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Old 05-07-2009, 02:17 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug View Post
lol! Don't say I didn't warn them about using totally arbitrary benchmarks like the Dow. tex and the others can live and die by their attachment to pointless standards.
Heh. There's a reason you can't believe anything Cali says.

For those who care, here's what I said:
- The Dow is one of several imperfect indicators of economic confidence (I didn't say "benchmark" or "standard" and I'm pretty sure no one else did either)
- Obama (not me) suggested the Dow was like a tracking poll.

It's is great to see Nate Silver linking to hack organizations like Media Matters to make his points. Makes his motivation that much more transparent.
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