Because he makes decisions analytically, weighing the risks, based on a completely untrue premise:
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/26/to-get-a-grasp-on-mitt-romney-start-with-the-lesso/> "For most eaters, a muffin is consumed unthinkingly, in big messy bites, pawing last crumbs off the wrapper because, well, they taste good. For Mr. Romney, however, a muffin is an analytical challenge — a risk to be weighed. Indeed, eating muffins the Romney way takes discipline: He consumes the top, and only the top, to better avoid the unhealthy butter that supposedly flows downward during baking, according to an account by one of his biographers. “I was flying somewhere, I think Iowa, and Romney was on the same flight,” said Scott Helman, a staff writer at the Boston Globe and a co-author of “The Real Romney.” “We were chitchatting in the waiting area. He was eating a muffin, and he starts talking about, ‘Hey, did you know that the butter sinks to the bottom?’” Mr. Helman laughed. “It makes sense,” he said. “It was a little throwaway moment. But I thought it was sort of revealing.” As anyone who has made (or eaten, in fact) a muffin, you will immediately realize that no, the butter does not "sink to the bottom". One does not peel the paper off of a muffin only to have butter pour off of the bottom. Us here in the reality based world are cognizant of the fact that a batter, such as that used to make a muffin, is a complex mixture of sugar and flour with an emulsion made of milk butter and eggs; the purpose of the eggs are twofold: the whites help support the flour/gluten structure with a protein skeleton of their own and the yolks are excellent emulsifiers which work to hold the liquids and fats in a homogenous mass. This is why some recipes call for mixing the whites and yolks in separately, as in a souffle. Dear FSM now we have to explain to the GOP morons how *cake batter* works! Help Me, Shirley Corriher, your our only hope! -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
