Monday, April 23, 2012

Questions of the Day: Buffet, Rapoport, Koch, Sanders, taurus feces

What if all  wealthy business people were like Warren Buffet and Bernard Rapoport?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/us/politics/bernard-rapoport-liberal-donor-in-texas-dies-at-94.html?hpw

Suppose all Senators voted like Bernie Sanders and all House members voted like Louise Slaughter. 

 Now suppose all business leaders and super-wealthy folks were like the Koch brothers.

Head still swimming?

Then try this: Suppose that politicians began to tell the truth (within the limits of human fallibility). Given the fact that most  Americans believe that 93.3% of what politicians they oppose say is taurus feces, would anyone believe them, given that 93.3% of Americans believe taurus feces from politicians of their own persuasion 93.3% of the time?
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kenc/index.shtml