Geoff, > I'll give you a quick guess where he gets almost ALL of his data!
I just chalk it up to the typical right-wing 'data-free analysis' and ignore the rest. All the usual crap statements that have been spewed out over the last 40 or so years... * Welfare doesn't work * Public schools don't educate anyone * Unions should be busted * Government can't do anything better than the private sector * Outsourcing government jobs saves money * The 'Market' forces work best * Regulations hamper business growth and success It is all a bunch of crap. There's no data behind the statements but there's a whole group of right-wing nutballs that accept the thoughts as fact. I certainly don't know all of them, but there's a whole lot of taken-for-granted-reality floating around in the right-wing circles. Since they just listen to talk radio, talk only to like-minded folks, and won't crack a serious book on topics relevant to real life they have no idea how stupid they sound to people who actually READ. I'm married to a guy that taught American Government in high school, and if I pop off with a less than well thought out political argument I wind up having to research it to see what the real story is. He does catch me often enough that it trims my rants pretty quickly. ;-) There are a lot of interesting conversations in our home, but not a lot of free-floating analysis minus the data. Kristyne McDaniel http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog http://www.emryldadvantage.com/ http://www.mcstyles.com/ Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right. -- Henry Ford _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
