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Oct. 4th, 2004 07:29 amVote, please vote, and don't let the polls sway you!
Polls might not be reflecting this election - think about it:
Most polls are based on phone calls. There was a famous election poll fiasco when the telephone was new - telephone polls predicted one winner when a landslide on the other side occurred. Why? Only the rich had phones at that time - and the poor had someone else in mind.
Who answers the phone anymore? How many people do you know that are 100% cell/blueberry? Who do you know that doesn't use caller ID, block, and not answer any calls that might be from telemarketers? There is a school of thought coming out that polling might be in a period similar to when phones first became normal, that now as pollers are rejected along with other spam that they can no longer predict results accurately. Might be in this book: http://www.gallup.com/store/process.aspx?item=bkspm
In other news: Too cute to ignore, cursor thieves! http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=7198
and a counter to Michael Moore's 9-11, Celcius 41.11 http://www.citizensunited-interactive.org/c41.11/
As I noted, if you let arguments degenerate into who is best able to lead the sheep with cheap emotional pull-strings, the battle is not over who is right based on facts and logic. Notice that dirty hippies are an emotional pull-string to sway middle-america away from causes they support. If hippies really wanted to change opinions, they'd cut their hair, look clean, hell wear suits, and not disrespect the flag. I fully support their right to do what they wish, but don't lie and say you're trying to change public opinion.
There is a quote from a mangy looking guy in this preview where he says "I'd sooner vote for a single-celled organism than GW Bush." Well, can't say I disagree with what they're saying...
Polls might not be reflecting this election - think about it:
Most polls are based on phone calls. There was a famous election poll fiasco when the telephone was new - telephone polls predicted one winner when a landslide on the other side occurred. Why? Only the rich had phones at that time - and the poor had someone else in mind.
Who answers the phone anymore? How many people do you know that are 100% cell/blueberry? Who do you know that doesn't use caller ID, block, and not answer any calls that might be from telemarketers? There is a school of thought coming out that polling might be in a period similar to when phones first became normal, that now as pollers are rejected along with other spam that they can no longer predict results accurately. Might be in this book: http://www.gallup.com/store/process.aspx?item=bkspm
In other news: Too cute to ignore, cursor thieves! http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=7198
and a counter to Michael Moore's 9-11, Celcius 41.11 http://www.citizensunited-interactive.org/c41.11/
As I noted, if you let arguments degenerate into who is best able to lead the sheep with cheap emotional pull-strings, the battle is not over who is right based on facts and logic. Notice that dirty hippies are an emotional pull-string to sway middle-america away from causes they support. If hippies really wanted to change opinions, they'd cut their hair, look clean, hell wear suits, and not disrespect the flag. I fully support their right to do what they wish, but don't lie and say you're trying to change public opinion.
There is a quote from a mangy looking guy in this preview where he says "I'd sooner vote for a single-celled organism than GW Bush." Well, can't say I disagree with what they're saying...
