[Phys-L] Re: THE WEDGE STRATEGY of The ID Movement

[anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)]

Rick!

I think you ideology may be trumping your vision.  Are you implying
because the correlation is more accurately between counties, or better
(scrolling down further) w/ rural counties, and, therefore, has nothing
to do w/ the incidence of slavery?


BTW,  Were not most of the slave owners rural, and an urbanite would
have one while a plantationite hundreds?  I'm doing the reading into, as
invited.

Perhaps, because of slavery much of the south is persistently rural, or
is it that the location of cities is determined by transportation, or?


bc, who thinks correlation should be examined for possible cause and
effect or explanation of their spuriosity.

p.s. Panzers for finding one of the maps.




Rick Tarara wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard Cleyet" <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>
>
>
> > I saw a map, which I haven't been able to refind, of the slave states
> > and territories cf'd to the Bush states -- a remarkable correlation.
> >
> > bc
>
> This is more B.S. from B.C.  The correlation is between big city populations
> and small city/town/rural populations.  If you look at the number of
> COUNTIES carried by Bush versus Kerry, the numbers are staggering in favor
> of Bush.
>
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/
>
> **scroll down to the results by county map**
>
> Of course, the counties with big cities have huge numbers compared to the
> rural counties.  But in the end, it is pretty clear that the heart of
> Democratic support IS the big cities (and read into that what you will)
> whereas the Republican support is more geographically spread over the
> country, but clearly dominant in small town and rural areas (and read into
> that what you will).   ;-)
>
>
> Rick