US-Wahlen

[Cheffe]

na dann schreibe ich gleich noch ein Nachwort

völlig , dass ein 280 Millionen-Volk eine einzelne PERSON wählt, und nicht etwa eine Partei, sowas gab es doch mal in der DDR und Irak, wenn ich mich richtig erinnere, aber sonst wohl in keiner richtigen Demokratie.

Eine gute Demokratie kann es nur geben, wenn möglichst viele Meinungen (im Parlament) vertreten sind, und nicht nur 2 !!!?
In jeder Demokratie gibt es zumindest 4 große Parteien...

So, und jetzt nehme ich Gebote für die Veröffentlichungsrechte meines Romanes an. Mindestgebot: € 1.000.000.000,-

[derFAN]

jawoll!

ich finde auch, daß unser admin einen super "roman" geschrieben hat - jener verdient die note 1!!!

der oberschauspieler der usa verkörpert so ziemlich alles, was ich nicht mag und daraus könnte man sogar ein gericht kochen... man nehme: eine riesen portion arroganz, gebe 50 tonnen selbstverherrlichung dazu, dann unmengen an lügen - und fertig ist die suppe mit vielen haaren drin - die "bushsuppe"

[rockabella]

Peter.....da hast Du doch die Geldgier noch vergessen ....ohne die schmeckts doch nur halb so gut

[derFAN]

oha! wie konnte ich nur diese zutat vergessen melli? dafür gehöre ich

[hebra]

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schweinerei, da haben die doch glatt nen neues bild in die url eingefügt...

[derFAN]

sieht aber aus wie "schnee" hebra

[frehley]

Ich denk mir schon, da stimmt was nicht! Das Bild ist aber auch lustig!

[Cheffe]

habe ich so gelesen...

I just received a list of states of the USA, the average IQ of each state and the state in which Bush or Kerry won for electoral votes.
This is really official as it was sent to me by a friend who is involved in marketing research in the USA. It is truly amazing!!!!!

State Avg. IQ 2004
1 Connecticut 113 Kerry
2 Massachusetts 111 Kerry
3 New Jersey 111 Kerry
4 New York 109 Kerry
5 Rhode Island 107 Kerry
6 Hawaii 106 Kerry
7 Maryland 105 Kerry
8 New Hampshire 105 Kerry
9 Illinois 104 Kerry
10 Delaware 103 Kerry
11 Minnesota 102 Kerry
12 Vermont 102 Kerry
13 Washington 102 Kerry
14 California 101 Kerry
15 Pennsylvania 101 Kerry
16 Maine 100 Kerry
17 Virginia 100 Bush
18 Wisconsin 100 Kerry
19 Colorado 99 Bush
20 Iowa 99 Bush
21 Michigan 99 Kerry
22 Nevada 99 Bush
23 Ohio 99 Bush
24 Oregon 99 Kerry
25 Alaska 98 Bush
26 Florida 98 Bush
27 Missouri 98 Bush
28 Kansas 96 Bush
29 Nebraska 95 Bush
30 Arizona 94 Bush
31 Indiana 94 Bush
32 Tennessee 94 Bush
33 North Carolina 93 Bush
34 West Virginia 93 Bush
35 Arkansas 92 Bush
36 Georgia 92 Bush
37 Kentucky 92 Bush
38 New Mexico 92 Bush
39 North Dakota 92 Bush
40 Texas 92 Bush
41 Alabama 90 Bush
42 Louisiana 90 Bush
43 Montana 90 Bush
44 Oklahoma 90 Bush
45 South Dakota 90 Bush
46 South Carolina 89 Bush
47 Wyoming 89 Bush
48 Idaho 87 Bush
49 Utah 87 Bush
50 Mississippi 85 Bush


The IQ numbers were originally attributed to the book "IQ and the Wealth of Nations", though they do not appear in the current edition. The tests and data were administered via the Raven's APT, and the The Test Agency, one of the UK's leading publishers and distributors of psychometric tests. This data has been published in the Economist and the St. Petersburg Times, though this does not mean it should be taken as fact. Though the data does correlate somewhat to IQ of students per state based on SAT/ACT data, though this would be biased for those that had completed a high school education. Someone has also taken 2000 census data on percentage of state residents that have earned a college degree and used that to compare the voting in the 2000 election, it seems to correlate well. Someone sent me a table showing average income per state, and how they voted as well.

Some people have written me saying that this is a hoax, I am unsure if it is, someone did a list like this in the 2000 election, I found it interesting, but moreso this time, as people knew exactly what they were getting into. My powers of fact checking dwindle in the face of such pillars of journalistic integrity as the Economist and St. Petersburg Times. Needless to say, as I stated above, the data is in question, but it's still an interesting correlation that is very plausible. This wasn't posted as an elitest diatribe, as I said, I just found it interesting.

Mirrored for my friend at ChrisEvans3D.com. Before you cheer or flame me, I make no claims for/against the validity of the data; I just provide the bandwidth.