[Superman]

Thanks, Craig. I understand sampling and data and induction versus deductions, etc. The Washington State data point was just an example, of which there are many others. My suspicion is that liberalism and education are positively correlated. You said there are more poor, uneducated democrats than republicans. I just think it would be interesting to see more than just your WAG (wild guess) and mine.

Actually, while I feel as though I'm noticing that education is positively correlated with liberalism, I also think you may be correct. Perhaps we both are. I suspect that, among those holding masters and doctorate degrees, the majority are liberal thinkers. But I also think that the democratic party has historically been the traditional party of Joe Lunchpail. It makes perfect sense to me that salt-of-the-Earth folks would vote democratic. In fact, until these last few years, it has been the republican party which was considered elitist. It has been the party of the affluent. So, I'm not denying that a major support base for the democratic party has been Joe Lunchpail and Sally Waitress, who are not highly educated.

I don't care if Halliburton sets a new world record for profits. What i care about are things like the eroding buying power of wages. For a good number of years now, the buying power of the dollar has fallen faster than wages. So, we're becoming less and less well off, even if we do get a 6% raise every two or three years. Programs to help folks are dying because we cannot afford them. I mentioned recently a program to treat, on an outpatient basis, mentally ill folks in the Spokane area who are so severaly ill that they actually should be hospitalized. That's just a tiny example. Halliburton is not as vulerable as we are, and not NEARLY as vulnerable as those sick people are, and not nearly as vulnerable as we all will be when these people have no treatment but we expect them to get by somehow. Pretty soon, Halliburton should look into the security business. Drugs and mental illness results in crime. We pull funding for one, we'll need to spend more to deal with the other. Military, military contractors, police services, these kinds of things already comprise a striking proportion of jobs and dollars in our society. And the way things are going, we're going to need more cops. That's a happy thought for a certain sector of society, and it's not Joe Lunchpail or Sally Waitress. Richard Cheney, yes. Joe Lunchpail, no.

If the terrorism problem were solved/handled, a lot of people would lose money. Like, our president and vice president, for example.