document.write("<script language=\"javascript1.2\" type=\"text/javascript\">function emo_pop() {window.open('http://www.haloscan.com/commenthelp.php','Help','width=200,height=320,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');}</script><table width=\"97%\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"MainTable\">  <tr>    <td>    <div align=\"center\"><p>Bark!</p>    </div>    </td>  </tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"83743\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4c3c7fb4ac1420f450094b9016ec7101&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />Yeah, well we all know the common name for things that prevaricators pull out of their ass, don't we?<br><br>(Hint: in the real world, it's not called polling results.)<br /><span class=\"byline\">           deBeauxOs | <a href=\"http://www.breadnroses.ca/birthpangs/2008/02/ikebana-basics-for-fetus-\" title=\"http://www.breadnroses.ca/birthpangs/2008/02/ikebana-basics-for-fetus-\">Homepage</a> | 07.24.08 - 5:38 am | <a href=\"#83743\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"83753\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=43eff13179cd30a07c14c8703a738810&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />deBeauxOs - They can only defend what the prevaricators have pulled out if they don't look at the reverse situation. <br><br>A salient point that I neglected to address in my post is that the reverse situation doesn't happen, because when the reality-based community does polls, we tend to go with legitimate, non-partisan pollsters<img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/clin_oeil.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" /> not friends and ideological allies.<br /><span class=\"byline\">           JJ | <a href=\"http://unrepentantoldhippie.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://unrepentantoldhippie.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 07.24.08 - 7:24 am | <a href=\"#83753\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"83759\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" />JJ - \"because when the reality-based community does polls,\"<br><br>Wow, there's a whole community based on me now? Boy, that would piss them off even more than Dr. Morgentaler getting an award!<br /><span class=\"byline\">           RealityBites | 07.24.08 - 9:36 am | <a href=\"#83759\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"MessageCell\">    <a name=\"83760\"></a>        <p><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=43eff13179cd30a07c14c8703a738810&amp;default=http%3A%2F%2Fec1.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FG%2F01%2Fx-locale%2Fcommon%2Ftransparent-pixel.gif&amp;rating=PG&amp;size=28\" alt=\"Gravatar\" title=\"Gravatar\" style=\"padding: 1px; margin: 2px; float: right;\" class=\"gravatar\" /><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/lol.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" />  There's the Reality-based and then there's the Reality Bites-based, a subcommunity within the Reality-based community<img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/smileys/clin_oeil.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" /><br /><span class=\"byline\">           JJ | <a href=\"http://unrepentantoldhippie.blogspot.com\" title=\"http://unrepentantoldhippie.blogspot.com\">Homepage</a> | 07.24.08 - 9:42 am | <a href=\"#83760\" title=\"Link to this comment\">#</a></span></p><hr /></td></tr><tr>    <td class=\"InputCell\">                  <br /><div style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 125px;\"><a href=\"http://secretbuilders.com/ref?id=JSKIT\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.haloscan.com/images/secretbuilders.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" border=\"0\"/></a></div><br /><div id=\"newcomment\"></div><form method=\"post\" name=\"addComment\" action=\"http://www.haloscan.com/comments/unrepentantoldhippie/8385349639356959319/\" target=\"_self\">        <p>    Name: <br />          <input name=\"name\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Email:<br />          <input name=\"email\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          URL: <br />          <input name=\"url\" type=\"text\" size=\"38\" value=\"\" /><br />          Comment:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"javascript:emo_pop()\" title=\"Smiley and tag help\" target=\"_self\">?</a>&nbsp;<br />          <textarea name=\"addMessage\" rows=\"12\" cols=\"38\"></textarea><br /><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"subscribe\" value=\"1\" /><label for=\"subscribe\">Notify me of followup comments via email</label>        </p>        <p class=\"PSubmit\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Publish\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />&nbsp;<input name=\"previewMessage\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Preview\" class=\"SubmitButton\" />        </p>      <input type='hidden' name='user' value='unrepentantoldhippie' /><input type='hidden' name='comment' value='8385349639356959319' /></form>    </td></tr>  <tr>    <td><p align=\"center\">        Commenting by <a href=\"http://www.haloscan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">HaloScan</a></p>      </td>  </tr></table><img src=\"http://c5.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=561713&amp;java=0&amp;security=01eeff58\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" /></body>");