Was PimpDave Right?

[saxitoxin]

It's much more difficult to take your posts seriously since you changed your avatar to Justin Timberlake.

ITS NOT FUCKING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - ITS ME

[Phatscotty]

Minus a few billion dollars of potential GDP and an extra 800,000 unemployed.

Are you talking about the billions extracted from the economy through higher and newer taxes and how there are less people working in America today than the day Obama took office? After the stimulus plan, after jobs bill 1 and jobs bill 2, after the omnibus and porkulus bills meant to create ever morez jobz....after trillions spent (stupid Republicans!). And remember, all those '700,000 jobs being lost a month' happened before Obama took office, and only happened for 1 month (thus the truth has been revealed about the big lie of the last 5 years!)

Why did you only get pissed now about a couple hundred thousand who ended up getting a 2 week paid vacation? (400,000+ of those 800,000 went back to work after only one week) Plus they all would have had Columbus day off probably rolled into a 4 day weekend anyways, so subtract that out of the equation

Another thing, this year the US government is setting an all time record for income.

Whatever you're sellin, no thanks.

[TeeGee]

Is America for sale? I have some loose change

[Dukasaur]

It's much more difficult to take your posts seriously since you changed your avatar to Justin Timberlake.

ITS NOT FUCKING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - ITS ME

One johnny-come-lately ladyboy is not that different from the next.

[thegreekdog]

From the Book of Pimpdavid

And verily did the Anti-Tea Party Death Squad Task Force leader say unto them: Behold, thou shalt work against the Tea Party. Because, as Rachel Maddow said unto Janine Garafolo, the tea baggers are racist and violent. It is easier to fit a camel through the head of a pin than to know the inner workings of the TPSD, but if thou showest love in thine heart for thine 99%, thou shalt triumph.

-Austin 3:16

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[Phatscotty]

Yale Professor's Surprising Discovery: Tea Party Supporters More Scientifically Literate

Independent Journal Review | October 17, 2013

Yale Law professor Dan M. Kahan was conducting an analysis of the scientific comprehension of various political groups when he ran into a shocking discovery: tea party supporters are slightly more scientifically literate than the non-tea party population.

When composing histograms of the scientific inference abilities of liberals and conservatives, he discovered that those who described themselves as tea party supporters came out pretty well, based on National Science Foundation standards of evaluation:



The shift to the right on the gray columns represents a positive correlation between tea party members and generally higher scientific test scores. The r=0.05 is not a drastically higher score, but the findings are statistically significant to p=.05. In other words, tea party members appear to be slightly, but solidly more scientifically literate than non-tea party members.

In fact, tea party members tend to be more scientifically literate than other self-described conservatives, who have slightly negative scores, overall. These findings should give both liberal and GOP establishment types pause over their caricatures of tea party constituents.

Remarkable was the professor’s reaction on the Yale Law “Cultural Cognition Project” website:

I’ve got to confess, though, I found this result surprising. As I pushed the button to run the analysis on my computer, I fully expected I’d be shown a modest negative correlation between identifying with the Tea Party and science comprehension.

But then again, I don’t know a single person who identifies with the Tea Party. All my impressions come from watching cable tv — & I don’t watch Fox News very often — and reading the “paper” (New York Times daily, plus a variety of politics-focused internet sites like Huffington Post & Politico).

I’m a little embarrassed, but mainly I’m just glad that I no longer hold this particular mistaken view.

Good for you, professor, for remaining open-minded. That’s what fruitful research is all about. It turns out that even the New York Times reported in 2010 that tea party supporters are wealthier and more college-educated than the general public.

A mainstream media smear campaign of ordinary citizens has convinced much of the general public that members of the tea party are uneducated, backwards dupes of big moneyed interests who do not comprehend what is going on, whether on scientific matters like manmade global warming, or on political matters like fiscal issues. Maybe they’re just ahead of the curve?

http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/87474-y ... -literate/

[thegreekdog]

From the Book of Pimpdavid

And verily did the Anti-Tea Party Death Squad Task Force leader say unto them: Behold, thou shalt work against the Tea Party. Because, as Rachel Maddow said unto Janine Garafolo, the tea baggers are racist and violent. It is easier to fit a camel through the head of a pin than to know the inner workings of the TPSD, but if thou showest love in thine heart for thine 99%, thou shalt triumph.

-Austin 3:16

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Sorry PS, this is too important to be relegated to the last post on the prior page.

[Lootifer]

Nice PS, i like how you bring stats to the table when it supports your position. Weird that you dont often use them in your other arguments...

Anyhoo, that correlation is pretty damn tenous. But does make sense because tea party supporters tend to be reasonably business savvy right? (i.e. right wing). Its generally known that the left suffer a bit more than the right from the "uninformed" population simply because that political idealogy tends to be supported by those in lower socio economic groups (where education on the whole tends to be lower).

[thegreekdog]

Nice PS, i like how you bring stats to the table when it supports your position. Weird that you dont often use them in your other arguments...

Anyhoo, that correlation is pretty damn tenous. But does make sense because tea party supporters tend to be reasonably business savvy right? (i.e. right wing). Its generally known that the left suffer a bit more than the right from the "uninformed" population simply because that political idealogy tends to be supported by those in lower socio economic groups (where education on the whole tends to be lower).

It's because conservatives have more college education.

Wait... what?

[Phatscotty]

People were paying attention the last few weeks, even the zombies. I think people got their first true look at the Tea Party in action, aside from the cable news and commentary spewage. And I think we now just sit back and watch Obamacare supporters start freaking out about Obamacare when it hits them and the rest of the country will remember the fight that just happened and who it was that warned them and tried to stop it, and who was telling the truth, as well as who was lying.

The Tea Party, despite being accused of exploding the planet 24-7, still has about a 30% approval rating. Tea Party members took a stand and took every bullet and were called every name in the book, and didn't back down. They are also doing EXACTLY what their states and districts sent them there to do, which is a welcome breathe of fresh air.

Finally, we have some politicians with spine and principle who do what they say they will do, rather than just sell out and bullshit their own constituents like the other 95%. How else would you expect the uber corrupt Washington establishment to treat people like that?

They're scared shitless, and pulling out all the stops. The Democrats and Republicans only work together when it's against the Tea Party. They are threatened. Who is for protecting the Republicans and Democrats? The people want another choice, something totally different. I think over the last 2 weeks, millions more people found it. I see Tea Party flags flying all over the cities, and they are flying all across the country too.

Obama got re-elected, but the Tea Party of 2010 is still here, and bigger than ever. I have very high hopes for the 2014 elections. I think the American people are really going to send a message this time, even bigger than 1938, EVEN BIGGER than 2010! GET YOUR GADSDENS OUT THERE!

[mrswdk]

Wasn't it people from the Tea Party who said that the US defaulting on its debt wouldn't really matter?

[thegreekdog]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/ins ... party-kkk/

[rishaed]

This is absolutely the best part though:

In his fundraising email, Mr. Grayson also highlights an interview he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in which he said that “ordinary Americans” support President Obama and are “appalled by the tea party’s tactics.”

That guy has absolutely no credibility in my eyes. And neither does anyone willing to cite him.

[BigBallinStalin]

Who's CHRISZ? Or CHRIS3?

[thegreekdog]

This is absolutely the best part though:

In his fundraising email, Mr. Grayson also highlights an interview he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in which he said that “ordinary Americans” support President Obama and are “appalled by the tea party’s tactics.”

That guy has absolutely no credibility in my eyes. And neither does anyone willing to cite him.

I just think it's weird that he's not backing down. Seems like likening a rather large and rather popular political movement to the KKK (a racist organization) is something one would want to apologize for, if only to not lose political clout and/or votes.

[Phatscotty]

This is absolutely the best part though:

In his fundraising email, Mr. Grayson also highlights an interview he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in which he said that “ordinary Americans” support President Obama and are “appalled by the tea party’s tactics.”

That guy has absolutely no credibility in my eyes. And neither does anyone willing to cite him.

I just think it's weird that he's not backing down. Seems like likening a rather large and rather popular political movement to the KKK (a racist organization) is something one would want to apologize for, if only to not lose political clout and/or votes.

The honest to God truth: Grayson made it as outrageous as possible, because he knew media and people all over the country would pick it up and repeat it. Whether it's true or not, it's being repeated over and over and over, it's on every cable news station on the hour, it will be in all kinds of editorials and the subject of talk radio show hosts and maybe, just maybe a Liberal professor will pass it on the hundreds of students, maybe 2 Liberal professors will pass it on, maybe 100's. The purpose is baseless demonization, race baiting, and reinforcing the big lie....

which displays the true brilliance: People pass the story on knowing it's crap

He knows how to steer the gutter narrative just right

[thegreekdog]

This is absolutely the best part though:

In his fundraising email, Mr. Grayson also highlights an interview he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in which he said that “ordinary Americans” support President Obama and are “appalled by the tea party’s tactics.”

That guy has absolutely no credibility in my eyes. And neither does anyone willing to cite him.

I just think it's weird that he's not backing down. Seems like likening a rather large and rather popular political movement to the KKK (a racist organization) is something one would want to apologize for, if only to not lose political clout and/or votes.

The honest to God truth: Grayson made it as outrageous as possible, because he knew media and people all over the country would pick it up and repeat it. Whether it's true or not, it's being repeated over and over and over, it's on every cable news station on the hour, it will be in all kinds of editorials and the subject of talk radio show hosts and maybe, just maybe a Liberal professor will pass it on the hundreds of students, maybe 2 Liberal professors will pass it on, maybe 100's. The purpose is baseless demonization, race baiting, and reinforcing the big lie....

which displays the true brilliance: People pass the story on knowing it's crap

He knows how to steer the gutter narrative just right

I suppose there is the potential to get more people out to vote, but that seems highly unlikely. Democrats tend to not vote in mid-term elections.

[Phatscotty]

I think Stacy Dash is a good match to deal on the level of Alan Grayson. Every example Grayson could potentially show......................................

http://twitchy.com/2013/10/25/i-want-sp ... ty-to-kkk/

[pimpdave]

Yes I was right

[pimpdave]

This is absolutely the best part though:

In his fundraising email, Mr. Grayson also highlights an interview he did with the Rev. Al Sharpton, in which he said that “ordinary Americans” support President Obama and are “appalled by the tea party’s tactics.”

That guy has absolutely no credibility in my eyes. And neither does anyone willing to cite him.

I just think it's weird that he's not backing down. Seems like likening a rather large and rather popular political movement to the KKK (a racist organization) is something one would want to apologize for, if only to not lose political clout and/or votes.

You mean like sending out a pamphlet with representatives in crosshairs? Like the one Tea Party assassin Jared Lee Loughner used to target Gabby Giffords?

[Dukasaur]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lee_Loughner#Views_on_politics

Just doesn't seem very Tea Party-ish at all.

[pimpdave]

Wikipedia is often edited by Tea Party Disinformation Squads!

[kentington]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Lee_Loughner#Views_on_politics

Just doesn't seem very Tea Party-ish at all.

Never trust the internet. Anyone can post any kind of crap on there.