Re: Surprising statistics

On May 3, 8:51 am, Jos=E9 Carlos Santos <jcsan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 03-05-2008 15:55, JSH wrote:
>
>
>
> >>>> But that pails in comparison to the ****fts that far more powerful
> >>>> people in the shadow governments have done, even as various
political=

> >>>> regimes have toppled with the latest just occurring in Britain.
> >>> I have to admit that I missed that one. What are you talking about?
> >> The Government lost heavily in local elections last Thursday.  This
> >> only affects control of local councils not the composition of
> >> Parliament. 
Seehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk_politics/2008/lo=
cal_elections_...
>
> >> rossum
>
> > Yup.  I was dealing with a nonsensical response as in comparison to
> > the search string "definition of mathematical proof" coming up highly
> > for me the poster put up some wacky crap, so I just babbled in reply,
> > which I find is kind of fun at times.  (I started a response that
> > included the word "fool" multiple times but decided not to post it.)
>
> > It's sort of the way I just throw up my hands and say screw it.
>
> > Kind of fun, as a weird way of expressing frustration and it generates
> > buzz.
>
> > The really scary government changes occurred a while back in Australia
> > and I think, was it Spain?
>
> In Spain, they had a Socialist government, they had general elections
> two months ago and the Socialist Party won again. Is this an example of
> of "various political regimes [that] have toppled"?
>

Go back further...

> > I could go on and on with "coincidences" around things I say, but it's
> > not something I take too seriously as I don't think it's real, you
> > know?  So it's part of the mythology that I write around my own life,
> > following Joseph Campbell's POWER OF MYTH.
>
> > In that way I'm a mythological hero in my own tale, so in that
> > context, just about anything can be possible, but why take it too
> > seriously, you know?
>
> It looks as if *you* take it seriously.
>

It's a hoot!  You're just going to contradict whatever I say anyway...

Oh, as for government changes, go back to the Australian one when
Howard got the boot--which I notice you didn't mention--and look for
what other nation had a quick change at the SAME TIME.

And come back and reply with the answer.


James Harris