tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post112614436938349977..comments2023-10-11T01:03:08.948+13:00Comments on Grabthar's Hammer: [Sport] Conspiracy theoriesHadynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083326580987476180noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1163230316293138502006-11-11T20:31:00.000+13:002006-11-11T20:31:00.000+13:00We thought it would be a good idea to give you all...We thought it would be a good idea to give you all the information available on <A HREF="http://beijingolympic.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">olympics sport</A> before you get down to the nitty-gritty of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1128743269946443832005-10-08T16:47:00.000+13:002005-10-08T16:47:00.000+13:00Those who took the original post too seriously oug...Those who took the original post too seriously ought to lighten up. Nobody heard of entertainment? Is Bush a racist? Is Bush not a racist? I see more minorities in the Cabinet than I ever have. Looks better mixed than the National Party front bench. Thanks to Kane for a calmer comment. Simple explanation, situation defused.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18013696218856088709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127421255903252422005-09-23T08:34:00.000+12:002005-09-23T08:34:00.000+12:00"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it h..."In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."<BR/>-FDR<BR/><BR/>(that includes photo ops)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127264921192587012005-09-21T13:08:00.000+12:002005-09-21T13:08:00.000+12:00I've read all the comments and as a young black ma...I've read all the comments and as a young black male from DC who's quite fond of statistics, knows crackheads, whores and welfare dependants, and follows Bush's actions very closely, I think this picture is quite simple. Black football players most likely come from middle class and lower income families, they very large and may harbor a little anger toward "The Man." Bush being everything downtrodden black men hate: priviledged, and quite the redneck. They don't like him. Bush of course is like alot of white people I know scared of people and cultures they don't understand. He doesn't like them. When everyone started to get in position for the photo the black men naturally moved as far from him as possible and I'm sure Bush didn't protest this. Hey I don't blame them I wouldn't take a picture next to Bush unless it was for Sports Illustrated and we were in the ring at MGM Grand slugging it out.Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11306790457734737265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127214596366587202005-09-20T23:09:00.000+12:002005-09-20T23:09:00.000+12:00Hey anonymous racist, did you know that there are ...Hey anonymous racist, did you know that there are more white conservative, self-described republicans, on welfare and on drugs than blacks on welfare. Ever heard of a trailer queen? Ever heard of a meth lab? I lived in the south and there sure were a lot of Bush/Cheney bumper stickers in the trailer parks.... They hate "nigs" too. You are in good company. Did you get you check this week? Go get some crank so you can stop jonesing. Get that rambling under control.<BR/><BR/>You would think that with an intellect the produced "lie-beral" and "demon-crat" you would have gotten the facts before you unleashed you razor sharp wit. Your command of English is about as well wrapped as you grip on reality. Shrubco is kicking ass indeed. That must be why he is sucking up to the blacks in an effort to save his reputation from being the most racist potus in history.Cranky Yankeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559785167378930653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127185819668663632005-09-20T15:10:00.000+12:002005-09-20T15:10:00.000+12:00I say since the blacks and liberals all demand han...<I>I say since the blacks and liberals all demand handouts, we just give them the Gulf Coast and see what they can do with it. I lay you odds, it will a crime ridden third world nation and they will be begging for whitey and the Republicans to come save them</I><BR/><BR/>Okay. <BR/><BR/>Except us lie-berals aren't really that interested in handouts. You may or may not be aware of this, but your beloved Republican party has become the handout party, except this administration gives the handouts to their cronies and the wealthiest corporations. <BR/><BR/>Assuming you're an American, doesn't this bother you? Halliburton, Bechtel, et. al don't have to even bid for contracts that billions of your and my taxes go to? While the deficits climb higher and higher?<BR/><BR/>And those great tax breaks? Woot, I got $300 off my federal taxes, meanwhile my state and local taxed have spiral upwards, resulting in a over $1000 increase in my taxes last year. And I live in a Republican controlled state and locality. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, that Republican party. I hope they stop saving me real soon.Unfashionistablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399636138293312157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127182764715999872005-09-20T14:19:00.000+12:002005-09-20T14:19:00.000+12:00Wow!So many angry people.So many wrong people.I'll...Wow!<BR/>So many angry people.<BR/>So many wrong people.<BR/><BR/>I'll address this in a separate post if anyone's interested.<BR/><BR/>Cheers for dropping byHadynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07083326580987476180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127173002684211692005-09-20T11:36:00.000+12:002005-09-20T11:36:00.000+12:00Fine! Bush hates Nigs. The animals that shoot at l...Fine! Bush hates Nigs. The animals that shoot at law officers, burn cities deserve his hate. The spoiled jock who demands more money so he can buy lots of bling and care for his babies with various whores. These are people worth liking? <BR/><BR/>I say since the blacks and liberals all demand handouts, we just give them the Gulf Coast and see what they can do with it. I lay you odds, it will a crime ridden third world nation and they will be begging for whitey and the Republicans to come save them.<BR/><BR/>Screw em all. They sat on their asses for years living in poverty and doing drugs and well tough shit. My solution would have been to lock them all in the Superdome and let them kill each other. I don't want my tax dollars going to a bunch of drug addict criminals and whores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127156970192103922005-09-20T07:09:00.000+12:002005-09-20T07:09:00.000+12:00You can't really use statistics to analyze a const...You can't really use statistics to analyze a constructed photo shoot, because it's only 1 photo shoot which is constructed out of a small group of people, this is to say that any way you slice it, the numbers will be too small to give results which have any real meaning. <BR/><BR/>But this is probably more of a statistics joke than an actual use of stats. <BR/><BR/>But hey, anonymous... <BR/><BR/><I>You lie-beral Demon-crat scum just hate the fact that Bush is kicking ass. He has given more blacks jobs in his administration than that whoremongering, married to a lesbian, murderers his friends and covers them up douch bag Clinton, who used Black people...</I><BR/><BR/>Mr Rove, you are among friends here. There is no need to hide behind the cowardly anonymous, tag :)Unfashionistablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399636138293312157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127155225233196062005-09-20T06:40:00.000+12:002005-09-20T06:40:00.000+12:00I bet last week all the blacks would have been up ...I bet last week all the blacks would have been up front!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127151339414532112005-09-20T05:35:00.000+12:002005-09-20T05:35:00.000+12:00Let's see. .4% that one photo-op can produce these...Let's see. .4% that one photo-op can produce these events? (That percentage has already been called into question. But let's just take it as a given)<BR/><BR/>How photo-ops does a president do anyway? If it's 100, the odds of 100 iterations not producing 1 example of .4% probability, is around 67%. So about a 33% chance of it happening at least once. 200 iterations would be 45% chance of it happening once. <BR/><BR/>The sample size is one. Can we draw on a larger sample set? How do you eliminate bias when deciding who is "close" and who is "not close", are these precise measurements?<BR/><BR/>This doesn't seem to be good science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127150413292371832005-09-20T05:20:00.000+12:002005-09-20T05:20:00.000+12:00What interests me more is that there are five whit...What interests me more is that there are five white folks adjacent to Bush and zero black folks. Given Bush's degree of control over his photo ops, you'd think someone would notice that.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127148303858157822005-09-20T04:45:00.000+12:002005-09-20T04:45:00.000+12:00Wow, I am really impressed by the rage of the anon...Wow, I am really impressed by the rage of the anonymous commenters. Methinks they doth protest too much. What's wrong fellas, touched a nerve?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127144865446513732005-09-20T03:47:00.000+12:002005-09-20T03:47:00.000+12:00The black player above Bush is twice as close as t...The black player above Bush is twice as close as the guy on the far right side that you list as being "near". Try drawing a circle around Bush instead of a freehand diagram around the white folk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127139752645927352005-09-20T02:22:00.000+12:002005-09-20T02:22:00.000+12:00This is idiotic. You lie-beral Demon-crat scum ju...This is idiotic. You lie-beral Demon-crat scum just hate the fact that Bush is kicking ass. He has given more blacks jobs in his administration than that whoremongering, married to a lesbian, murderers his friends and covers them up douch bag Clinton, who used Black people. Black who blame Bush are lazy thugs who are living off the govt. anyway. I say shoot the motherfuckers for treason or send them back to Africa since that is where they want to go. I bet the would love starvation and aids. Fucking nigs owe us for saving their ass from a stagnant civilization and given a better life in America. NO matter what they think, even the poorest ghetto mama is better off poor here than starving with Aids in Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127139540471484882005-09-20T02:19:00.000+12:002005-09-20T02:19:00.000+12:00Why is everyone so afraid to admit the truth? Geor...Why is everyone so afraid to admit the truth? George Bush doesn't like black people. Now while I'm sure the analysis of this picture is partly in jest, why are so many people bothered to admit it? His daddy didn't and neither did his daddy's boss. <BR/><A HREF="http://www.historyisaweapon.com" REL="nofollow">History Is A Weapon</A>History Is A Weaponhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12292696864455113786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127128762561592842005-09-19T23:19:00.000+12:002005-09-19T23:19:00.000+12:00Your "near the President" metric is pretty bad. Y...Your "near the President" metric is pretty bad. You can be "near" him by being 5 people away in the front row but NOT "near" him by being two people away diagonally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127115080608140902005-09-19T19:31:00.000+12:002005-09-19T19:31:00.000+12:00Tallest people in back? Only if the people in the...Tallest people in back? Only if the people in the back are more than one foot taller than the people in front of them. Take a look, do you really think that the people in back are <I>that</I> tall? They're standing on something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127114497000867242005-09-19T19:21:00.000+12:002005-09-19T19:21:00.000+12:000.4 % chance and guess what. 4 times in 1000 we co...0.4 % chance and guess what. 4 times in 1000 we could get the lineup shown. Doesn't mean it won't happen, just very unlikely. Just because it actually did happen does not suggest a conspiricy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127112164929274992005-09-19T18:42:00.000+12:002005-09-19T18:42:00.000+12:00Have you ever been in a group photo? Tallest peopl...<I> Have you ever been in a group photo? Tallest people in back...</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to lend any credence to this half-ass stat's class, but I should point out that the players are almost certainly on steps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127111862635904912005-09-19T18:37:00.000+12:002005-09-19T18:37:00.000+12:00Have you ever been in a group photo? Tallest peopl...Have you ever been in a group photo? Tallest people in back...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127110247084281402005-09-19T18:10:00.000+12:002005-09-19T18:10:00.000+12:00The idea that Bush does not like blacks is silly. ...The idea that Bush does not like blacks is silly. The actual issue is that there IS a group of people that everyone knows with out a doubt that Bush does not like.<BR/><BR/>Bush does not like Democrats. Same thing for his crew, they do not like democrats either. <BR/><BR/>It is merely a coincidence that many, if not most blacks lean to the democratic party. Completely a coincidence. Really.<BR/><BR/>Bush's crew will figure some way to stick it to the Democrats. Make that more than one way. They are surely working on it right now, with Karl Rove in charge of the 200 billion dollar reconstruction effort.<BR/><BR/>In a republic, the government is not afraid of the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127109243390209382005-09-19T17:54:00.000+12:002005-09-19T17:54:00.000+12:00You're into statistics, check out the player heigh...You're into statistics, check out the player heights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127107919561230852005-09-19T17:31:00.000+12:002005-09-19T17:31:00.000+12:00I think the simpler explanation is that the black ...I think the simpler explanation is that the black players didn't want to be any closer to Bush than they had to be.JoKeRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008674477340130416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246131.post-1127107586916095332005-09-19T17:26:00.000+12:002005-09-19T17:26:00.000+12:00I'm quite prepared to believe that Bush is a racis...I'm quite prepared to believe that Bush is a racist and the GOP certainly doesn't care about anyone who can't help them retain power, let alone black people, but dude, that was a half-assed statistical analysis. Not convincing at all. You note that they are all <I>bunched up</I> at the back, and then you go and use a uniform distribution null hypothesis which is completely inconsistent with that fact. You forgot to include less invidious hypotheses, like maybe the photographer wanted it that way because it improves the composition of the shot. <BR/><BR/>Despite what <I>Numbers</I> has been telling you, probabilistic calculations are the <I>easy</I> part of statistics. Better throw the TV away. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com