[extropy-chat] Moore, Morford, Doonesbury & Dawkings

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

> Olga:
> >Sorry, yes, here it is:
>
>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/search/fastfind.cgi?jump=1&word_option=and&word=morford
> 
> Oh my, thank you, Olga! I read the first Morford article, that you
> posted a couple of weeks ago.
> 
> Wonderful stuff. Now, check this by Morford ...
> 
> "Does God Hate Florida?
> After four brutal hurricanes, why aren't Bush evangelicals talking
> about the Almighty's wrath?"
> 
>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/10/01/notes100104.DTL
> 
> It reminds of something I saw last week.
> 
> Please do the following exercise.
> 
> In the state of Florida, color the counties of the 2000 presidential
> election, of the counties that voted for Gore, and those which voted
> for Bush. Then, when done, plot the path of the three hurricanes;
> Ivan, Charley, and Frances...
> 
> It's not perfect, but notice that the hurricanes tended to ram
> through the Bush counties, and for the most part avoided the
> Gore counties.

By a very tortured and fabricated plot of Frances. Hurricanse do not
follow multipl S curves on land (one might call it a "W" curve...;)).
Nor did the eye come ashore at Palm Beach county like that depicted,
though it was close. Try to check the facts scientifically.

Now, I found this postcard to be rather entertaining:

http://tinyurl.com/5lyzl
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extro-freedom/files/Plywood_State.jpg

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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