posted 08-22-2004 12:56 AM         

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Anyone can take a peak at the "Prowlin' Friends Scrapbook" or "Events Scrapbook" and get a pretty good idea...There's photographic evidence that serves as "fact."
For reference;
Prowlin' Friends Scrapbook
Events Scrapbook

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posted 08-22-2004 01:57 AM         

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Twice I asked for FACTS to support your statement, and you have yet to offer any, because you have none.

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I offered photographic proof as a point of reference...however, I refer you to the bottom of my post...

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Seeing something expensive in the background of a picture doesn't mean diddly. We all look for nice backdrops for pictures. It doesn't mean we own everything in the picture.

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I'm not looking at the stuff in the background..that's not what interests me...it's the people in the pictures.

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I bet if I took a picture of my car at the racetrack, you'd fully believe that I owned the track, and was not only therefore rich, but old, and white.

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Do you own a racetrack?

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One last time, FACTS, not assumptions that only prove MY point.

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Whew!...good thing this is the last time...you just won't let it go. Must touch a little too close to home.

I've moved on from your little discussion. However, if it satifies your curiousity, I've determined from a random sampling, the average age of poster on this website is 50 (49.504375 rounded up) years....that information is dated, but can be found here. .

Demographics of a Prowler buyer: nearly 100 per cent male, 84 per cent are married, median age of 53, median income of $200,000, and 48 per cent are business owners/proprietors.

I found that information here.

posted 08-22-2004 02:27 AM         

Random sampling could be correct but by no means scientific or necessarily accurate. As an example I only respond to what I consider legitimate questions or occasional flame posts like yours. Try throwing another bomb there big guy.

Also if you wouldn't have come on the board in the attack mode and talked prowlers or an alternative political process I would have given you some considerations. I also think we need an alternative form of government but I think you need to work on your presentation skills.

Best regards POLIO BOY.

posted 08-22-2004 02:44 AM         

PB posted.

I've moved on from your little discussion. However, if it satisfies your curiosity, I've determined from a random sampling, the average age of poster on this website is 50 (49.504375 rounded up) years....that information is dated, but can be found here. .

I counted somewhere between 50-60 posts from people who stated their age. Great sample.

posted 08-22-2004 03:07 AM         

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if you wouldn't have come on the board in the attack mode

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This is the full written text of my first post:

"Someone posted the somewhat vague "resume" of John Kerry, I thought It was fair to post the "resume" of George W. also....I will preface this by saying that I'm not fond of either of the choices, however, I feel the George W. has been a failure, and it's time to give someone else the opportunity."

If this is somehow construed as "attacking"..or a representation of "attack mode", I sincerly apologize. I noticed what appeared to be a political discussion, which of which politics interest me greatly, and thought I might get involved in a serious discussion, but instead this is what I got:

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Speaking of Moore I bet you watched his comedy movie...........and believed every minute, eh?

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And I didn't even mention Michael Moore.

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Haha! You're to funny if you belive half the BS you just posted

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PS. I love your profile and the fact that this is the first message you posted.................or is it the second?

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I was getting ready to flame his ***

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Doesn't own a prowler and calls himself polioboy for the sympathy vote I guess. What a joke

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Anybody know where polioboy is? He sure had a lot to offer!!!!!!!!!!

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Damn. Where in the hell is the ignore button when you need it? PB you're not worth my effort.

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Great sample there big Flamer..

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And lastly:

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PS. Either suggest a SERIOUS alternative or zip it. You've already wasted enough of our time.

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So far, based on your reponses to my posts, it would appear that you are the one on "attack mode". You have yet to offer any constructive thoughts on the democratic process, or our current selection of candidates (other than a few offhanded remarks or copy and pasted jokes).

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I had thoughts that you could impress us with some better statistics.

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Let's see we have around 3,600 members and say 60 responded (per your post). Therefore your faulty sample rate would be .0166666. Great sample there big Flamer..

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My sampling is no different than a random sampling performed by say FOX News, Zogby, or Gallup. They generally poll anywhere from 1000 to 1500 people. The population of the US is 293 Million people. That would make their sample rate less than .0000005. Would you say that I'm less accurate than they are?

That number counts registered members, not active members. I run a discussion board myself, and have determined that only about 10% of the registered members actually post on a regular basis, and I'm guessing it's probably the case here also.

So, that's why I included the other independent link.

posted 08-22-2004 03:36 AM         

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Originally posted by blackcat:
WHY DON"T YOU SUGGEST a workable solution. I'd be very interested as would many others I'm sure! If you can't then zip it!!!!!!!!! Suggest a solution and don't just continue to identify problems................

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It may be hard to keep up, but I did post this quite a while ago:

"I think we need to start organizing now in order to deprogram folks into being scared to vote for who they really think would do a good job....unfortunately.... too many people are still believing the "if I vote outside the system,then I might as well not vote at all" rhetoric. I am sick of this vote for the lesser of two evils crap..... it's been going on for years, no one has been truly satisfied with the candidates."

Try and keep up, ok?

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don't just continue to identify problems...............

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I don't see myself as identifying problems so much as attempting to dispel certain myths and mindsets. I see my conversations with rsterling, butchee, and idive as being somewhat productive, and a learning experience, at least for myself.

posted 08-22-2004 03:43 AM         

"I think we need to start organizing now in order to deprogram folks into being scared to vote for who they really think would do a good job....unfortunately.... too many people are still believing the "if I vote outside the system,then I might as well not vote at all" rhetoric. I am sick of this vote for the lesser of two evils crap..... it's been going on for years, no one has been truly satisfied with the candidates."

Try and keep up, ok?

I did read it and I can keep up thank you. Now what I'd like to hear is how you would propose accomplishing this. Maybe that's where I'm missing your point. I'd love to have a 3rd party that really meant something in this country but it doesn't exist. So how do you suggest we start the movement? I always have thought about buying an island 4 miles off the coast........

posted 08-22-2004 04:00 AM         

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I always have thought about buying an island 4 miles of the coast........

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You might want to consider the Dominican Republic...Their economy is recovering now, and if you can get over the fact that their neighbors with Haiti, it's quite pleasant. An actor friend of mine was on location there earlier this spring, and has since fallen in love with it....he's telling me that for $200 a month, he's got a house on 200 feet of white sand beach, with a housekeeper twice a week. The wife and I are going out there for Christmas to check it out.

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I did read it and I can keep up thank you. Now what I'd like to hear is how you would propose accomplishing this.

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This is something that has to start, most likely, in the school system. That is where we learn about the electoral process...I can remember, way back when, I was only told about the two political parties - and that you had to choose a side. Unfortunately, I don't identify with either....at least in the current sense of the political spectrum.

Eventually, I'd like to see an end to the two party system, and a drastic form campaign finance reform... what that would be, I don't know...but it has to start at the root of the problem, which is where we are programmed to believe in the "two party only" system.

posted 08-22-2004 06:46 AM         

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The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies...

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and so you want to dismiss anything they say out of hand as inaccurate.

Why? If Rush Limbaugh says 2 + 2 = 4, do you think this is inaccurate just because you disagree with his politics? I've used the Heritage Foundation to keep up certain issues myself because the HF conducts studies which they back up with references, facts, and logic.

The same thing can be said for the attacks on John Kerry's Vietnam service. There are major discrepencies in his story, such as saying that he was in Cambodia on a secret mission on December 24, 1968 on orders from the Nixon administration. Kerry has even said that this event was "seared" in his memory.

For starters, Nixon was not President in 1968. Kerry said on the Senate Floor in 1986, "I remember Christmas of 1968 sitting on a gunboat in Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by the Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge and Cambodians..."

The problem with this is that the Khmer Rouge did not enage in any hostilities until 1972.

posted 08-22-2004 11:44 PM         

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."- John F. Kerry

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."- John F. Kerry

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."- John F. Kerry

"The future will be better tomorrow."- John F. Kerry

"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."- John F. Kerry

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."- John F. Kerry

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."- John F. Kerry

"Public speaking is very easy."- John F. Kerry

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."- John F. Kerry

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."- John F. Kerry

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."- John F. Kerry

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."- John F. Kerry

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."- John F. Kerry

"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."- John F. Kerry

Starting to wonder if this guy ever took the IQ test... and if so, did his results come back negative?!?!?!?

posted 08-23-2004 08:05 AM         

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and so you want to dismiss anything they say out of hand as inaccurate.

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No...but I definately would look at anything they say with a weary eye...because they've already told me they're biased means that any sort of "evidence" they may have is tainted, and needs to be looked at and verified by independent sources.

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Why? If Rush Limbaugh says 2 + 2 = 4, do you think this is inaccurate just because you disagree with his politics?

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No...I listen to Rush about two or three times a week, and yes, he's right, mostly. But I also know that he's an entertainer first, so anything he's going to tell me is going to be checked out...

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I've used the Heritage Foundation to keep up certain issues myself because the HF conducts studies which they back up with references, facts, and logic.

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Great, but do you verify those facts anywhere else? Many websites from both sides of the argument can say the same thing...they back up their "facts" with reference and logic...but as I've pointed out in my review of the article; although it's fill with facts, they don't necessarily represent all sides of the issue..you have to look closer.

You don't have to change your politics to do this, you just need to want to do the homework, become better informed. I personally like using www.factcheck.org ...that website serves as a starting point for my research..they don't cover all the issues, however, they do address some of the more controversial ones...(John Kerry's war service, Bush's tax cuts, Medicare reform, Kerry's voting record)

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There are major discrepencies in his story

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It's understandable why so many people on the left prefer to dismiss criticism from the right as biased and therefore not to be taken seriously. The alternative would be to face those annoying little things conservatives keep harping about all the time: little things called "facts."

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That's fine but those on the left claim to use "facts" also..it's important to check those out too. I think that's the big divider these days...neither side is willing to come to the table and verify these "facts"...it's easy to find facts that ring true to your particular ideology...but you have to go one step further, and not only verify those facts, but see if you can disprove them yourself...I'm not picking on the "right" here, nor the "left"...both sides are at fault.

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In reading the posts in this thread, I have noticed that many have one common notation... that the press doesn't seem to be reporting on, or following up on these things.

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Testify!....now we're getting somewhere!...great idea! I have taken time to write to the Tribune and the Pioneer Press in the past...I have also discussed some of this with the program director of FOX 9 here in Minneapolis (he's married to my wife's best friend). It's time to be an American, and a Patriot, and start asking the questions we want to know, and not leave it up to the Media....They've made themselves out to be a disapointment...

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We don't care who they support, as long as the word gets out and these facts are reported on. Spread the word.

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Originally posted by Polioboy:
My sampling is no different than a random sampling performed by say FOX News, Zogby, or Gallup. They generally poll anywhere from 1000 to 1500 people. The population of the US is 293 Billion people. That would make their sample rate less than .0000005. Would you say that I'm less accurate than they are?

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Pretty much so. The U.S. has 293 MILLION, Not Billion.
(The population of the U.S. on April 1, 2000 was 281,421,906 )

posted 08-24-2004 05:08 AM         

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450: Owen Nomination - Cloture
451: Kuhl Nomination - Cloture
452: Brown Nomination - Cloture
453: FY 2004 FAA Reauthorization - Cloture
454: Dorr Nomination - Cloture
455: Dorr Nomination - Cloture
456: Energy Policy - Cloture
459: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Conference Report

posted 08-24-2004 07:35 AM         

Noone's making friends here...None of us would waste our time talking like this at an event.....

posted 08-24-2004 08:05 AM         

The one comment that does bother me is the one about the majority of the people on this site who own these cars are white, rich and old. As several already stated, that is an unfair statement. This group is made up of a very diverse group of people. Not all of us are old, rich or white.

Yes, I am white........I was born that way.

No, my husband and I are not rich. We married at 18/20 and had nothing. We've worked hard for 37 years to get to this point in our life. My two cats were anniversary gifts (I only ever hoped to just have one - he decided to buy the second). My husband sacrificed to pay for them and I love him to death for being so unselfish. The majority of the people on this site are not wealthy, they work hard to pay for something that makes them very happy....and feel it is worth it to do that.