Comments on: A numbers game. http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/ Eclectic. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gabriel... http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-246358 Gabriel... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:01:19 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/#comment-246358 It feeds the conspiracy people though... they're taking the polls and comparing them to the final product as though they were equal sources, but the polls are simply educated guesses. I've got friends who are absolutely convinced the election is going to be called off due to some kind of rigged "state of emergency", and that there are secret concentration camps scattered across the United States (youtube.com/watch?v=dJBxdRIQx7Y). They're big Ron Paul supporters because they, like the other Crazy 10%, are convinced he's the only one who can stop the round up. My friend and I have made a bet... if the elections go ahead he owes me a Coke, if we end up in the same concentration camp he can lick my bowl. It feeds the conspiracy people though… they’re taking the polls and comparing them to the final product as though they were equal sources, but the polls are simply educated guesses. I’ve got friends who are absolutely convinced the election is going to be called off due to some kind of rigged “state of emergency”, and that there are secret concentration camps scattered across the United States (youtube.com/watch?v=dJBxdRIQx7Y). They’re big Ron Paul supporters because they, like the other Crazy 10%, are convinced he’s the only one who can stop the round up. My friend and I have made a bet… if the elections go ahead he owes me a Coke, if we end up in the same concentration camp he can lick my bowl.

]]> By: Mark http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-246325 Mark Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:57:10 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/#comment-246325 Oh so would I :) But the link following is interesting. And it's always enlightening to see what other sites are saying about the same events, just like reading newspapers from the opposite wing. The ones that really stretch things are amusing in their own way. But then I lean toward the 911 conspiracy theories. Oh so would I :)

But the link following is interesting.

And it’s always enlightening to see what other sites are saying about the same events, just like reading newspapers from the opposite wing. The ones that really stretch things are amusing in their own way. But then I lean toward the 911 conspiracy theories.

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/comment-page-1/#comment-246324 Mark Jaquith Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:23:23 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/10/a-numbers-game/#comment-246324 I'd take that source with a grain of salt. A huge grain of salt. I’d take that source with a grain of salt. A huge grain of salt.

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