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A New Scientific Law
Aug. 2nd, 2004 02:16 pm( The Theory of Error Conservation )
And one more rant from the left: If ever I needed further proof that George Bush doesn't represent this country, I've got it in the Times' special interactive Campaign 2004 map of the US. Check out "The Money States" option. Yes, most of the country is red (or pink, as is the case with those states that haven't really committed heavily to either campaign), but swing over to the electoral vote breakdown and a fair few of those pink states show up as solid blues in terms of where the electoral votes are going. So, maybe, just maybe, this isn't about money, which, if it were, Bush would win hands down (he's just invested so much, and he's not even got started on the tax-funded part of his contributions yet, I don't think). Dubya pulls in most of Texas, where he was governor, and Florida, where Jeb is governor. So what? Kerry gets strong ratings in Masschusetts where he is senator. Hey, good for him. Maybe if he gets a brother to run a big important state like Pennsylvania or Ohio, we can cross those off the swing state list. Officially, on the rest of the site, Florida is a swing state. Do any of us really believe Jeb isn't gonna wrap that one up and hand it over this time, too? The Money States map is depressing. There are all of three Democratic holdouts--the usual ones: California, New York, Massachusetts, with the rest being only lightly more Democratic than Republican in terms of spending. Still, crossing my fingers that the electoral vote tally -- currently Bush 190, Kerry 168, undecided 180 -- comes up more blue in the future...
Also, Julian's rather brilliant argument about Christianity on my last rant says better what I ranted about for longer than she did, so, don't read my last post, just read her response to it. It's brilliant.
And one more rant from the left: If ever I needed further proof that George Bush doesn't represent this country, I've got it in the Times' special interactive Campaign 2004 map of the US. Check out "The Money States" option. Yes, most of the country is red (or pink, as is the case with those states that haven't really committed heavily to either campaign), but swing over to the electoral vote breakdown and a fair few of those pink states show up as solid blues in terms of where the electoral votes are going. So, maybe, just maybe, this isn't about money, which, if it were, Bush would win hands down (he's just invested so much, and he's not even got started on the tax-funded part of his contributions yet, I don't think). Dubya pulls in most of Texas, where he was governor, and Florida, where Jeb is governor. So what? Kerry gets strong ratings in Masschusetts where he is senator. Hey, good for him. Maybe if he gets a brother to run a big important state like Pennsylvania or Ohio, we can cross those off the swing state list. Officially, on the rest of the site, Florida is a swing state. Do any of us really believe Jeb isn't gonna wrap that one up and hand it over this time, too? The Money States map is depressing. There are all of three Democratic holdouts--the usual ones: California, New York, Massachusetts, with the rest being only lightly more Democratic than Republican in terms of spending. Still, crossing my fingers that the electoral vote tally -- currently Bush 190, Kerry 168, undecided 180 -- comes up more blue in the future...
Also, Julian's rather brilliant argument about Christianity on my last rant says better what I ranted about for longer than she did, so, don't read my last post, just read her response to it. It's brilliant.
