[extropy-chat] survey on fringe ideas: politics

[spike]

I propose a game, along the lines of a proposal
for trying to find a correlation between one's
knowledge of a situation and their beliefs.  I 
want to propose one that is out of the arena
of religion, and rather do one on knowledge
of some current event.

There is a really bizarre test case currently in
the US.  Several high level white house staffers
are being investigated for leaking the identity
of an undercover CIA agent.  This is a crime, so
if there is sufficient evidence, indictments will
result.  The results of the two-year investigation
will be announced tomorrow, Friday 28 October.

Let us see if there is any correlation between
one's knowledge of this particular case and
their beliefs.  The first part is a matching
game: match the name with the short description.

All of the people in the left column had some
direct or indirect involvement, many as commentators,
some as participants.  If you decide to play, you
may post your results here, or just keep it to yourself
if you wish.  This is just a game.

In the second part, you will measure your beliefs.
Come on, extropians, let us play.  {8-]  

Match the name with the description:

1	Tracey Schmitt		a	NY Times publisher
2	Ken Mehlman			b	Republican Nat. Committee
spokeshuman
3	David Keene			c	Cheney's lawyer
4	Judy Miller			d	Republican biggie in trouble
5	Robert Bennett		e	NY Times spokeshuman
6	Terrence O'Donnell	f	NY Times editor
7	Brent Scowcroft		g	Judy Miller's attorney
8	Dick Cheney			h	Republican National
Committee chairhuman
9	Dana Milbank		i	US vice president
10	Randall Samborne		j	Chairhuman of American
Consevative Union
11	Patrick Fitzgerald	k	USA Today columnist
12	Bill Keller			l	Head of the CIA
13	Barney Calame		m	New York Times reporter, went to
jail
14	Scooter Libby		n	Dick Cheney's chief of staff
15	Richard Benedetto		o	Patrick Fitzgerald's
spokeshuman
16	Karl Rove			p	Deputy to Bush's chief of
staff
17	Valerie Plame		q	US president
18	Scott McClellan		r	Secret CIA operative, was outed
19	George Bush			s	Boston Globe columnist
20	Joe Wilson			t	Democrat National Committee
spokeshuman
21	Karen Finney		u	Went to Niger, Plame's husband
22	David G. Savage		v	Independent council ong CIA-gate
23	Rick Klein			w	Former nat. security advisor
for Bush 41
24	Art Sulzberger		x	Los Angeles Times columnist
25	George Tenet		y	Washington Post columnist
26	Tom DeLay			z	Whitehouse press secretary


OK now.  Do you think that

1.  Rove leaked the CIA agent's identity to get revenge
2.  Libby leaked the CIA agent's identity to get revenge
3.  Cheney leaked the CIA agent's identity to get revenge
4.  Rove didn't leak the CIA agent's identity
5.  Libby didn't leak the CIA agent's identity
6.  Cheney didn't leak the CIA agent's identity
7.  Rove leaked the CIA agent's identity legally (she wasn't covert)
8.  Libby leaked the CIA agent's identity legally (she wasn't covert)
9.  Cheney leaked the CIA agent's identity legally (she wasn't covert)
10.  There was funny business but it is not provable,
so no indictments will result
11.  There was no funny business, it was all pretty much
a misunderstanding, no indictments
12.  Wilson did it
13.  There were no crimes committed by anyone, but unethical behavior
14.  It was a wicked setup by democrats
15.  It was a wicked setup by republicans

More than one of the 11 choices above are expected.

How well did you score on part 1?  Which numbers did you
pick in part 2?

spike