Reply #16: No my post does not "express a definite confidence"

[kristopher]

My post expresses the belief that "actual public sentiment" on climate change is not represented by the 10-1 ratio of LTTEs. Anything else is you funking up a very clear statement. What is most relevant however is the amount of time that has gone into this pointless exchange with your ego.


From the OP: "The real interest is in the comments. By roughly 10 to 1, they don't believe it."

My reply: "The PR machines are working overtime and I doubt the ratio of letters indicates anything about actual public sentiment or knowledge. Not that it is that great, but general knowledge and concern rate a lot higher than a sample generated by a corporate instigated outpouring of LTTEs from the teabag contingent."

You then say you "aren't as confident" and post a link to a poll showing basically 50/50 split (I think it is probably closer to 65-35 but that is just my intuition); which would seem to coincide with my point that 10-1 isn't 1-1 and therefore the results in the newspaper are suspect. Given the current political efforts by the GOP I'm speculating the variance is a result of the same astroturf mobilize-the-morons effort and strategy that we see behind the teabagger revolution.