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Date: 11 Dec 2008 20:00:16
From: Travel
Subject: The Most Corrupt States
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That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. No. 1- Alaska No. 2- Louisiana No. 3- North Dakota Illinois came in 18th. The thing is, of course: if a state isn't wall to wall corrupt political infrastructure, (like Massachusetts) or there isn't a "ruling political machine" there's a better chance of more convictions. Some states may not be very good at corruption or have as much practice at it as other states, and therefore get caught easier. Keep in mind, it's a list based on per capita. The population of a state really doesn't effect frequency of incident, I wouldn't think. _________________________________________________________ Posted via the -Web to Usenet- forums at http://www.pokermagazine.com Visit www.pokermagazine.com
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Date: 12 Dec 2008 12:08:27
From: Scott/sjakma
Subject: Re: The Most Corrupt States
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On Dec 11 2008 9:00 PM, Travel wrote: > That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most > corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. > > No. 1- Alaska > > No. 2- Louisiana > > No. 3- North Dakota > > Illinois came in 18th. > > The thing is, of course: if a state isn't wall to wall corrupt > political infrastructure, (like Massachusetts) or there isn't a "ruling > political machine" there's a better chance of more convictions. > > Some states may not be very good at corruption or have as much practice > at it as other states, and therefore get caught easier. > > Keep in mind, it's a list based on per capita. The population of a > state really doesn't effect frequency of incident, I wouldn't think. > > _________________________________________________________ > Posted via the -Web to Usenet- forums at http://www.pokermagazine.com > Visit www.pokermagazine.com By the time Fitzgerald is done prosecuting every politician in Illinois, we will easily be #1! :) ______________________________________________________________________ * kill-files, watch-lists, favorites, and more.. www.recgroups.com
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Date: 24 Dec 2008 11:34:59
From: DaVoice
Subject: Re: The Most Corrupt States
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"Travel" <nine510@webtv.net > wrote in message news:1229048126.85070@pokermagazine.com... > That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most > corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. PER CAPITA... Not letting Matthews have a pass on this one. Two of the three states he listed in his top 3 are two of the LEAST POPULATED States in the U.S. Why can't liberals get over "twisting" and "skewing" numbers to say what they want them to say? There are FAR more corrupt States than the TOP 2 on his list, they just have more poplation, including, and ESPECIALLY his #18 Illinois. I agree with Louisiana, but I'd rank them #1 or #2 alternately with Illinois, depending on the year(s). BTW, I'm not saying that conservatives don't do the same thing, it's just that recently this is the SECOND thread in as many days where PER CAPITA numbers were used, rather than REAL numbers. Radio, TV, and Print outlets have used the same "numbers twisting" with Arbitron, Neilson, and Print auditing companies for decades to say "We're #1". Prime example, "READERSHIP" for print media, is figured as 3x the number of the ACTUAL print run. Radio stations that subscribe to Arbitron "cherry pick" the numbers. Let's say a station has the #1 audience for the 18-34 demo for two dayparts. They can go to advertisers and say, HEY, We're number 1 in <insert dayparts here > Which is why so many stations claim to be #1 after every Arbitron book comes out. Also, number of listeners as reported by Arb. is a funky number too, because TSL (time spent listening) is a MUCH more telling statistic for advertisers. TV does the same thing with Neilsons. Only it's TSW (watching) instead of TSL (listening). Why do you think all radio contests are done in the THIRD quarter hour, and winner(s) announced in the LAST quarter hour. It's called "sweeping" the listener into the next quarter hour, because the JOURNALS that Arbitron sends out ask you what station(s) you listened to EACH quarter hour, and how much time you spent listening in each quarter hour. So you may have THE MOST LISTENERS in a time slot, but that doesn't help advertisers if they TUNE OUT and spend more time listening to another outlet during the same quarter hour. -- Rick "ADB DaVoice" Charles
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Date: 12 Dec 2008 15:09:52
From: Beldin the Sorcerer
Subject: Re: The Most Corrupt States
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"Travel" <nine510@webtv.net > wrote in message news:1229048126.85070@pokermagazine.com... > That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most > corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. > > No. 1- Alaska > > No. 2- Louisiana > > No. 3- North Dakota > > Illinois came in 18th. > > The thing is, of course: if a state isn't wall to wall corrupt > political infrastructure, (like Massachusetts) or there isn't a "ruling > political machine" there's a better chance of more convictions. Travel the shithead, ladies and gentlemen! Mass's bad pols get caught and jailed.
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Date: 11 Dec 2008 19:51:49
From: FangBanger
Subject: Re: The Most Corrupt States
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On Dec 11 2008 8:00 PM, Travel wrote: > That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most > corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. > > No. 1- Alaska > > No. 2- Louisiana > > No. 3- North Dakota > > Illinois came in 18th. > > The thing is, of course: if a state isn't wall to wall corrupt > political infrastructure, (like Massachusetts) or there isn't a "ruling > political machine" there's a better chance of more convictions. > > Some states may not be very good at corruption or have as much practice > at it as other states, and therefore get caught easier. > > Keep in mind, it's a list based on per capita. The population of a > state really doesn't effect frequency of incident, I wouldn't think. > > _________________________________________________________ > Posted via the -Web to Usenet- forums at http://www.pokermagazine.com > Visit www.pokermagazine.com Louisiana is by far the most corrupt state EVER!! Not even close !1 Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire ____________________________________________________________________ : the next generation of web-newsreaders : http://www.recgroups.com
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Date: 11 Dec 2008 23:03:15
From: M.L.
Subject: Re: The Most Corrupt States
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>> That alcoholic guy on MSNBC, Chris Mathews, had a list of the most >> corrupt states (per capita) based on convictions. >> >> No. 1- Alaska >> >> No. 2- Louisiana >> >> No. 3- North Dakota >> >> Illinois came in 18th. >> >> The thing is, of course: if a state isn't wall to wall corrupt >> political infrastructure, (like Massachusetts) or there isn't a "ruling >> political machine" there's a better chance of more convictions. >> >> Some states may not be very good at corruption or have as much practice >> at it as other states, and therefore get caught easier. >> >> Keep in mind, it's a list based on per capita. The population of a >> state really doesn't effect frequency of incident, I wouldn't think. The results were based on *federal* convictions, not state level so it was not a measure of overall corruption.
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