As long as resident know-it-all Glenn Beck held court today on the corruption of Democratic mayors in our cities courtesy of “The Most Trusted Name In News,” I feel it is my duty to respond in kind with examples of Republican ineptitude in government (don’t look for me to support individuals such as Milton Milan or Sharpe James, though, I hasten to add).This post by R.J. Eskow tells us of a proposed $803 million cut in health care financing for the low-income residents, the poor, and senior citizens in the state of Florida (Republican senate and governor), as part of what Eskow calls “medical apartheid” (he also mentions McBush’s warmed-over proposals on health care that I noted earlier).
This tells us of idiotic non-management of water in the state of Georgia that has led to their crisis, with Governor Sonny Perdue (first Repug governor in that state since Reconstruction, elected in 2003) calling for a prayer vigil in response (uh…gee, maybe it’s a problem when you pump 3.8 billion gallons from the Chattahoochee River in 1991 but end up pumping 20 billion by 2001? Try using the brain God gave you before you ask for His help, OK?). And this talks about how the state of Georgia, like the rest of this country, has been absolutely screwed over on spending for social services by the budget proposals of that alleged Christian, President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History.
This tells us that the state of Mississippi, under Repug governor Haley Barbour, is the only one in the South without a state-funded early childhood education program. And this tells us that Repug Governor of Louisiana and (former?) Repug vice-presidential possibility Bobby (“Don’t Call Me Piyush”) Jindal didn’t even know that Hurricane Katrina caused an oil spill in his state.
You may now return to your speculation on Barack Obama’s vice presidential nominee (I think the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco was the only other more tedious media spectacle that I can recall).
Update 8/25/08: And why exactly should I take Beck seriously based on nonsense like this?
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I must also point out that Glenn Beck's argument is a logical fallacy. His conclusions cannot be reached based on his research in the article. Perhaps he should return to college and remember how to properly structure an argument. Let me explain.
Glenn takes a look at the major US cities with the highest rates of poverty and sees that most are run by Democrats. That's fine. But did he look at the wealthiest US cities? No. If he did, perhaps he would find that in the 10 wealthiest American cities (according to the US Census Bureau), 8 out of 10 are run by Democrats. Strange. Glenn might also find that most major US cities are run by Democrats.
Beck's "research" does not have the evidence to support his argument. How can Democrats be blamed for poverty in major cities if he didn't investigate the wealthiest cities--not to mention other major cities?
This is a common problem in argumentation called bias on the dependent variable. It's done most commonly by lazy hacks. Unfortunately, most people don't recognize it.
- Jordan
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