Phone Call from Valleyfair Last Night-Damage Control

[KimberJoe]

Is Mexican anything like Spanish?

Kind of:

Mexican - Tortilla - thin, unleavened flat bread made from finely ground maize (corn) or wheat flour

Spanish - Tortilla - an egg omelette. Frequently with fried potatoes, it also may include onion and garlic, depending on region or taste.

da nada....................

I've alway's wanted to learn Peruian, such a romance language, drives the babes wild.

[Pat]

Here is one of my favorite songs, being sung by a Castilian Spanish gal in Latin...http://www.last.fm/music/Nina+Goddess+o ... /Ave+Maria

[hammAR]

I've alway's wanted to learn Peruian, such a romance language, drives the babes wild.

Personally I prefer Peruvian women.....................

[David]

Ace, forgive me if I've missed something you've said, as I tend to scan a lot of threads rather than read them in depth, but I notice you are quick to point out the race of people who commit crime. You don't really make a conclusion about it, though. What is it you are trying to say when you do this? Care to be specific? I mean, what's your goal here? Not slamming you, just curious.

[cmj685]

I think I might be sorry I ever started this thread! Funny how that happens consistently every time Ace gets involved in the thread! I have not done any statistical analysis on that, mind you, but am simply stating the impression I get from reading threads Ace is involved in. Could it be that what is actually happening is that I am just simply confirming my own prejudices in drawing such a conclusion by filtering out the good stuff from Ace and only noticing the bad? Nahhhh....

[justaguy]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/addpubs.htm

Bunch of racist. I bet your not going to vote for Obama just because he is black.
And your prejudice against security guards.

[Aceq2jot]

Arbitron collects data by selecting a random sample of a population in roughly 100 metros throughout the United States four times a year. An additional 200 markets are surveyed in the Spring and Fall. People in the sample are asked to maintain a written diary describing each radio program listened to. Each selected household agreeing to participate is provided a diary for each member aged 12 and older for one week, beginning on Thursday and ending the following Wednesday. At the end of the week, the completed diaries are returned to Arbitron by post.

If you have a tangential reply or want to tell us what somebody you know said please, at least, make sure you carefully read this post before hitting the reply button

And the data of X amount of people is supposed to reflect the the views of the rest of the people in that group

And the list of people comes from where??

[Aceq2jot]

North Minneapolis and Brooklyn center are predominately black neighborhoods, now that is a simple observation and the fact they are both really run down hoods is another one They are both simple facts and there is no way i could percieve they could be taken as racist.

According to the last census Brooklyn Center is 71.4% White. This "fact", like most of your others, is blatantly and demonstrably false.

So North is not predominately black and west st paul is not predominatly Mexican and they dont hold mexican festivals there???

And i take it you spend a lot of time over north ?? And have looked around like in Brooklyn center and seen the state of stuff. Just look at the mall behind the former Brookdale ford, its a friggin Dump

So really you pick up on one fact and give me a roll off your eyes and say that like every thing else i say it is easy to prove wrong, but thats one wheres the rest??

And i did not say or imply that every black person in the metro listens to B96 but from my observations a lot of them do, along with the wanna be black white kids.

And if you actually have driven through Mount Airey Projects you would notice the ratio of Black people is really low as it is mostly Asian, as are the Roosevelt projects so i would guess going off them demographics, that that there may be Asians who also listen to B96

[princewally]

And the data of X amount of people is supposed to reflect the the views of the rest of the people in that group

And the list of people comes from where??

Ask your wife about the difference between a self-selected sample group and a randomly selected sample group.

Here's a hint: One is infinitely more likely to produce statistically valid data.

As for the rest: The plural of anecdote is not data, no matter how many anecdotes you have collected.

[cmj685]

As for the rest: The plural of anecdote is not data, no matter how many anecdotes you have collected.

That's really a good one, Princewally. I gotta' figure out a way to use that sometime!

[Aceq2jot]

I think I might be sorry I ever started this thread! Funny how that happens consistently every time Ace gets involved in the thread! I have not done any statistical analysis on that, mind you, but am simply stating the impression I get from reading threads Ace is involved in. Could it be that what is actually happening is that I am just simply confirming my own prejudices in drawing such a conclusion by filtering out the good stuff from Ace and only noticing the bad? Nahhhh....

So are you attacking the arguement or the Person there?? You should read rule #1

[westberg]

I think I might be sorry I ever started this thread! Funny how that happens consistently every time Ace gets involved in the thread! I have not done any statistical analysis on that, mind you, but am simply stating the impression I get from reading threads Ace is involved in. Could it be that what is actually happening is that I am just simply confirming my own prejudices in drawing such a conclusion by filtering out the good stuff from Ace and only noticing the bad? Nahhhh....

So are you attacking the arguement or the Person there?? You should read rule #1

OK Ace I'm going to bite and know I will regret it, I'm by no means speaking for cmj685 he can do that himself. I read his post as his observation of what happens at times on this board when you get involved in a topic.

As an example your previous to Rucker you say.......

So really you pick up on one fact and give me a roll off your eyes and say that like every thing else i say it is easy to prove wrong, but thats one wheres the rest??

And i did not say or imply that every black person in the metro listens to B96 but from my observations a lot of them do, along with the wanna be black white kids.

Your both making a observation........

My observation is that in your posts you mention conversations with friends, coworkers, driving through the bad parts of town, stomping heads, running with motorcycle gangs, friends with every ethnic group that's mentioned on the board and then some and percentages of whatever and expect us to take it as fact....

I finally have to ask and I'm trying to understand you, when its pointed out that one of your claims is not true you go on the defensive and pretty much talk in circles. Are you doing this because you find it to be good sport or you really don't understand the points being made by other members?

[jwinker]

Hrmmm....

And here I thought Valley Fair was predominately ****!

[princewally]

It shouldn't be a surprise to anybody who's been paying attention, and it shouldn't matter, anyway, but it's been officially announced that the victim was black.

[hammAR]

.........................it shouldn't matter.................

Plain and simple..............