Shaving With Occam's Razor
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» JeredWM - Joel: We're not talking about "a little more tacked on." We'
Joel:We're not talking about "a little more tacked on." We're talking about huge hunks. In the six months ending Sept. '97, Starr spent close to $4 mil reported, and an estimated half-mil on FBI investigations. That was before this grand jury stuff began.
I'd say a reasonable estimate for the 9 months since then would be $10-12 mil reported, and several mil estimated; quite possibly higher. Also, remember that your $17 figure didn't count (I bet) any of the estimated accounting; that totals several million dollars since the investigation began. It also probably didn't include the other investigators, who add a few million as well.
Let's do a little math. Take $17 + $10 + $8 +$4. Multiply by one million. I get $39 million; you?
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» JoelG - Jered - I suspect that it is addition like this that has put us
Jered - I suspect that it is addition like this that has put us trillions in debt.(Yes, the above was hyperbole. But any non-liberal reading this will recognize the difference between truth and fudging. None of us on this list are really trying to convince each other, anyway.)
/joel
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» JeredWM - Joel: Thank you for yet another vacuous post. Would you li
Joel:Thank you for yet another vacuous post.
Would you like to speculate which of my estimates are mistaken, or are you just insisting on your correctness out of mindless habit?
Really, even if you don't expect to change anybody's mind, do you even expect to foster any sympathy by pooh-poohing my estimates without providing a shred of reason why you're doing so?
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» JeredWM - Joel: Are you completely innumerate, illiterate, or just plai
Joel:Are you completely innumerate, illiterate, or just plain obstinate? I specifically allocated $10 million, not $22, for 9 months, not 6.
Really, if you're going to construct a lie about my position, you're going to have to do better than that!
(Now, it appears that for some reason you added the final $8 and $4 million figures into the $10 to arrive at your $22 figure. But only the $10 was for the past 9 months; the $8 was to represent the total of non-itemized [i.e., estimated] expenditures which I think were not tallied in the 17 mil figure, and the $4 was to represent the prosecutors other than Starr who have participated in Whitewater and related investigations. Notice that those are for the entire 6-year [?] duration of the investigations, not the most recent 9-month period.)
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» JeredWM - Joel: I stated in my three posts since yesterday in which it wa
Joel: I stated in my three posts since yesterday in which it was appropriate that I doubt--not that I have "conclusive evidence"--that the estimated figures were included in the tallies you cited. All of a sudden you choose to attack this belief? My belief was based on quick perusal of the GAO reports... What is your belief based on, other than blind insistence that you must be right and I wrong?Just so you don't have to go to all the trouble of backscrolling, here are snippets of the three posts in question:
1. the $17 mil figure is probably only the amount Starr is required to report.
2. Also, remember that your $17 figure didn't count (I bet) any of the estimated accounting
3. the $8 was to represent the total of non-itemized [i.e., estimated] expenditures which I think were not tallied in the 17 mil figure
Really, you're beginning to look quite desperate.
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» JoelG - Jered - We're quibbling over what we think, and throwing around
Jered - We're quibbling over what we think, and throwing around estimations. While I still believe certain liberals have performed and the media has repeated the proverbial Big Lie, I'll retire gracefully from the field, since I've never seen a liberal do it first./Joel
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» Lawhawk - A million here, a million there and pretty soon we're talking re
A million here, a million there and pretty soon we're talking real money. All kidding aside, I really do think that my tax dollars could be better spent elsewhere.That's my 2 shekels (tm)!
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