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Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. [/quote]

You don’t really have to dig a lot deeper than Wikipedia, which identifies a lot more information about the American Scotch Irish population than you did. For example, they founded Princeton University (I guess that was before they discovered the joys of debauchery). Hmm, but wait, it also shows data identifying 12 U.S. Presidents as being of Scotch-Irish heritage, not to mention John Wayne, George Patton, Elvis Presley and John McCain. The map included in the Wikipedia listing doesn’t show the origin of its data, but it depicts a rather large population of people of Scotch Irish background in the northern plains and pacific northwest, which may even be larger than the population in the east. Your choice not to look a little closer into this issue suggests to me that you prefer your rather one sided view of things, which makes you rather a “culturalist” I would say.

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Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. [/quote]

You don’t really have to dig a lot deeper than Wikipedia, which identifies a lot more information about the American Scotch Irish population than you did. For example, they founded Princeton University (I guess that was before they discovered the joys of debauchery). Hmm, but wait, it also shows data identifying 12 U.S. Presidents as being of Scotch-Irish heritage, not to mention John Wayne, George Patton, Elvis Presley and John McCain. The map included in the Wikipedia listing doesn’t show the origin of its data, but it depicts a rather large population of people of Scotch Irish background in the northern plains and pacific northwest, which may even be larger than the population in the east. Your choice not to look a little closer into this issue suggests to me that you prefer your rather one sided view of things, which makes you rather a “culturalist” I would say.

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Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?[/quote]

Did you have anything to add? Or did you just want to poke fun at my goof?[/quote]

The post to which you were responding included a variety of statistics. Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings). And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.

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Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?[/quote]

Did you have anything to add? Or did you just want to poke fun at my goof?[/quote]

The post to which you were responding included a variety of statistics. Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings). And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.

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Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?[/quote]

Did you have anything to add? Or did you just want to poke fun at my goof?[/quote]

The post to which you were responding included a variety of statistics. Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings). And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.

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Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?[/quote]

Did you have anything to add? Or did you just want to poke fun at my goof?[/quote]

The post to which you were responding included a variety of statistics. Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings). And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.

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Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?[/quote]

Did you have anything to add? Or did you just want to poke fun at my goof?[/quote]

The post to which you were responding included a variety of statistics. Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings). And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.

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Now they predominately work at Wall Marts and meth labs, have no insurance,. . . .

I personally would be weary to rent to these people because of the statistics;)[/quote]

Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?

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Now they predominately work at Wall Marts and meth labs, have no insurance,. . . .

I personally would be weary to rent to these people because of the statistics;)[/quote]

Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?

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Now they predominately work at Wall Marts and meth labs, have no insurance,. . . .

I personally would be weary to rent to these people because of the statistics;)[/quote]

Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?

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Now they predominately work at Wall Marts and meth labs, have no insurance,. . . .

I personally would be weary to rent to these people because of the statistics;)[/quote]

Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?

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Now they predominately work at Wall Marts and meth labs, have no insurance,. . . .

I personally would be weary to rent to these people because of the statistics;)[/quote]

Is Wall Mart where you go to buy walls? And is the weariness from reviewing the statistics?

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Sorry, jp and all, meant to include this link to an article in that inpenetrable bastion of conservative political thought, Rolling Stone magazine.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/meet-gary-johnson-the-gops-invisible-candidate-20110615%5B/quote%5D

FWIW – I miss the columns PJ O’Rourke used to write for the Rolling Stone back when he was conservative and wickedly funny. He’s gotten more liberal as he’s gotten older, and doesn’t have the bite he once did . . .

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Sorry, jp and all, meant to include this link to an article in that inpenetrable bastion of conservative political thought, Rolling Stone magazine.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/meet-gary-johnson-the-gops-invisible-candidate-20110615%5B/quote%5D

FWIW – I miss the columns PJ O’Rourke used to write for the Rolling Stone back when he was conservative and wickedly funny. He’s gotten more liberal as he’s gotten older, and doesn’t have the bite he once did . . .

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Sorry, jp and all, meant to include this link to an article in that inpenetrable bastion of conservative political thought, Rolling Stone magazine.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/meet-gary-johnson-the-gops-invisible-candidate-20110615%5B/quote%5D

FWIW – I miss the columns PJ O’Rourke used to write for the Rolling Stone back when he was conservative and wickedly funny. He’s gotten more liberal as he’s gotten older, and doesn’t have the bite he once did . . .

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