That said, I recently returned from a road trip with my two dogs to the east coast, and the 14-16 hours in the car each way enabled me to conduct, by far, the most extensive poll of bumper stickers east of the Mississippi. Although I would be happy to detail my methodology, I know that Ryan simply prefers to publish nice graphs, and so I will do just that.
Before viewing, know that my sample size was 12, which is obviously significant at all levels. Also, the first column is negative because I saw one sticker that said "Republicans for Voldemort" which, as we all know, is McCain's middle name (though he spells it SVoldemort).
So, without further adieu (clik for larger view):
In all seriousness, I saw no McCain stickers all across the states of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Hogwarts (except for the one). It certainly doesn't actually indicate anything about the race, but I thought it was interesting.
Once again, apologies to Ryan for hijacking his blog for utterly useless political commentary. I promise to return to socialism soon.
Haha. Very good, very scientific.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff.
ReplyDeleteI saw a freakin stupid olde tyme hot rod in Princeton, NJ yesterday with no less than 4 ridiculously stupid bumper stickers. 1) "Ron Paul for President." Strikes 1, 2, and 3. 2) "H.A.T.E.: Hot Rodders Against Environmentalists." Strikes 4, 5, and 6. 3) "Voodoo Devil," accompanied by stupid illustration of magic wizzardy voodoo man. Strikes 7, 8, and 9. And we're out of the inning on nine pitches. But here's a 4th for good measure: "Repeal the Patriot Act." Sure, it's not a problem on its own. But in this context? Pure "gov't out of my business" nonsense. Please incorporate all of this data into you graph, Mike.
And no, I didn't get a look to see if the Rev. Horton Heat was at the wheel.
Not to be picky here, but shouldn't the guy already start off with a few (many) strikes for having and Olde Thymey Hotte Rodd in the first place? Those things are the gayest things since Gay came to Gaytown.
ReplyDeleteWhere does the "Voodoo Devil" wizard man fit in, philosophically, I wonder?
Fair enough. Buying and driving one of the worst modes of transport known to man were strikes 1 through 72 in innings 1 through 8 of this 9 inning game. The strikes against the bumper stickers were my "shutdown closer" "sealing the deal" in the bottom of the 9th.
ReplyDeleteNot sure where the Voodoo Devil falls on the ideological spectrum but it strikes me as a little bit of antiquarianism, lot of finger to the Establishment, I hump conformity in the ass, Swingers is best movie ever sort of message.
That sounds right. I give your explanation an EqA of .450.
ReplyDeleteBut are you sure you should have saved your closer for the 9th?
Haha. I thought you might call me on that the second after I hit "publish." Well the score was 1-0 and the "Ron Paul," "Voodoo Wizard," and "HATE" stickers are the top of the lineup. It's a high-leverage situation.
ReplyDeleteRight, the meat of the order. Well this is good. I feel like we now have closure on this anti-libertarian-political-satire-sabermetrics-reference-inside-joke thread. It's a thing of beauty.
ReplyDeleteNow I can finally eat breakfast.