"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote...

"Daniel-San" wrote...

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote ...


Tryin' to finish up the last of my flies, Tim. Some are better than
others, but I'll be sendin' two flies for each tier and hopefully some
extras for the swapmeister--in addition to his two.

By the way, is there anyone out there who would write a research
proposal for me along the lines of Hispanic voting patterns and third
party probabilities? I saw the neuro-doc today, but my hands are fadin'
fast. Gotta get another MRI next week and then we set a date for
surgery.

Op

I have no idea what you mean by "third party probabilities." Are you
tring to demonstrate that Hispanics would/would not vote for a third
party candidate?

No, I am posing, theoretically, that there will eventually be a third
party, comprised of Hispanics, that will arise just as other third parties
have done.

And just as a continuance of our half-hearted and ridiculous political
scientist versus historian joust, I'll point out that I indicated you
would find information to back a hypothesis rather than look at the
information and see what it says.

I'm not sure what you are talkin' about? I was pickin' at you, just as I
thought you were doing. There was no serious intent in the "joust," for
my part anyway.


Apparently, my very lame attempt at inter-disciplinary-rivalry based humor
did not work. Absolutely nothing serious intended. Goofing around. Merely
stating a commonly held (if only in a humoristic sense) belief (among
historians, anyway) regarding research methods in poli.sci. No offense
intended. I'd apologize for any confusion, but . . .



I'll handle my research proposal just fine, I believe, from a research
prospective. It's my hands that I ain't so sure about. I have difficulty
even holding a pen in hand.

Not sure what you are saying here?

"...I'll point out that I indicated you would
find information to back a hypothesis rather than look at the information
and see what it says."

See above. Goofing around. Historians tend to think that they are the only
true empiricists in the academy. All others find data to suit their
hypotheses.The high and mighty historian, OTOH, finds the info empirically
and then draws conclusions.




Seriously, I hope the doc has good news. Sounds like a damned complicated
issue.

Not really so complicate, as it is frustrating. According to the
neuro-doc anyway. He made it sound like a walk in the park, albeit with a
neck brace on for a week or so :~^ )

Yikes.


Dan
....seriously, I was goofing around.