light of that, Zogby is catching hell lately for the way he's wording questions. He did a poll for the Doris Day Animal League, or whatever it's called, and came to the conclusion that 51% of Americans say that chimpanzees have the same rights as human babies. g He also does the polls for the NRA. As I say, read the methodology... Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote Why are you worried about people being swayed by polls? If they can be swayed by a poll, what else can they be swayed by? I think the stink over polls is 'way off base. I don't know anyone who votes on the basis of polls. But I do know people who vote for stupid reasons. Some would tell you that _Congressmen_ have been known to vote on the basis of polls. But it's not clear why that should be considered a scandal, in a democracy. -- Tony P. |
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Fifteen points right of Teddy Kennedy is still left of center. Are
you sure Attila the Hun was a liberal? Maria Cantwell from Washington State is a bit left of center and more than fifteen points right of Teddy. Dan "Ed Huntress" wrote in message Don't need anyone churning out anything on Kerry. The fact that he's Liberal Left enough to make Teddy Kennedy look like a moderate is enough for me. Actually that may be stretching it a mite, but he could be 15 points to Teddys right and still be too far Left for me. I think that puts you somewhere between Vlad the Impaler and Attila the Hun, Harold. g Ed Huntress |
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:43:57 GMT, "J. R. Carroll"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .net... You won't have to. There is no one farther left than the Kennedy's. g This stuff about Kerry being an extreme lefty is just more bull**** from the right. They're trying to set up a defense by demonizing Kerry by using the "L" word. Watch closely: Rove will have a whole list of lies and misrepresentations cooked up by Super Tuesday, and we'll probably start seeing "cites" referring to them posted here by you. I think we can count on it. The thing that's perked up my attention is that it's beginning to look that the old "L"-word trick has lost its steam. It's a 25-year-old trick, and people are getting sick of it. Yes Ed, they are. Branding Kerry a liberal won't help Republicans one bit. Bush has proven himself a liar in the most craven and manipulative sense. That will be the issue that won't go away. You only need ask the question " where are the jobs?" Here is a very good article by Ellen Goodman on where the new jobs are. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4357063.html or any number of others to grasp the problem Bush faces. Had Clinton behaved as Bush has on issues more substantial than oral sex he would certainly have been impeached. People are also tired of the GOP's revving up of its "Christian" base. They want a President to elect not a frigging nanny, Deacon or minister. The only thing uglier than the contest will be the following four years if Bush wins and perhaps enough people believe this to put an end to it. |
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In article , Larry Jaques says...
Met Life and NY Life Ins. Cos.?!? How do life insurance companies "export America"? I'm stumped. Indian Voice Mail or sumpin? Ha ha. I *just* experience this. I wanted to increase my life insurance amount, and Met Life writes the policies I get through my employer. So the conversation goes like this: Me: I'd like to increase my life insurance amount, please. pause pause pause Metlife Rep: Ok, I need some information from you (pretty flawless accent, but an accent still. Fairly understandable, but obviously from someplace in India. pause pause pause crackle pause Me: etc.... It was sort of like talking on ham radio. I had to resist the urge to say "over to you there, mister" at the end of each statement. A couple of times we wound up both talking at the same time, and seeing as the connection did not seem to be true duplex, I think something got lost in the, um, translation. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Bray Haven says...
Yes, or one for all & all for one, take from the rich & give to the poor. A big socialist society where Uncle takes care of all your needs .. on & on. I take it they you approve of companies raiding their pension plans to inflate their profits? That's good 'cause that what your buddy W is preparing to do, by ramming a bill through that explicity defines cash balance pension plans as "NOT AGE DISCRIMINATION." I sure hope you don't have one of those pensions. I also notice that you forgot to trash the bill of rights as being more liberal claptrap. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Bray Haven says...
Well at least he's not a draft dodger. Yeah, That last idiot prez we had sure was. Good point. So if you think it was wrong for Bill, then you think it's equally wrong for W to have been a draft dodger, yes? I guess that would give him a spot in the Jane Fonda Hall of Fame. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Bray Haven says...
Hmmm, and I thought congress made the budget all this time :o). The House of Representatives actually, but the last time I checked, they controlled by, hmm, let's see, which party.... Maybe, the Druids? Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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He did not go AWOL. He did pretty much the same thing I did. I
joined the Navy as a reservist and was obligated for two years active service and six years in the reserve. Before I finished the two years active service, the Armed services ran out of money and was letting everyone out two months early. I did not get out the full two months early as I was overseas on a destroyer. After I got out, I was suppose to join a reserve unit and attend weekly meetings. But I was in college at the time and never got around to joining a unit. Partly because I really needed to have a car to get to the meetings. After college I moved across country and after a year or so, I got a call to join a reserve unit that was about thirty or forty miles away. But before they got serious about having me join, I moved again to Alaska ( to an Airforce Satelite tracking station ). The nearest reserve unit was probably about a hundred miles away as the airplane flies , but no road. When I left Alaska, I only had about six more months of obligated time. And the Navy was not interested in having me join for just six months. Bush got authorized to not attend reserve meetings while he worked on a political campaign. After the campaign was over , he only had a few months more time and since there were no pressing need for the reserves, no one really cared if he attended meetings. I know I saved the U.S. a bunch of money by not ever attending any reserve meetings. But I would have been there if there had been anything that needed me to be on active duty. Bush probably saved the government even more. Those Jet fighters are expensive to fly with all the maintenance in addition to the fuel. But G.W. and I were never AWOL ( Well except for the time I didn't make it back to the ship on time, but that is another story ). Dan "PrecisionMachinisT" wrote in message GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20520 Military: I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam. |
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In article , Andy Asberry says...
Here is a very good article by Ellen Goodman on where the new jobs are. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4357063.html That's actually pretty funny, and accurate too. I'm not sure if that's *really* where the jobs are going, but it sounds about right. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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In article , Bray Haven says...
You forgot a couple: Currently commander in chief & presided over the most successful military campaign in history. You mis-spelled 'expensive.' Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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"Dan Caster" wrote in message
m... Fifteen points right of Teddy Kennedy is still left of center. I guess that depends on how you count "points," Dan. Are you sure Attila the Hun was a liberal? Nope. He was a registered Libertarian. Maria Cantwell from Washington State is a bit left of center and more than fifteen points right of Teddy. Hmm. I can hardly imagine what that means out there, Dan. But let me guess...She's liberal enough that she doesn't actually hire illegal immigrants to work her farm, but she's conservative enough to believe they should be freely traded on the open market? d8-) Ed Huntress |
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In article , Dan Caster says...
I did not get out the full two months early as I was overseas on a destroyer. Dan, I think that shows the glaring difference between you and him. *You* served your country faithfully and honorably. Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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I wouldn't trust anyone running to walk my dog.
The best of the bunch is far too close to the bottom of the barrel for my tastes. NONE of them are properly focused on protecting and defending America's FREEDOMS, and our opportunities, from assault from all sides including within. I could go off on a heck of a riff about the whole thing, but to make it short and sweet, why are we sending money to other countries when we have people in our own country who can't find a job (stolen by illegal immigrants) and don't even have a roof over their heads? We have to provide for our OWN people before providing for anyone else. To be utterly blunt, as long as we have problems of our own that haven't been solved, the rest of the world can go stuff itself. I favor legislative action to protect American markets from the unfair trade practices that much of the world engages in. (It's easy to sell stuff very cheaply to Americans when you barely pay your workforce!) Bring American jobs home. Place import tariffs on imported products to reduce their market advantage, and retaliate against the importing nation by placing export tariffs on all of our products that go there. America and Americans first. I'll vote for the candidate that swears to do that, with one hand on a bible and the other on his heart. And anyone who wishes to deprive me of ANY of my Constitutionally guaranteed rights, INCLUDING the right to keep and bear (any) arms (for any lawful reason), will not only NEVER get my vote, but I will work to ensure that others won't vote for him, either. In this respect, Clark is the worst of the bunch. He'd be happy to edit the 2nd amendment from the Bill of Rights if he could. As Clark swore "to protect and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic" and holds a contrarian view on parts of that Constitution, I think he should be charged with dereliction of duty at the very least. Maybe even TREASON. CJ Gunner wrote: THE REAL KERRY By HOWIE CARR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 5, 2004 -- BOSTON ONE of the surest ways to get the phones ringing on any Massachusetts talk-radio show is to ask people to call in and tell their John Kerry stories. The phone lines are soon filled, and most of the stories have a common theme: our junior senator pulling rank on one of his constituents, breaking in line, demanding to pay less (or nothing) or ducking out before the bill arrives. The tales often have one other common thread. Most end with Sen. Kerry inquiring of the lesser mortal: "Do you know who I am?" And now he's running for president as a populist. His first wife came from a Philadelphia Main Line family worth $300 million. His second wife is a pickle-and-ketchup heiress. Kerry lives in a mansion on Beacon Hill on which he has borrowed $6 million to finance his campaign. A fire hydrant that prevented him and his wife from parking their SUV in front of their tony digs was removed by the city of Boston at his behest. The Kerrys ski at a spa the widow Heinz owns in Aspen, and they summer on Nantucket in a sprawling seaside "cottage" on Hurlbert Avenue, which is so well-appointed that at a recent fund-raiser, they imported porta-toilets onto the front lawn so the donors wouldn't use the inside bathrooms. (They later claimed the decision was made on septic, not social, considerations). It's a wonderful life these days for John Kerry. He sails Nantucket Sound in "the Scaramouche," a 42-foot Hinckley powerboat. Martha Stewart has a similar boat; the no-frills model reportedly starts at $695,000. Sen. Kerry bought it new, for cash. Every Tuesday night, the local politicians here that Kerry elbowed out of his way on his march to the top watch, fascinated, as he claims victory in more primaries and denounces the special interests, the "millionaires" and "the overprivileged." "His initials are JFK," longtime state Senate President William M. Bulger used to muse on St. Patrick's Day, "Just for Kerry. He's only Irish every sixth year." And now it turns out that he's not Irish at all. But in the parochial world of Bay State politics, he was never really seen as Irish, even when he was claiming to be (although now, of course, he says that any references to his alleged Hibernian heritage were mistakenly put into the Congressional Record by an aide who apparently didn't know that on his paternal side he is, in fact, part-Jewish). Kerry is, in fact, a Brahmin - his mother was a Forbes, from one of Massachusetts' oldest WASP families. The ancestor who wed Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter was marrying down. At the risk of engaging in ethnic stereotyping, Yankees have a reputation for, shall we say, frugality. And Kerry tosses around quarters like they were manhole covers. In 1993, for instance, living on a senator's salary of about $100,000, he managed to give a total of $135 to charity. Yet that same year, he was somehow able to scrape together $8,600 for a brand-new, imported Italian motorcycle, a Ducati Paso 907 IE. He kept it for years, until he decided to run for president, at which time he traded it in for a Harley-Davidson like the one he rode onto "The Tonight Show" set a couple of months ago as Jay Leno applauded his fellow Bay Stater. Of course, in 1993 he was between his first and second heiresses - a time he now calls "the wandering years," although an equally apt description might be "the freeloading years." For some of the time, he was, for all practical purposes, homeless. His friends allowed him into a real-estate deal in which he flipped a condo for quick resale, netting a $21,000 profit on a cash investment of exactly nothing. For months he rode around in a new car supplied by a shady local Buick dealer. When the dealer's ties to a congressman who was later indicted for racketeering were exposed, Kerry quickly explained that the non-payment was a mere oversight, and wrote out a check. In the Senate, his record of his constituent services has been lackluster, and most of his colleagues, despite their public support, are hard-pressed to list an accomplishment. Just last fall, a Boston TV reporter ambushed three congressmen with the question, name something John Kerry has accomplished in Congress. After a few nervous giggles, two could think of nothing, and a third mentioned a baseball field, and then misidentified Kerry as "Sen. Kennedy." Many of his constituents see him in person only when he is cutting them in line - at an airport, a clam shack or the Registry of Motor Vehicles. One talk-show caller a few weeks back recalled standing behind a police barricade in 2002 as the Rolling Stones played the Orpheum Theater, a short limousine ride from Kerry's Louisburg Square mansion. The caller, Jay, said he began heckling Kerry and his wife as they attempted to enter the theater. Finally, he said, the senator turned to him and asked him the eternal question. "Do you know who I am?" "Yeah," said Jay. "You're a gold-digger." John Kerry. First he looks at the purse. Howie Carr, a Boston Herald columnist and syndicated talk-radio host, has been covering John Kerry for 25 years. http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/op...ists/17337.htm The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty." Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute -- get out of there fast! 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This afternoon I was attempting to solve a rather complex problem a
client in Chicago was having with his computer. I had narrowed it down to a hardware problem so I called IBM support line. The first dispatcher was in Manila, Philippines who handed me off to level 1 in New Deli. After he decided that he could not handle hardware problems I was sent to Ireland where, after a long conversation, I was sent to Toronto and finally to someone who knew what he was doing in New York. After I finally convinced him that it really was a hardware problem he dispatched a repair man from the local IBM office, 3 floors down in the same building as the client. The phone call only took 2 hours. Until two years ago all but the last stage was in Atlanta and I knew most of the personnel. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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You know, if we are going to compare this one to that one; Which cost
the US tax payer more, changing the sheets in the Lincoln bedroom or flying a 747 halfway across the country and back so the President can speak at a fund raiser? -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Ed Huntress wrote...
Well, don't make light of that compass. It's of interest to more than the politicians. It is disturbing -- repulsive, really -- when a politician follows a compass of polls. In my view, one who does is in clear need of an internal one. Unfortunately, however, it appears to me that to be a successful politician, one needs to have such a whimsical guide. How did Douglas Adams say it? "Anyone capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job." Or something like that. Jim |
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I hope Kerry gets the Democratic nomination. It will almost guarantee Bush's
reelection. Mike Eberlein Ed Huntress wrote: "Abrasha" wrote in message ... Gunner wrote: THE REAL KERRY By HOWIE CARR --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Gunner, The New York Post? What's next from you, the National Enquirer? What a truly pathetic miserable toothless gutless worm you are. Haha! Don't hold back, Abrasha. Tell us what you really think...g Being a denizen of the most remote of the former Territories, The State of Utter Confusion, Gunner may not realize that he's quoting from the NY Metro area's favorite bird-cage liner. It's about like quoting on the subject of gun control from "Vanity Fair." I see that the latest CNN/Gallup Poll has Kerry ahead of Bush by 53% to 46%. That's a reflection of Kerry getting a boost from his string of primary victories but it shows that, once again, the country could be in a mood to favor a Democrat -- at least against a Bush. This is going to be an interesting one, all right. Ed Huntress |
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On 6 Feb 2004 18:09:17 -0800, jim rozen
brought forth from the murky depths: In article , Larry Jaques says... Met Life and NY Life Ins. Cos.?!? How do life insurance companies "export America"? I'm stumped. Indian Voice Mail or sumpin? Ha ha. I *just* experience this. I wanted to increase my life insurance amount, and Met Life writes the policies I get through my employer. So the conversation goes like this: -snip- Metlife Rep: Ok, I need some information from you (pretty flawless accent, but an accent still. Fairly understandable, but obviously from someplace in India. I did the same thing with Dell and it took half an hour and several different departments (each with their own peculiar Indian accents) to finally tell me that they would no longer send the weekly ad mags to my residence. The first guy said I couldn't stop them because I wasn't the person to whom they were addressed, even if it WAS my residence and I owned the property. It was sort of like talking on ham radio. I had to resist the urge to say "over to you there, mister" at the end of each statement. A couple of times we wound up both talking at the same time, and seeing as the connection did not seem to be true duplex, I think something got lost in the, um, translation. Perhaps you should ask Lord Ganesh for clarification. http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/gan.html ================================================== ========= Save the Endangered Boullions from being cubed! http://www.diversify.com/stees.html Hilarious T-shirts online ================================================== ========= |
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On 6 Feb 2004 18:19:25 -0800, jim rozen
brought forth from the murky depths: In article , Bray Haven says... Hmmm, and I thought congress made the budget all this time :o). The House of Representatives actually, but the last time I checked, they controlled by, hmm, let's see, which party.... Maybe, the Druids? Nah. The Druids had a lot more integrity than any of our recent congresscritters. I have it on good authority that not one of the Druids was a lawyer. Or knew one. ================================================== ========= Save the Endangered Boullions from being cubed! http://www.diversify.com/stees.html Hilarious T-shirts online ================================================== ========= |
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"mikee" wrote in message
... I hope Kerry gets the Democratic nomination. It will almost guarantee Bush's reelection. Mike Eberlein Mike, get your head out of the clouds. You must have seen that CNN/Gallup poll that has Kerry ahead of Bush right now. That doesn't tell us anything about what will happen in November. But it should tell you that nothing is even close to "guaranteeing" Bush's reelection. As it was in 2000, the basic split among the voters is pretty close to 50-50. It's really up for grabs. My interpretation of the polls and current events is that the election will turn on how events actually roll out between now and election time. If it's no better for Bush than it is right now, likely he's toast. However, it probably won't get a lot worse for him than it is now. My guess is that the lack of WMD will blow over, that the spin machine at the White House will hammer hard on the idea that it was all irrelevant, anyway, until everybody forgets why we supposedly went to war in the first place. And there has to be some pickup in employment by November. Last month's productivity figures were low (2.4%). There's a good chance that means that employers have squeezed all they can out of their employees. If we have even modest growth in GDP, employment *ought* to start tracking the general economic growth by then. If so, that could be Bush's salvation. That's assuming no more surprises crop up, of course. Ed Huntress |
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"Excitable Boy" wrote in message
om... (Bray Haven) wrote in message ... Hmm. Liberal might also mean, you support the entire bill of rights. It could mean pensions that were promised, have to be delivered on retirement. That sort of thing. I think I approve of your viewpoint. Jim Yes, or one for all & all for one, take from the rich & give to the poor. A big socialist society where Uncle takes care of all your needs .. on & on. Greg Sefton "Bray Haven" ... is that something like a farm where they let donkeys hee-haw to their hearts' content without interference ? Actually, that's exactly what it is. Greg has some nice looking asses on his place. d8-) Ed Huntress |
OT-I ain't No senator's son...---and I wouldn't trust any of them...
"Chris Johnson" wrote I wouldn't trust anyone running to walk my dog. Okay, but just remember that Mr. President George W. Bush, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Leader of the Free World, and Defender of the Faith-based initiative, _is_ one of those who are running. -- Tony P. |
OT-I ain't No senator's son...
Ed Huntress wrote:
"mikee" wrote in message ... I hope Kerry gets the Democratic nomination. It will almost guarantee Bush's reelection. Mike Eberlein Mike, get your head out of the clouds. You must have seen that CNN/Gallup poll that has Kerry ahead of Bush right now. That doesn't tell us anything about what will happen in November. But it should tell you that nothing is even close to "guaranteeing" Bush's reelection. As it was in 2000, the basic split among the voters is pretty close to 50-50. It's really up for grabs. My interpretation of the polls and current events is that the election will turn on how events actually roll out between now and election time. If it's no better for Bush than it is right now, likely he's toast. However, it probably won't get a lot worse for him than it is now. My guess is that the lack of WMD will blow over, that the spin machine at the White House will hammer hard on the idea that it was all irrelevant, anyway, until everybody forgets why we supposedly went to war in the first place. And there has to be some pickup in employment by November. Last month's productivity figures were low (2.4%). There's a good chance that means that employers have squeezed all they can out of their employees. If we have even modest growth in GDP, employment *ought* to start tracking the general economic growth by then. If so, that could be Bush's salvation. That's assuming no more surprises crop up, of course. Ed Huntress |
OT-I ain't No senator's son...
Ed Huntress wrote:
"mikee" wrote in message ... I hope Kerry gets the Democratic nomination. It will almost guarantee Bush's reelection. Mike Eberlein Mike, get your head out of the clouds. You must have seen that CNN/Gallup poll that has Kerry ahead of Bush right now. snip And there has to be some pickup in employment by November. Last month's productivity figures were low (2.4%). There's a good chance that means that employers have squeezed all they can out of their employees. If we have even modest growth in GDP, employment *ought* to start tracking the general economic growth by then. If so, that could be Bush's salvation. That's assuming no more surprises crop up, of course. Ed Huntress Both the Republicans and Democrats should be careful what they wish for this election cycle. While the economy will most likely improve enough this summer to help Bush's reelection chances, we could witness some truly interesting times within the next decade. How 'bout this for a possibility: Bush is reelected by a narrow margin, has a truly disastrous second term on many fronts, resulting in the near-destruction of the Republican party for a generation. I suspect that, fifty years hence, the administrations of Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton will be nearly forgotten. But this administration, if extended by four years, will be viewed as marking a political watershed. Dale Scroggins |
OT-I ain't No senator's son...
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message . net... "Gary H. Lucas" wrote in message ... There are some correlations between polls and results on the Web. But you have to decide first what you're looking for. If the question is how accurately do polls taken a month before an election predict the election results, the answer is, very poorly...because the poll studied opinions a month before the election, not the morning of election day. Polls are snapshots that reflect opinions at one instant in time. That's all. Ed Huntress I'd ban ALL political polling until the elections are over. Let everyone vote their own mind without being swayed by what some poll says others are doing. Gary H. Lucas Why are you worried about people being swayed by polls? If they can be swayed by a poll, what else can they be swayed by? I think the stink over polls is 'way off base. I don't know anyone who votes on the basis of polls. But I do know people who vote for stupid reasons. Ed Huntress It's not that they may vote based on the polls, it's that they may NOT vote at all, becuse of them, especially with exit polling. William..... |
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Glenn Ashmore wrote in message news:PeZUb.36532$u_6.17927@lakeread04...
This afternoon I was attempting to solve a rather complex problem a client in Chicago was having with his computer. I had narrowed it down to a hardware problem so I called IBM support line. The first dispatcher was in Manila, Philippines who handed me off to level 1 in New Deli. After he decided that he could not handle hardware problems I was sent to Ireland where, after a long conversation, I was sent to Toronto and finally to someone who knew what he was doing in New York. After I finally convinced him that it really was a hardware problem he dispatched a repair man from the local IBM office, 3 floors down in the same building as the client. The phone call only took 2 hours. Until two years ago all but the last stage was in Atlanta and I knew most of the personnel. Hey TN ! This guy's wackier than me ! Well, maybe, anyway. He has a "little" AS/400 in his sailboat ! That's about as good as the myth about designing the Octane to fit thru a submarine hatch ... AND guess what that means ? Heh heh heh OS/2 Rules, Windos Drools !! :-) |
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