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Rage Monkey Asks .... (#4 in a series)
9/14/2012 | Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 09/14/2012 5:33:00 AM PDT by Lazamataz

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To: Lazamataz

He feels monkeys are clearly superior to humans. ...Weeeellll, lately, I believe he’s right. Did you see what happened in the Mid-east over the last 40 years?


21 posted on 09/14/2012 6:25:32 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Lazamataz
Rage Monkey's equally ticked brother, Ghost Monkey:

Ghost Monkey

22 posted on 09/14/2012 6:27:46 AM PDT by notsofastmyfriend (He is the life of parties he has never attended...)
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To: Lazamataz
I fling feces at the mainstream media.

23 posted on 09/14/2012 6:27:55 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Lazamataz
The only thing that seems to calm Rage Monkey down, and then, only briefly, is being asked to add someone to his ping list.

I though naughty schoolteacher pics were helpful, too.

24 posted on 09/14/2012 6:28:24 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Lazamataz

Dear Rage Monkey:

I posted this on another thread with no response that I could see, I’m genuinely curious if this has been taken into consideration. Please excuse any wet towels....

I hate to throw a wet towel on any of this but something has always struck me when claims of oversampling are made to make a poll look good (for us):

Isn’t it reasonable to assume that when a particular group is oversampled, the pollster in question takes that into account, and gives the group undersampled more weight?

For example, if the Republicans are undersampled by say 5%, their final tally is given 5% more weight than the Democrats.

That’s how it’s done in certain areas of science I can attest. For example, if one particular protein shows more expression in a certain experiment on a Western blot, such expression levels are normalized against a more common protein like actin. If the actin levels demonstrate lower levels in the experimental conditions (an oversampling if you will of the experimental condition), then the experimental level is reported as a function of the actin, that is, it’s divided by the amount of actin (similarly for the control), so as to normalize all levels based on how much total protein was actually loaded onto the gel (the Western blot).

So again, isn’t it reasonable to assume these pollsters are doing a similar kind of normalization?


25 posted on 09/14/2012 6:28:36 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: Lazamataz

If they are talking to a democrat the question is:

Do you support Mr Obama or Mr Romney?

If they are talking to a republican the question is:

Whom do you not support to lose the 2012 election?
Not Mr Obama or Not Mr Romney?


26 posted on 09/14/2012 6:31:03 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Lazamataz

Ok rage rage rage!! Now add me to the list, darn it. (please)


27 posted on 09/14/2012 6:31:51 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up.)
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To: Lazamataz

Another Laz List? Add me! Add me!


28 posted on 09/14/2012 6:39:19 AM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Je t'aime, faire du bruit comme le cochon.)
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To: Cyber Liberty
You’re the first person I’ve seen with a monkey for a Muse. Marmoset?

I haven't looked at his butt to see what breed he is, yet.

I thought maybe a Howler Monkey -- what with his Howling Rage -- but they don't look like him.

29 posted on 09/14/2012 6:39:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: Lazamataz
Dang. Book sales are slow.

Anyhows I was doing some research this morning cuz I get so confused with a new poll coming out every minute. I found this neato chart.

Shore helpsed me.


30 posted on 09/14/2012 6:42:39 AM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: notsofastmyfriend; DEADROCK; Little Ray; thingumbob; Shimmer1; IYellAtMyTV

Added!


31 posted on 09/14/2012 6:42:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: Lazamataz

I don’t know if Rage Monkey has a beautiful blue butt or not, but I don’t even care. I sho do like his style.


32 posted on 09/14/2012 6:52:50 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Don't be afraid to see what you see. (Ronald Reagan))
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To: Lazamataz

Rage Monkey should be in every newspaper in every major city in the US.

Does Rage Monkey have a facebook page?


33 posted on 09/14/2012 6:57:07 AM PDT by Nervous Tick ("You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.")
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To: CatherineofAragon
Rage Monkey does NOT have a beautiful blue butt.

I, however, do.

Damned Sharpies©.

34 posted on 09/14/2012 6:57:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: Cyber Liberty; Lazamataz
Marmoset?

No, Laz only has one.

35 posted on 09/14/2012 6:58:03 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: Nervous Tick
Rage Monkey is thinking of a Facebook page.

Problem is, of course, he's so pissed all the time, he can trash a keyboard a night.

36 posted on 09/14/2012 6:59:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

...and there’s a decimation a-comin’ his way.


37 posted on 09/14/2012 6:59:31 AM PDT by Erasmus (Zwischen des Teufels und des tiefen, blauen Meers)
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To: FourtySeven
That is incorrect. All but a few poll samples do not 'weight' for party identification. Rasmussen is one that does. In theory, if they only call from a list of Democrat donors, they would consider it fine.

Their assumption would be that if no one admits to being a Republican, then the country has shifted left. The problem is that with only 9 percent even answering the phone, the pool of respondents is small and getting smaller.

Yesterday, a Freeper posted a listing of the Methodologies used by all the major poll companies, and only 3 of about 15 even care to ask Party ID as a qualifying question. It is the same class of question as the person's age, just a demographic tally.
38 posted on 09/14/2012 6:59:38 AM PDT by jps098
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To: Erasmus
Brilliant. I wish I'd said that.

("You will, Oscar, you will....") <--- Monty Python reference.

39 posted on 09/14/2012 7:00:38 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: Lazamataz

That Raged more than anything that has ever Raged before.


40 posted on 09/14/2012 7:00:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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