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RE: Now we understand ... - 2/6/2009 6:54:42 AM

Crush

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ORIGINAL: awmslave

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So, let's do the math again, with her corrected numbers:500,000/month -> 16,667/day -> 684/hour -> 12/minute, or one every 5 seconds.

If I remember correctly US lost about 500,000 jobs in December 2008. Poor Nancy, everybody can have such a slip of tongue. There are many much more substantive issues Nancy Pelosi can be attacked for.

And we are up to over 12 million unemployed, at an unemployment rate of 7.6%, we face serious issues.

Her tongue slipped twice. Once, OK...but when you are in a position of power, somebody on your staff should have caught that so you wouldn't repeat the error. So, was it an error or was it something else...curious minds want to know. A gaffe like that, you might say "OK, she said 5 million a month and really meant 5 million unemployed. " But 500 million? Unless she really has no grasp of numbers.

She and the other Democrats told us they would have a plan. That they would be inclusive. That they could "reverse the course" of the past administration. But all we've seen is the same old partisanship and the same old ideas.

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RE: Now we understand ... - 2/6/2009 7:05:40 AM

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/begin off OP

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Talk about not getting it.
Logical fallacies apply to rhetorical arguments. I assume you had a "Composition and Rhetoric" course at some point?

When no argument is being made, no logical fallacy is committed.
Again, I will make it very simple for you (And coldwarrior, since he seems to be in love with you).
"Bush is a moron" is a statement of opinion.
"Bush is a moron because he lied to us" is an argument.

One of these years you might figure it out. Have fun! Tschüß!

No actually, HK....you again miss the point. We aren't just talking about rhetoric here. We are discussing how to have a discussion.

You make implications, though not straightforward. You then offer conclusions.

You are entitled to your opinions. Heck, go for it. I have opinions too.

And I don't even mind your cloaked ad-hominen attacks cloaked as opinion.

However, I must sadly conclude that you aren't one to discuss...you are one to vent and attack. Good luck with that.

I'll watch your responses in the future, but I won't be responding anymore. Take it how you may...I know you will probably say "I win, I win...he didn't want to <blah, blah, blah>." but really, you've just lost.

/end off OP

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