Comments on: Zero-information predictions for 2013 http://www.statisticsblog.com/2013/01/zero-information-predictions-for-2013/ In Monte Carlo We Trust Tue, 21 May 2013 20:58:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matt Asher http://www.statisticsblog.com/2013/01/zero-information-predictions-for-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-16802 Matt Asher Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:19:27 +0000 http://www.statisticsblog.com/?p=800#comment-16802 True enough. The Dem's share responsibility for Vietnam. To clarify I meant the "Democrat's Vietnam" in a generic sense. Vietnam was America's Vietnam, the nasty quagmire that started out as a bright shining idea (stop the commies, make healthcare affordable) but became a brutal, counterproductive slog (destroy the village to save it, fix the healthcare crisis by making it more bureaucratic and expensive), and polarizing in the way that Vietnam forced proponents to either double down or abandon ship (or, in McNamara's case, shed crocodile tears three decades after he could have done something to stop the madness). Yikes sorry for the rambling response, staying up late to fix a server issue will do that to you. True enough. The Dem’s share responsibility for Vietnam. To clarify I meant the “Democrat’s Vietnam” in a generic sense. Vietnam was America’s Vietnam, the nasty quagmire that started out as a bright shining idea (stop the commies, make healthcare affordable) but became a brutal, counterproductive slog (destroy the village to save it, fix the healthcare crisis by making it more bureaucratic and expensive), and polarizing in the way that Vietnam forced proponents to either double down or abandon ship (or, in McNamara’s case, shed crocodile tears three decades after he could have done something to stop the madness).

Yikes sorry for the rambling response, staying up late to fix a server issue will do that to you.

]]> By: Alf Tupper http://www.statisticsblog.com/2013/01/zero-information-predictions-for-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-16801 Alf Tupper Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:18:59 +0000 http://www.statisticsblog.com/?p=800#comment-16801 "Obamacare ... will begin to look like the Democrat’s Vietnam. " Er, the Democrats already own the Vietnam War. JFK, LBJ, and Robert McNamara were all Democrats. The Democrat-controlled Congress also cut off aid to South Vietnam. “Obamacare … will begin to look like the Democrat’s Vietnam. ”

Er, the Democrats already own the Vietnam War. JFK, LBJ, and Robert McNamara were all Democrats. The Democrat-controlled Congress also cut off aid to South Vietnam.

]]> By: Greg Okie http://www.statisticsblog.com/2013/01/zero-information-predictions-for-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-16736 Greg Okie Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:24:57 +0000 http://www.statisticsblog.com/?p=800#comment-16736 Nice predictions Matt, but no one plays hockey in sunny sothern cal but that didn't stop the mighty mighty ducks from winning it all! Go Thunder! Nice predictions Matt, but no one plays hockey in sunny sothern cal but that didn’t stop the mighty mighty ducks from winning it all! Go Thunder!

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