JAM notice for Tuesday 4/29/08 -- Another predictor of election results -- election futures.

HI Folks…

 

Things have calmed down here a bit – even if not in the continuing skirmish between the Obama – Clinton camps.  However, I’d not predict that will continue past the Democrat Convention this summer.  If you can remember (as I can) how the Kennedy – Johnson forces who traded mud balls before the JFK nomination made up so they could run as a team; and then Camelot’s “A” team treated Lyndon’s folks as if they were not even sandlot material – well, Teddy White’s book tells all about the knives behind the curtains. But that’s often the way when the political world turns.

 

Wonder what Al Gore’s people are thinking about Lieberman traveling around with McCain?

 

Anyway… Today’s JAM deals with the difference between blogs and wiki’s – Noted at the bottom of the script today.  Add your comments if you wish.

 

Here are links to the actual JUST A MINUTE files for Friday

April 29^th 2008

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/audio/jama04-29-08.mp3

 

http://www.jebcovoice.net/scripts/jamt04-29-08.doc

 

And here’s today’s script if you’d like just a preview.

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“JUST A MINUTE”

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Just A Minute – If you’re over 15 you probably won’t know the difference between a “wicki” and a “blog” – at least that was my condition – I barely knew they existed until I read about election futures in Iowa markets.

Now, sure I’m vaguely aware of commodity futures as financial hedging deals that allow bakers to ‘lock in’ the cost of their flour for instance… but “wicki’s”  I’d heard of the “Wikipedia Encyclopedia” – where lots of ‘editors’ provide content – some of it accurate. But news coming over the transom says there are political equivalents now that may far surpass the accuracy of political polling.  The operative thought is when people are putting money behind their opinions the crowds are more likely to be accurate because individuals are less likely to provide off-the-wall answers to questions on which their dollars are riding.

Newspapers used to run quotations of election odds – predicting the election of Woodrow Wilson over Charles Evan Hughes for instance. A very close race.

Anyway – it’s a supplement to sticking a wet finger in the wind – or reading the latest Gallup.

<> I’m Jack Buttram

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Wikis are used for sharing information and sharing views on things. Blogs are ways to talk about you and give opinions on certain things. My class uses blogs to share information about ourselves and talk about things that interest us and shows our views on things. We use wikis to help with group effort, teach our classes how to do certain computer lessons, and other things. WSJ Opinion Letters - anonymous

 

 

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