Why not percentages?

The Winston-Salem Journal newspaper recently printed charts that show that more blacks than whites have been executed in North Carolina. Every time I see such a chart it compares the total executions for each race, or compares the percentage of executions for each race to the total population of each race. Why do they never compare the total executions to the number of convicted criminals who were eligible for the death penalty for each racial group. Could it be because the numbers would not support their cause. What I want to see is a chart that compares the number of executions to the number of capital offense convictions for each race, or a chart that show the percentage of capital crimes commited by each race compared to each races percentage of the population.

Mac vs. PC

According to Apple, the Windows OS is bug ridden and full of security flaws while the Apple OS is not. Is this true? NO! The Apple Snow Leapord OS has security holes and bugs that are constantly being patched, but we do we not hear about it. Why not? Because Apple does it quietly and because there are so few Apple users that the media doesn't care to tell about the story. Only 8% of PCs use the Apple OS. If you are a hacker, why waste your time on reaching 8% of PC users when it is more profitable to reach the other 92%.

Apple now claims Windows 7 is modeled after Snow Leapord. Even it is, so what. Is Apple above using unscrupulous business practices. Before stating Apple, Jobs and Wosniak broke the law by hacking long distance telephone service and sold "blue boxes" so others could do it. And Apple "stole" the graphic user interface and the use of a mouse from Xerox Parc.

Apple should just be happy with the 8% share they have had for the last 20 years and save money on misleading ads.

Coincidence

Coincidence is a powerful thing. It has created religions, built careers, and destroyed nations. Humans tend to always think everything happens for a reason. If a person drops a pot on the floor and the kitchen light goes out, the person assumes that something about the pot dropping caused the light to go out; it could not just be a coincidence that both things happened at the same instant. People pray for a child to live and the child lives, thus God ansered their prayers, it could not be that the child would have lived even without the prayer.

Don't accept coincidence as fact. If something is factual, it can be duplicated over and over again under the same circustances. If the light goes off everytime you drop a pot, then there may a connection between the two events. Otherwiase, it is just coincidence. If prayers work everytime, then they my be valid. If they only works once in a while, and you make rationalizations to explain why they does not seem to work very often, then it is probably coincidence. If you belive in God, then you must believe he gave you a brain—so use it.

God/Allah

 A man walked into a church and killed an abortion doctor in the name of God. Liberals consider him a heartless, murderer who is indicative of conservative Christians who are out of touch with modern society.

A man man walked into a his job at a military base and killed 13 coworkers in the name of Allah. Liberals consider him a victim of the military establishment who was only acting on his Muslim beliefs.

Pigs or Heroes

What's the difference between a being a soldier or a police officer and being a hero? Getting wounded or killed in the line of duty! When soldiers or police officers do their job properly, they are ignored, looked down upon,  and criticized When they do not do their jobs in the face of danger, they are considered cowards. When they do their jobs in the face of danger, and are wounded or killed. they are considered heroes. About the only way for soldiers or police officers to gain respect in our society is to get wounded or killed in the line of duty.  Soldiers and police officers are either pigs or heroes, and to be considered heroeo, they must die.

Cruel and Unsual Punishment

Britney Spears, and other rockers have joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo and are lobbying the White House  to complain about their music being played to prisoners as as an instrument of torture. If this was the military's intention, then the experiment must have been a failure because, if Britney Spear's "music" did not break the terrorists, then nothing will. By the way, why are the rockers concerned about prisoners being forced to listen to their music; why aren't they concerned about us average citizens who are bombarded by their "manufactured music" everywhere we go.

Presidental Concern

On 9/11/01, President Bush was meeting with a group of school children when he was notified of the attack on the twin towers. He showed concern on his face but calmly finished with the children before leaving and later giving an emotional, solemn address to the nation. Liberals criticized him for for years afterward for being a heartless, cold bastard for not leaving immediately after being notified of the attack.

On 11/5/09, President Obama was at a conference to promote his healthcare plan when he was notified of the massacre that had occurred at Fort Hood. He showed concern on his face but calmly finished his agenda before giving an address to the nation. He started his address with a big smile,  thanking everyone at the conference for their efforts, giving a shoutout to a friend, and saying that he would continue the fight for heathcare. Then, as an aside, he mention the massacure, reading his prepared notes with a solemn  face. He looked similar to a network newscaster or President Clinton, switching his mood to fit whatever story he was reading. Liberals praise him for his concern in this troubled time.

Ten Percent

Ever head the saying "We only use 10% of our brain power." Science has proven this wrong—all parts of the brain are always in use. However, some people's brains only have 10% of the brain power available to the average person.

Proficiency Standards

Congress, in its great wisdom, said that all schools in all states must bring all their students up to the proficiency level on the state's reading and math tests by 2014. Nearly a third of the states have been able to easily achieve this— they just lowered their proficiency standards until every student could meet them.