Re: Kerry's Improbable Medals

From: Tom Seim (soar2morrow_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: 16 Sep 2004 21:53:26 -0700

> Okay, you're a dumb-arse who knows nothing about statistics other than they
> are numbers. Each medal is not an isolated incident statistically, as it is
> dependant on the person involved. You can't just blindly add up the numbers
> and get a result - it's meaningless, mindless and stupid. If you compared
> his medal tally to that of a similar rank person who had a similar posting
> record, it may make more sense, but not necessarily.
>

I take it that "dumb-arse" is "dumb ass" in English. My how erudite
you are! I am totally blown away by your logical prowess! You must
have been a debating champ in grade school/high school/college,
wherever your education mercifully terminated.

You clearly have not read all of my posts. This calculation only
pretends to demonstrate whether, or not, Kerry's medals can be
explained by a series of independent events with an equally random
probability distribution. This is definitely not the case, so other
probability distribution modifiers must be at play.

Upon closer inspection, this is, indeed, the case. All of Kerry's
Purple Hearts are Band-Aid injuries, undeserving of the medal and an
insult to true recipients of the Purple Heart. Worse, two of them are
fabricated: there was no enemy action involved whatsoever. This is the
most damning indictment as far as I am concerned: anyone who would
fabricate military records for personal benefit is unfit to be
commander-in-chief.

Tom

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