FOX NEWS THIS AM….

[kev374]

idiots, it’s the classic bubble mentality…IT IS NEVER GOING TO GO DOWN…NEVER! People will find all sorts of meaningless justifications for what they want to believe.

[poorgradstudent]

Wait, people still get their news from the TV? Isn’t that what the internet is for?

From the fairly recent numbers I found, ~2 million people watch O’Reilly each night. ~1.5 million watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Someone mentioned Demographics, so I dug up some Nielsen numbers from 2004:

* The median age of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” 11:00 p.m.
(premiere) airing is 35, while its median income is $67,000.
* The median age of “The O’Reilly Factor” 8:00 p.m. (premiere) airing is
63, while its median income is $54,000.

* Viewers of “The Daily Show” are 78% more likely than the average adult
to have four or more years of college education.
* Viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” are only 24% more likely than the
average adult to have four or more years of college education.

* Viewers of “The Daily Show” are 42% more likely than the average adult
to have a household income of $75,000+.
* Viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” are only 6% more likely the average
adult to have a household income of $75,000+.

* Viewers of “The Daily Show” are 26% more likely than the average adult
to have a household income of $100,000+.
* Viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” are only 11% more likely than the
average adult to have a household income of $100,000+.

* Viewers of “The Daily Show” are 74% more likely than the average adult
to have a household income of $75,000+ and an occupation of
“professional, owner or manager.”
* Viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” are 15% less likely than the average
adult to have a household income of $75,000+ and an occupation of
“professional, owner or manager.”

* Viewers of “The Daily Show” are 37% more likely than the average adult
to be in a “white collar” profession.
* Viewers of “The O’Reilly Factor” are 15% less likely the average adult
to be in a “white collar” profession.

[Anonymous]

CardiffB, those B-1s are huge; there was one at the Miramar Air Show. I think I saw one before, but had forgotten how huge they were until my son and I moseyed on up to take a gander.

Too bad the line to go inside was long (two hour wait, I read in the Union-Buffoon). My son and I have decided that, next year, when we get in the gate at 8:30 a.m. or so, we’re going to make a beeline for the B-1, to get inside for a close look.

Great line with the JWs. Keep up the good work, sir.

[greekfire]

Concerning the 300 million population figure, there's this article from PopulationWar.com that talks about immigration and it's effects on the economy in general, albeit from a slightly different angle. All in all it is a pretty good article. A good portion of our population growth will be from immigrants, not from births. Immigrants are also expected to displace a number of existing workers, including women.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link, JES. Neat chart.

Perry, good news: The Pope is bringing back the Latin Mass (right now, only one church in San Diego offers it). If you like ritual and chanting, you’ll love the Latin Mass. C’mon back home, Brother Perry!

PD, NCJ, BG, please keep up the highbrow (Duranty) and data-driven counterpoints. You guys sure are sharp for being a bunch of Neanderthals (from a fellow knuckle-dragger).

[Anonymous]

Good stats poorgrad, although not at all surprising. I did a similar exercise following the last presidential election by checking the Census rankings of states based on education level and income. Of no surprise, the non-Bush (blue) states led the pack in both categories. I think 9 of the 10 most educated states were blue, only exception was Virginia.

There is no way someone with an intellectual mind could watch someone like O’Reilly. He is perfect for the redneck trailer park demographic. Apparently a lot of trailer parks get cable nowadays.

[CardiffBaseball]

JG I should have looked at what was coming because I feel guilty that the kids haven’t seen a B-1B up close. My oldest was actually born on-base but was only 1 when I got out.

Next year I’ll have to watch and see what is coming. I just hate traffic and long lines and chose not to attend. Is it a pain getting in and out of the airshow? Sounds like getting there early is the way to go.

[PD]

Gee, I had no idea I was living all wrong. I guess I need to move out of my Coronado home since I just don’t belong in such a high-brow place. The trailer park is where I should be! I wonder if there are any vacancies down in Imperial Beach? I need to sit down with my husband and explain to him that he needs to forget all that learnin’ in his head and I’ll do the same. I’m going to go out and buy a few cases of cheap beer and some skoal this morning. Maybe I should change my name to Ellie May.

So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly….. Hills that is! Swimming pools, movie stars…

[no_such_reality]

PD, you forgot, take off those shoes. Get yerself preggers…

[Anonymous]

CB, we too, hate crowds and lines. We’ve gone to the Saturday day show for a few years, and have the routine down, now. We buy box seats ($25-$35) to have shade in case it’s too sunny, and box seats come with preferred parking. So, we just arrive at the base at around 9 a.m., stand in a security line that goes quickly (10 minutes), and are in the show.

In ’05, we bought tickets to the Saturday evening show; big mistake for us. We waited in our car on I-15 for one hour to get on base. After one hour and little progress, we turned around and went home. So, we only go to the Saturday day show, now, and arrive early.

The Union-Buffoon said that there were 400K people at the show on Saturday. If so, the Marines sure must have things organized well, because everything — lines for food, lines for displays (except the B-1!) — were amazingly painless, and the exit from the show at 4 p.m. was much quicker this year than in years past.

Your kids will love that B-1.

[Anonymous]

PD, save me and my family a spot, too.

dz, you darned liberals sure are a bunch of snobs!

[barnaby33]

NPR is not liberal, its just not unthinking. The nation and New Republic, now those are liberal.

Josh

[North County Jim]

deadzone,

Spoken with a true air of superiority. Well done!

Please share with us your thoughts about the democratic party’s dependence on the under-educated inner city vote.

[PD]

All morning I been trying to fit the mold. Sheeet, all that learnin’ don’t do no good to nobody. I’m as happy as pig in poo, now that I don’t know nothin’.
Ain’t it great?

[bgates]

Josh, I caught All Things Considered yesterday mentioning Clinton’s involvement in the gas tax proposition campaign. A clip of him speaking at UCLA was introduced by an NPR reporter saying in an admiring tone, “How’s this for a celebrity endorsement?”

What are the odds either one of us lives long enough to hear an NPR reporter cooing over a Republican?

I hope deadzone can forgive the spelling and grammatical errors in this post. As a Republican, I never went in for book-learning beyond what I needed in graduate school.

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