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The Bullcrap Index

Pardon my crass attempt to add scientific credibility to our lies per sentence measurement techniques, but I feel that while clark, you are probably looking at 1.5 LPS, easy; it must be said that some of the myths are truely monumental! Thus I suggest some sort of multiplier to account for the DEGREE of untruth.

So, for some of the crap Michael Moore would assert, we use a multiplier of 10. Statements such as Clinton's "I didn't [whatever] get a 2.5. You get the idea!

Using the BCI, Simple Example:

Let's apply the BCI to this idiotic quote from Michael Moore:

"Three thousand Americans were killed. There's 290 million Americans, all
right? The chance of - of any of us dying in a terrorist incident is very, very,
very small." (CBS' "60 Minutes," 7/27/03)

In this case the LPS rate is low. Three sentences are spoken. Only one untruth is presented for an LPS of .33333! But since it's the loathsome butterball, his ridiculous assertion is an automatic 10.

Using the equation:

LPS x BSF(Squared) = length of Pinnochio's nose,

Moore gets a33.33!

I meant LPS x BCI(squared).

But when Clinton said "We think the role of government is to give people the tools and conditions to make the most of their lives. Republicans believe in an America run by the right people, their people, in a world in which we act unilaterally when we can, and cooperate when we have to," I suspect he really believes it. If unilateral actually did mean "without the French" there wouldn't be anything which couldn't be parsed as true in the entire statement.

I got the quote from Virginia Postrel, and will be writing my own post about it shortly.

Kerry, Cleland and military service:

As we go thru life we don’t always “know” everything that goes on around us. I served in the U.S. Navy for 21 years, encompassing all of the sixties and all but 94 days of the seventies. I have 35 months of combat time, beginning with the Bay of Pigs. I believed. There was never any doubt in my mind that the U.S. government was doing the right thing. I joined as a 17 year old, just graduated from high school. My dad was adamantly against our government’s activities in Southeast Asia. I wasn’t educated enough to understand and, unfortunately, he died before I gained the understanding of how wrong, how stupid, how damaging our mis-placed efforts in Viet Nam were.

Many years and an associate degree later I had a different view of the Viet Nam experience this country still endures.

Atrocities: Listen to the vets from the recent WWII dedication in Washington talk. They speak to the killing of unarmed German P.O.W.s. Get used to it or get over it. In the heat of battle, emotions eventually come to the surface and people occasionally do things that in the cold light of day are abominable. My Lai may be the most extreme of which we know, but there are plenty of smaller (number of people killed) events.

I did my job. I didn’t run away and hide in the Reserve or National Guard. As a matter of fact, my experience with Naval Reservists has been largely negative one. But they were under funded and always had the hand-me-downs from the Regular Navy. My opinion of the individual soldier from the National Guard (now getting screwed in Iraq) has gone up a whole bunch in the last 15 months.

But the incumbent President at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. put his tail between his legs and ran to Daddy looking for an out.. GWB may be honorably discharged for doing his duty, but you have to understand (1) how minimal that duty is and (2) the position his Daddy held at that time.

I am not voting against Bush, although I easily could. I am voting for Kerry because of what he has done and what he stands for.

Congrats Chief,

I'm proud to announce that your diatribe vied with the 1.2-1.5 LPS rating given thus far to the Democratic National Convention.

Again, congrats.

Clark,
Diatribe? When comparing the draft dodger with the man that did what he thought was correct thing at the time (and I will assume that you do not think having your Daddy jump you to the head of the list is the "correct thing"), I have met John Kerry type men in my 21 years of service and I will follow them anywhers.

By the way, as long as this thread has been running and only seven comments. Not enough neo-cons left to comment? The Liberal blogs are in the hundreds.

Come Jan '05 we'll have a Democratic President and a Democratic congress.

Chief,

[Bush] the draft dodger

I am always willing to discuss reasonable arguments with reasonable individuals. Such ludicrous charges as the one above—however—do not even merit refutation. If you want to talk about bona fide draft dodgers, let’s talk about Slick 'I-loathe-the-military' Willie. If not, don’t waste my time.

only seven comments. […] Liberal blogs are in the hundreds.

Ooooooooooooh, I am CRUSHED! Languishing here at Calblog when I could be one of the “hundreds” of tinfoil hat-wearing Mooreolaters belching methane at the oh-so-popular liberal blogs. Oh, the indignity of it all! ;-)

I would round it out at about 100%.

More rabid necon bullshit. One day you'll grow up and realize it.

Hey el guano,

Nice bit of work. Your first sentence tipped the scales at between 2 to 3 LPS (Depending on your definition of neocon).

You’re today’s LPS winner— you just won a … moon rock. Take a flying leap to collect your prize. :-P

Truth in Music Legislation

Bill Clinton makes his entry to "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow?" Even the theme songs are lies as Clinton waxes in nostalgia over his past performance.

Clinton should have come in to:
"Yesterday"
Beatles

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be,
There’s a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don’t know she woldn’t say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Mm mm mm mm mm.

Come Jan '05 we'll have a Democratic President and a Democratic congress.

In Iraq. But you don't use caps on "democratic" if that's what you mean.

I found your blog through Google as I was looking for "democratic national convention" and "lies."

I'm disappointed that you didn't deliver the goods. Nobody at their convention said, “Everyone hates us ‘cause the un-elected Bush lied and ill-used our troops through unilateral action, turning his back on the U.N., and displaying an arrogance that squandered the good-will felt by all following 9/11!” By putting this in quotation marks you make sound as if somebody did. Isn't that misleading? Shouldn't we be standing on higher moral ground than they do?

My gut tells me we need more actual citations of actual lies and less rhetoric.

Thanks.

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