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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Wait, What?!

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Story of Citizens United v. FEC, The Critique

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This is a Critique of, "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC," by Annie Leonard http://youtu.be/k5kHACjrdEY

Friday, January 7, 2011

Constitutional Insanity

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Fox News Viewers Are Misinformed Study, The Critique

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From Lee Doren: A recent study from the University of Maryland and WordPublicOpinion.org supposedly shows that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about American politics. After looking at the supposed 'myths' that Fox News watchers believe, I quickly realized that something was wrong with the study. As a result, I read the study very carefully and realized that the whole study was bogus. Overall, the study about misinformation and the 2010 election did not have data to support its conclusions. In fact, the study may simply demonstrate that Fox News viewers are more informed than the researchers. It was clear that the researchers were unaware of most of the data provided to the public. When conducting this research I looked at a variety of sources. Most of the sources can clearly be seen in the video itself. Below is my attempt to list all the sources in no particular order that I reviewed. Some sources were not used at all. http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brunitedstatescanadara/671.php?nid=&id=&pnt=671&lb= http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_quaire.pdf http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/fox-news-viewers-are-the-_n_798146.html http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/breaking-study-finds-fox-news-viewers-are-the-most-misinformed.php http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/16/poll-fox-news-misinformation/ http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1370 http://www.alternet.org/story/149193/study_confirms_that_fox_news_makes_you_stupid/ http://gawker.com/5714669/science-the-more-fox-news-you-watch-the-stupider-you-get http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703625304575115674057260664.html http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/study-some-viewers-were-misinformed-by-tv-news/ http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=546 http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=1034 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/113xx/doc11376/RyanLtrhr4872.pdf http://reason.com/blog/2010/06/28/deficit-reduction-doubts-obama http://www.fiscalcommission.gov/sites/fiscalcommission.gov/files/documents/TheMomentofTruth12_1_2010.pdf http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/12/20/study-claiming-fox-news-viewers-misinformed-fraught-errors http://patterico.com/2010/12/17/world-public-opinion-proves-it-is-ignorant-about-significant-facts/ http://johnnydollar.us/files/101219fhwirb.php http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/05/27/media-tout-cbo-stimulus-numbers-ignore-their-disconnect-reality http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/08/25/cbos-rosy-stimulus-numbers-have-little-basis-reality-media-again-rep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPxMZ1WdINs http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21holtz-eakin.html http://www.verumserum.com/?p=19990 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/house-gop-throw-down-gaun_n_157479.html http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/14/news/economy/gop_tarp/index.htm?postversion=2009011422 http://blog.heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/recoveries-graph-dec.jpg http://econjwatch.org/articles/economist-petitions-who-is-signing-what http://reason.org/blog/show/did-most-economists-support-the-sti http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/07/morning-bell-why-obamas-stimulus-failed/ http://rasmusen1.blogspot.com/2009/01/keynesian-stimulus.html http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/Papers/mortgage_protest.htm http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/12/yet-another-study-showing-how-dumb-i-am.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/29/AR2008092900623.html http://www.theatlantic.com

Saturday, December 18, 2010

The Irony of Michael Moore

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Lee Doren address the WikiLeak memo that challenges the Micheal Moore Movie Sicko. He also talks about a study that was released saying people who watch Fox News are less informed about current affairs. But the study only shows how uninformed the authors of the study were when they conducted the study.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Bar Stool Economics and How Taxes Work

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Mother Jones Chart: http://goo.gl/7D6te

Original Story: http://goo.gl/1GwqV

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. The eighth would pay $12. The ninth would pay $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers", he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20". Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.  The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fair share?" They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so: The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings). The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings). The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings). The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. "I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got $10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!" "That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" "Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.