tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32512109.post1758948455825450444..comments2024-03-27T11:10:52.382-07:00Comments on On My Mind: Record ProfitsJayhawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00756807802218022043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32512109.post-55303582949435336732008-05-05T00:47:00.000-07:002008-05-05T00:47:00.000-07:00Just goes to show you what staistics can do.. and ...Just goes to show you what staistics can do.. and not do in the hands of a uneducated - oops... unscrupulous - oops again... well, okay, a politician. Like the proverbial bunch of blind men feeling up an elephant, no one thing is the whole story.<BR/><BR/>I always suspected that "record profits" were a small part of "record revenues" (which was conveniently not mentioned) and more so what small percentage of revenues the profits actually were.<BR/><BR/>Of course that does not fit in well with political sound bites and machinations against opponents and obfustications of reality and common sense. But what else do we expect of politicians? I personally would like to see some honesty. A smart person would know it anyway, and I suspect many not-so-smart ones do to, that just don;t want to admit it. And if a politicain feeds their ignorance, hey, why not go along?<BR/><BR/>More's the shame.. and the country slides ever downhill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com