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Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
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Fri, 5 Jul 2002 21:35:09 GMT
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I think he refuted your 5:1 quite well within the short time constraints he had.
He certainly did a good job as far as *I* was concerned in showing there was
nowhere near a 5:1 ratio.

I'm sure he could do the same for HoR, but if you think he did NOT refute it,
prove your 5:1 to us all.

Where did you get this 5:1 ratio?  Preconceived notions indeed.


John wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
More often than not, I find myself not replying to many points in a
discussion, because I just KNOW that by the time I start doing any decent
research, one of you will have completed their research and posted the
results by then (e.g., Chris' research on term lengths in the Senate - I
KNEW John's 5:1 was preposterous, but why waste time disproving it?  By the
time I had read John's post, Chris had already refuted it).

Refuted it?  Hardly.  First off, choosing the senate as a basis for
investigation is flawed from the start because their terms are so long.
Second, he calls a senator who has merely won his third term (but not served 1
day of the third term) a "long-timer".  Even he admitted that his exercise was
inconclusive.

Your preconceived notions have clouded your judgment.

-John

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(...) My assertion was among career politicians (all politicians), the ones over 20 years of service would be 5:1 Democrat. I just pulled that ratio out of the air. His sample really had nothing to do with my hypothesis. -John (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Are some of you guys making it too easy on the rest of us?
 
(...) Refuted it? Hardly. First off, choosing the senate as a basis for investigation is flawed from the start because their terms are so long. Second, he calls a senator who has merely won his third term (but not served 1 day of the third term) a (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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