Sorry all you haters...............but....

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Source?

For the Google impaired. I'll leave it as an exercise for you to actually google the link to this story.

(Jay Westcott/POLITICO)

President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level, on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.

The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.

"The Flesch-Kincaid test is designed to assess the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level. Longer sentences and sentences utilizing words with more syllables produce higher scores. Shorter sentences and sentences incorporating more monosyllabic words yield lower scores," the University of Minnesota's Eric Ostermeier explains.

Obama's use of simple language is in part a reflection of his audience: the American voter in an election year. And it's part of a larger trend in simpler State of the Union language as the speech as transitioned from a simple address to Congress into a prime-time televised event.

Not only is the current among the three lowest, his two other ones were too.

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Let's not forget that a self-policing forum is what everyone wanted, right?

Where is my badge?

[NB2K]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

It kinda was.

I'm in a thread. I see something dumb. I comment or take action. Doesn't mean I condone other people's bad behavior.

Let's not forget that a self-policing forum is what everyone wanted, right?

Yeah, but we also wanted tasers and water-boarding and you squelched that.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

Let's not forget that a self-policing forum is what everyone wanted, right?

I agree, that IS what we want. And it has been relatively successful. Take some credit for that.

But the pig-pile Obama sucks posts have been played out.

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

Where is my badge?

You wouldn't want it. Trust me.

Originally Posted by oyealiz

What about moving porn threads behind the barn or off this forum? Can ya do that?

Yeah, but aside from one or two posts that are a little more graphic than they needed to be, the thread is pretty benign. Mostly it's a discussion of the medium and not the action. There have been FAR worse threads in here.

Generally if there's a thread I don't like, I don't bother reading it.

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I agree, that IS what we want. And it has been relatively successful. Take some credit for that.

But the pig-pile Obama sucks posts have been played out.

Oh contraire!

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by NB2K

Yeah, but we also wanted tasers and water-boarding and you squelched that.

Sorry...budget cuts ya know.

Originally Posted by Thomas

I agree, that IS what we want. And it has been relatively successful. Take some credit for that.

But the pig-pile Obama sucks posts have been played out.

See that's the rub isn't it? I don't like or I'm tired of it or I want it stopped...therefore it shouldn't be here. Next thing you know, I'm doing the Jesse dance.

Sorry...I'll err on the side of vigilante justice any day.

[oyealiz]

Bucwheat:
Last night was rated the third worst state of the Union address since 1934.


Thomas:
Yeah? By whom?

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Not only is the current among the three lowest, his two other ones were too.

That article speaks to the grade level of the speech. Doesn't say anything, that I see, about "worst" speech. Did I miss something in the article?

[Cybercowboy]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

Bucwheat:
Last night was rated the third worst state of the Union address since 1934.


Thomas:
Yeah? By whom?



That article speaks to the grade level of the speech. Doesn't say anything, that I see, about "worst" speech. Did I miss something in the article?

Is scientific!

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Is scientifics man!

Fixt.

[kingpin]

English isn't the frist language here...it's American.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

See that's the rub isn't it? I don't like or I'm tired of it or I want it stopped...therefore it shouldn't be here. Next thing you know, I'm doing the Jesse dance.

Valid and noted.

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Yeah, but aside from one or two posts that are a little more graphic than they needed to be, the thread is pretty benign. Mostly it's a discussion of the medium and not the action. There have been FAR worse threads in here.

Generally if there's a thread I don't like, I don't bother reading it.

Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

Is scientific!

[Joecooool]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Actually it was TxAg that did it. And just today, Lars was given a lesson in how to debate.

I can't be everywhere at once. If I see it, I act on it. Otherwise there are half dozen others who can straighten things out. Expecting me to singlehandedly solve all the issues here is also a dumb remark.

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/s...earchid=238357

Oh, and I didn't listen to the speech as I was on the phone with my customers in Afghanistan for three hours last night.

But anyone who thinks Cheatin' Gingrich or $56K at day Romney is going to beat Obama is going to be in for a huge disappointment.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/s...earchid=238357

You, know, Joe, you'll get a lot more hits if you search under "KITK" ... as in Kommunist In The Keys.



You Commie.

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

You can roll your eyes all you want. Just because the answer isn't palatable or what you want to hear doesn't make it without merit.

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

You can roll your eyes all you want. Just because the answer isn't palatable or what you want to hear doesn't make it without merit.

It also doesn't make the posts under discussion any less objectionable for open forum.

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

It also doesn't make the posts under discussion any less objectionable for open forum.

Everyone objects to different things. Should I close shoe threads? Canada threads? Ex-spouse threads? Lawyer hating threads? Pretty soon, we're back at the CF retirement home where all the threads are milquetoast and no one gets upset. No one has any fun either.

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

How would you know you don't like it if you don't read it????

Gee I dunno...if the title of the thread has the word "porn" in it and you find porn objectionable, you MIGHT want to stay out of the thread.

Just a guess tho on my part

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Everyone objects to different things. Should I close shoe threads? Canada threads? Ex-spouse threads? Lawyer hating threads? Pretty soon, we're back at the CF retirement home where all the threads are milquetoast and no one gets upset. No one has any fun either.

O God bless America. My objection to someone vividly describing porn in open forum on Vette Barn does not compare with CF rules.

Originally Posted by Iron Chef

Gee I dunno...if the title of the thread has the word "porn" in it and you find porn objectionable, you MIGHT want to stay out of the thread.

Just a guess tho on my part

There's a place here for it, apparently. So why not just move it?

[Iron Chef]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

O God bless America. My objection to someone vividly describing porn in open forum on Vette Barn does not compare with CF rules.

There's a place here for it, apparently. So why not just move it?

This has nothing to do with America.

I just don't find it that objectionable. Like I said before...aside from one or two somewhat tasteless posts...the thread is more about collecting than anything else. You could take out the word porn and put in Lladro statues. And no one else seems to find it objectionable either as we've received no other complaints. My point is that we can't move a thread every time someone doesn't like it or we wind up in the same boat as we were in before.

Edit: If you disagree, feel free to go over my head to Gary or Tom. I won't be offended in the least.