General Election GDT 11/04/2008

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by rabbitproof

Could it be that Democratic run cities dont function well under a Republican federal government or state government?

I'm not saying that is the case but there are a bajillion factors out there. You're trying to bring some knowledge that sounds like: "this team will be the NBA champion because it is from the Western conference."

You could answer that question by checking how those cities faired under democratic fed and state governments.

And ah, sports metaphors. . .
If the 10 worst teams in the NBA were all Eastern Conference teams, wouldn't you conclude that the eastern conference sucks . More directly, if Cuban announced that he was going to start taking money from Dirk's salary and giving it to James Singleton in order to make things fair, we'd all say he's an idiot and we'd run him out of town.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

If the 10 worst teams in the NBA were all Eastern Conference teams, wouldn't you conclude that the eastern conference sucks .

What if the 5 best teams are also in the Eastern Conference?

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

What if the 5 best teams are also in the Eastern Conference?

I'd say that the eastern conference is associated with ranking higher than normal and with ranking lower than normal, but not with ranking in the middle.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

I'd say that the eastern conference is associated with ranking higher than normal and with ranking lower than normal, but not with ranking in the middle.

That's a fair assessment - but can you tell me who's going to win the Championship based on that data? (or in this instance, who's going to get the #1 lotto pick?)

Because that's the kind of bold conclusion this article we're discussing makes...

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

That's a fair assessment - but can you tell me who's going to win the Championship based on that data? (or in this instance, who's going to get the #1 lotto pick?)

Because that's the kind of bold conclusions this article we're discussing makes...

the article 92b linked? That's more like a list of links than article (maybe I'm looking at the wrong thing).
And it's more like predicting that if you elect Isaiah Thomas as commissioner, then things will go bad, because his Eastern-conference extremism is not good for the NBA. At that article, they use more than the list of cities as argument.

The list of cities, though, makes it's own statement. Do you not wonder why those cities would keep choosing Dem leaders?

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

The list of cities, though, makes it's own statement. Do you not wonder why those cities would keep choosing Dem leaders?

You're right...

A better basketball metaphor would be: "TRADE DIRK!!! Dallas hasn't won a Championship since he's been here, so it must be HIS fault (why does Cuban keep sticking with him???)"

[Usually Lurkin]

Originally Posted by Underdog

You're right...

A better basketball metaphor would be: "TRADE DIRK!!! Dallas hasn't won a Championship since he's been here, so it must be HIS fault (why does Cuban keep sticking with him???)"

no, your analogy would be "TRADE DIRK!! We've been at the bottom of the league since he's been here, so obviously we need to try a different star (why does Cuban keep sticking with him???)" which is obviously ill-formed.