"CHRIS MATTHEWS: I want to do everything I can to make this thing work … this new presidency work.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Is that your job?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Yeah that's my job.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Your job as a journalist is to make this presidency work?
CHRIS MATTHEWS: To make this work successfully, because this country needs a successful presidency more than anything right now.
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CHRIS MATTHEWS: How can you not route for the success of the new president?
JOE SCARBOROUGH: As Americans, Chris Matthews, we're all rooting for the success of Barack Obama … But you just talked about being a journalist and your job as a journalist is not to question motives, and then two seconds later you said your job is to make this presidency a success … I just think that's curious."
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Media Bias: Washington Post Admits It
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"The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts"
"The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces about McCain, 58, than there were about Obama, 32, and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain."
"The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama. My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts"
"The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces about McCain, 58, than there were about Obama, 32, and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain."
Monday, November 10, 2008
Interesting Side Notes on the Election
People voting for tax cuts.
More people believed that they would benefit more from Obama's tax cuts than McCain. Bush I lost to Clinton because he raised taxes and Clinton promised a middle class tax cut. Since Reagan it appears that the candidate the proposes the most tax cuts wins.
People appear to be voting against military service.
Obama - None, McCain - Vietnam Vet
Bush II - National Guard - Kerry -Vietnam Vet
Bush II - National Guard - Gore - Army Vietnam
Clinton - Dodge Draft - Dole - WWII Vet
Clinton - Dodge Draft - Bush I - WWII Vet
More people believed that they would benefit more from Obama's tax cuts than McCain. Bush I lost to Clinton because he raised taxes and Clinton promised a middle class tax cut. Since Reagan it appears that the candidate the proposes the most tax cuts wins.
People appear to be voting against military service.
Obama - None, McCain - Vietnam Vet
Bush II - National Guard - Kerry -Vietnam Vet
Bush II - National Guard - Gore - Army Vietnam
Clinton - Dodge Draft - Dole - WWII Vet
Clinton - Dodge Draft - Bush I - WWII Vet
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Is Hell exothermic or endothermic?
Found on the net:
The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, " it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore extinct. . .leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a Divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, " it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore extinct. . .leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a Divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
Friday, November 7, 2008
Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff
Good news for moderates if not Republicans.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, said Emanuel was a "wise choice".
Rahm Israel Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois with dual citizenship in Israel, where he "was a civilian volunteer in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War".
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, said Emanuel was a "wise choice".
Rahm Israel Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois with dual citizenship in Israel, where he "was a civilian volunteer in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1991 Persian Gulf War".
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Wisdom of the Crowd - Part 3
Ok, we didn't do so good. As you can see there was no Bradley effect. If there ever was one, we should just say it was bad polling.
Obama By:
Poll / Actual
Florida 1.8 / 3%
N. Carolina -0.4 / 0%
Missouri -0.7 / 0%
Indiana -1.4 / 1%
Georgia -4 / -6%
Virgiinia 4.4 / 5%
Ohio 2.5 / 4%
Colorado 5.5 / 8%
Nevada 6.8 / 13%
Pennsylvania 7.3 / 11%
Obama By:
Poll / Actual
Florida 1.8 / 3%
N. Carolina -0.4 / 0%
Missouri -0.7 / 0%
Indiana -1.4 / 1%
Georgia -4 / -6%
Virgiinia 4.4 / 5%
Ohio 2.5 / 4%
Colorado 5.5 / 8%
Nevada 6.8 / 13%
Pennsylvania 7.3 / 11%
Poll Results
IS OBAMA A ?
Moderate Democrat 46%, (7/15)
Socialist 26%, (4/15)
Liberal Democrat 20% (3/15)
Very Liberal Democrat 6% (1/15)
Moderate Democrat 46%, (7/15)
Socialist 26%, (4/15)
Liberal Democrat 20% (3/15)
Very Liberal Democrat 6% (1/15)
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