Re: Kerry still persists as a liar, Was: Re: The Not-So-Democratic Party, Part II

From: Ken Smith (kensmith_at_green.rahul.net)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:46:12 +0000 (UTC)

In article <lhqdo05hcapn7te2icbciu0trnagu9v7kh@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:57:23 +0000 (UTC), kensmith@green.rahul.net (Ken
>Smith) wrote:
>
>>In article <sk0do09pe0qn0o00rihkj3p8dhnenf0uu6@4ax.com>,
>>John Larkin <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:
>>[...]
>>>Without meaning to offend, I have noticed that more liberal people
>>>tend to be innumerate. Something in my brain just automatically
>>>sanity-checks any numbers I see (habit developed from engineering, of
>>>course) and I'm astounded by how much of the stuff in the press makes
>>>no sense, orders of magnitude off from reality. I guess they don't
>>>teach much math in journalism school.
>>
>>Some years back there was one "statistic" that was widely reported that
>>just floored me. They claimed that straight men had on the average twice
>>as many sex partners as straight women. A lot of people repeated that
>>without realizing that it simply can't be true.
>>
>
>Of course it can be true.

Are you counting sheep or something? 

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