On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:46:06 -0800, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 12, 2004, at 8:14 PM, JDG wrote: > > > > > At 07:02 PM 11/11/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote: > >> > >> We've compared the red-blue divide against population denisty, college > >> degrees, IQ, and hoary old slavery maps. > >> > >> Here's another take: Generosity. > >> > >> Seeing a mention of it on Eric Zorn's weblog, I took the Catalogue for > >> Philanthropy's "Generosity Index" (http://tinyurl.com/4xsrv) and > >> colored > >> it according to red and blue states. > >> > >> http://www.mccmedia.com/~dland/red-blue-giving/ > > > > I am not entirely sure what to make of this - although it would be very > > delicious if true. But what is up with using rankings as the sole > > basis > > of the methodology? Shouldn't there be a simpler, straight-numeric > > way of > > doing this analysis? > > I would think so, but I was more interested in getting it posted (and > getting back to work) quickly, rather than digging into the underlying > methodology. Yes, I would have preferred to see actual "having per > capita" > and "giving per capita" numbers to compare, but I didn't take the time > to > find 'em. > > Proof of the validity of the Catalogue for Philanthropy's methodology is > left to the student as an exercise. > > Dave There is a better relationship to states who pay more in taxes than they receive in Benefits (for Kerry) and the those freeloading welfare Bush states.
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2004/09/red_states_feed.html Gary Denton Easter Lemming Liberal News Digest #2 on google for liberal news _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
