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by: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler » Blog Archive » Is There Anything Those Wondrous Democrats CAN’T Accomplish?

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:18:56 +0000

[…] House Shrieker Lugosi hasn’t even moved into her new office yet, and already the Afghan quagmire has turned into a roaring success, with smiles and optimism among the natives as far as the eye can see. […]

by: The Anchoress » Weirdest election fall-out so far…

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:38:54 +0000

[…] I mean, it is VERY amusing (sad, and pathetic, too, but also vastly funny) to see the MSM (the “mediating intelligences”) suddenly proclaim the new gains in the stock market as fantastic news! (Stocks climb on Dem wins! When they reached 12,000 under Bush and a GOP congress, it was doom, doom, doom!). In three days Afghanistan went from a quagmire to a place of hope oh, and look! Now that the Dems are incontrol, we’re finally allowed to read about the tremendous advances being made in ADULT stem cell research! […]

by: Texas Rainmaker

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:08:17 +0000

endo,
I haven’t come to accept anything relating to polls, other than one can make them say what one wants. (Which actually ties in with my original post)

Again, you go way off on a tangent to prove a point that’s irrelevant to the discussion. The point of the post is that in 3 days, the story about Afghanistan in the MSM is 180 degrees different and the only intervening event is the election in which Democrats gained control of Congress.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to see MSM finally acknowledging the world isn’t in as horrible shape as they’ve been telling us for the last 6 years. Of course, it’s disappointing, yet blindingly obvious, that they’re now going to attribute all the good things to the Democrat victory.

by: endorendil

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:45:01 +0000

Ah, yes. The problem isn’t that American soldiers are in Iraq, it’s that Iraqis don’t like having them there. The problem isn’t that the US never attempted to control Afghanistan, it’s that the Taliban didn’t just go away. The problem isn’t that the US just isolated North Korea, it’s that North Korea used that isolation to do whatever it wanted. It’s all just perception, is it?

I haven’t seen any stories belittling the problems in Afghanistand or Iraq, after the election. The link you gave to Mark’s site didn’t work for me (”Cannot find server”).

The Afghan story you point to refers to a poll released on November 9, so of course the MSM could not have reported on it before. The institution that released the poll is the Asia Foundation. Kindly direct your suspicion at them. I couldn’t see any links to the DNC, but I’m sure you can find them. Since they work for peace and prosperity, there’s no doubt that they must be fronts for the Democrats, Right?

BTW, I find it encouraging that you have come to accept the sampling method that The Lancet has used to study civilian casualties in Iraq. The Asia Foundation uses the same techniques, even to the point of moving around clusters to keep the interviewers out of the worst fighting, which had to be done in 5 provinces.

If Mark is claiming that the insurgency is limited to 3% of the population based on the Asia Foundation report, it’s clearly wrong. They didn’t go into two provinces since they’re extremely dangerous (essentially under Taliban control), but they had to move clusters in 5 other provinces because of the fighting. The two provinces that weren’t polled at all are Uruzghan (1.1% of population) and Zabul (1.2% of population). The provinces where the fighting messed up the cluster points are Helmand, Ghazni, Kapisa, Kandahar and Logar. These provices (used to) contain about 20% of the Afghan population. And just because the other provinces were safe enough to do the cluster analysis unmodified doesn’t mean there is no fighting.

by: Texas Rainmaker

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:13:47 +0000

No, I am not surprised by the fact that the same set of facts that existed a day before the election is now classified as 180 degrees different the day after. The world may claim to feel safer, but if the facts haven’t changed, only the reaction thereto, then the problem wasn’t Bush and his policies, but rather those reacting to him.

by: endorendil

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:56:31 +0000

Are you surprised that much of the world feels safer now that Bush will have to answer for his actions (at least a bit)? Or are you just surprised that it’s being reported in the US? Because I can assure you that everyone in Europe is breathing a sigh of relief.

But no fear, there are others that mourn the passing of Bush’s license to kill. Why, of course our friends, the Iraqi Sunnis:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061108/pl_afp/usvoteiraq_061108181912

by: The Jawa Report

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:26:29 +0000

The Myth of Media Bias

What a difference a day makes. Texas Rainmaker notes these two headlines. Before Elections: Poverty, anger with government fueling Taliban support in Afghanistan After Elections: Poll: Afghans express confidence in country�s direction, security Then th…