tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post112801116185626359..comments2024-03-21T05:29:07.463-04:00Comments on THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: THE RECURRING MYTH OF THE IMPENDING GOP BREAKUPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1130331310623657722005-10-26T08:55:00.000-04:002005-10-26T08:55:00.000-04:00Great Blog! I also have a site about chocolate fud...Great Blog! I also have a site about chocolate fudge reciepes<BR/>. You can check it out at <A HREF="http://www.chocolate-1.info" REL="nofollow">chocolate fudge reciepes<BR/></A><BR/><BR/>Also, as a thank you for visiting my site, I'd like to tell you about a great site that is giving away a FREE DVD Camcorder! Just click the following link and enter your Zipcode to see if the promotion is available in your area!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.accordion-1.info/dvdcamcorder" REL="nofollow">FREE DVD Camcorder</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475986.post-1128082181024233002005-09-30T08:09:00.000-04:002005-09-30T08:09:00.000-04:00Dear Sirs,Polls are the bastard children of their ...Dear Sirs,<BR/><BR/>Polls are the bastard children of their sainted godfather Joseph Goebbels. Since their first notable debacle in the 1948 election (Dewey Wins! ran the headlines) to their latest f***up in the 2004 exit polls they have proven to be as reliable as the tout that for five bucks will tell you the winner of the 5th at Santa Anita.<BR/><BR/>They have taken a perverse course since Dr. George Gallup launched a scientific inquiry in the 1930's. They have become propoganda tools, the prospective beneficiary not realizing that they are buying snake oil. Con men are the easiest marks.<BR/> <BR/>The acknowledged flaws in polling are legion. The first major disaster was attributed to the premise that more Republicans had telephones. No polling organization will disclose the number of no-answers and refusals to participate. Call screening can arguably be attributed to the more affluent as they are the targets of much advertising.<BR/><BR/>The order in which questions are asked has a statistically significant impact on polls. As a dear friend who owns three pre-schools said: "I can get any answer I want from children - give them three choices and they almost always choose the last".<BR/><BR/>The nature of the questions can elicit different answers. Ask someone who absolutely loves chocolate how they like their vanilla ice cream cone and you'll get one answer. Ask them if they'd rather have a glass of pickle juice and you'll get another.<BR/><BR/>If you are to make any sense of this world you must recognize that pollsters are charlatans akin to astrologers and alchemists. George Bush knows this.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>RoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com