Funniest piece of junk mail EVER
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indigo_rose99There are a few things you need to understand before I tell you about my mail.
(1) I am not a Republican, though I do agree with a few of their platform issues.
(2) I am not a Democrat, though I do agree with a few of their platform issues.
(3) I best describe myself is "Independent," kinda disagreeing with everyone, though able to find some common ground with most people (assuming they get off the topic I think should be shot, beaten with baseball bats, and then set on fire. Usually these are the topics no one can let go of. *sigh*)
(4) I believe that the best US government is one that is mixed. A Congress and a President from the same party scare me. There is no balance. There is no compromise. I don't particularly care which party gets which, just so long as no one party is in charge of everything.
Remember George W was the governor of Texas before he ran for President? I thought he did a lousy job. When he ran for president in 2000, I decided to vote in the Republican primary. I voted for "the other guy" in the hope that W would lose. Hey, I tried.
Whether you agree with me or not is not the important thing here. Understand my context, then you see how funny this is.
As a result, for the past 8 years I have been getting spam from the Republican party. Phone calls, letters, requests for money... And lots of the above seem to assume I am over 65 and retired. *confused look* Part of this is because, asmac_the_mike once explained, voting in a primary in Texas means you become a registered whatever-you-voted-in. Annoying, but there you are.
Which brings us to today's mail. I got an envelope from the Republican National Committee, who says (bold, caps, and underlining copied faithfully):
Most Biased Survey I Have Ever Read. I sometimes teach a class on how to write surveys. They did a good job explaining that this "census" result will be used to represent the many other potential voters in my area. The only well done part of the survey. Yes, I cannot resist the urge to spread chaos and disorder in the Republican party. But still, guys, the insult to my intelligence must be acknowledged. A census is "an official enumeration of the population." (Dictionary.com) The whole population, nitwits. This would be a sample or "subset of a population" (Dictionary.com.) And a census is to count the people! You are not counting them! You just want to ask them biased questions!! Bad use of statistical terms just raises my ire.
As does biased questions. Some examples:
Question one contains words like "repealing. . . important laws." Question four has "stop Democrats from weakening." Question five has "Democrats massive tax hikes." And then there is "President Bush's successful income and capital gains tax cuts"... This is not the language of a survey seriously trying to gather information. Idiots.
(1) I am not a Republican, though I do agree with a few of their platform issues.
(2) I am not a Democrat, though I do agree with a few of their platform issues.
(3) I best describe myself is "Independent," kinda disagreeing with everyone, though able to find some common ground with most people (assuming they get off the topic I think should be shot, beaten with baseball bats, and then set on fire. Usually these are the topics no one can let go of. *sigh*)
(4) I believe that the best US government is one that is mixed. A Congress and a President from the same party scare me. There is no balance. There is no compromise. I don't particularly care which party gets which, just so long as no one party is in charge of everything.
Remember George W was the governor of Texas before he ran for President? I thought he did a lousy job. When he ran for president in 2000, I decided to vote in the Republican primary. I voted for "the other guy" in the hope that W would lose. Hey, I tried.
Whether you agree with me or not is not the important thing here. Understand my context, then you see how funny this is.
As a result, for the past 8 years I have been getting spam from the Republican party. Phone calls, letters, requests for money... And lots of the above seem to assume I am over 65 and retired. *confused look* Part of this is because, as
mac_the_mike once explained, voting in a primary in Texas means you become a registered whatever-you-voted-in. Annoying, but there you are.Which brings us to today's mail. I got an envelope from the Republican National Committee, who says (bold, caps, and underlining copied faithfully):
Dear Fellow Republican,Seriously, I had trouble answering the questions because I was laughing so hard.
You are among a select group of Republicans who have been chosen to take part in the official 2008 Census of the Republican Party.
Enclosed is your new 2008 GOP Census Document, which was assigned and prepared especially for you as a representative of all Republicans in your voting district.
Your answers will be used to develop a new BLUEPRINT for the Republican party fo the next 10 years, a BLUEPRINT to strengthen our Party.
Because it is cost-prohibitive for the Republican Party to print and mail and official REPUBLICAN PARTY CENSUS to each adn every one fothe 62,000,000 Republicans nationwide, your answers will represent the views and opinions of ALL Republican votes living in your voting district.
Most Biased Survey I Have Ever Read. I sometimes teach a class on how to write surveys. They did a good job explaining that this "census" result will be used to represent the many other potential voters in my area. The only well done part of the survey. Yes, I cannot resist the urge to spread chaos and disorder in the Republican party. But still, guys, the insult to my intelligence must be acknowledged. A census is "an official enumeration of the population." (Dictionary.com) The whole population, nitwits. This would be a sample or "subset of a population" (Dictionary.com.) And a census is to count the people! You are not counting them! You just want to ask them biased questions!! Bad use of statistical terms just raises my ire.
As does biased questions. Some examples:
Question one contains words like "repealing. . . important laws." Question four has "stop Democrats from weakening." Question five has "Democrats massive tax hikes." And then there is "President Bush's successful income and capital gains tax cuts"... This is not the language of a survey seriously trying to gather information. Idiots.
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Date: 2008-05-09 09:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 10:17 pm (UTC)I'm actually hoping that this will remove me from at least one spam list. I realize that the act of responding never seems to work that way, but the horror at my answers should be pretty high. It wasn't difficult to pick out the answer they didn't want me to choose. I just regret the lack of place to write in. I have a few snippy comments to share with them.
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Date: 2008-05-19 12:22 am (UTC)The one exception is the mail I sometimes get with a nice 8"x10" photo of the politian. From years past I have pretty cool Reagan photo, and a photo of GWB and his wife, which of course I've framed. This year I got a Giuliani pic. Rudy seems pretty unlikely to ever win at this point. Alas.