SeeDubya,

I was gratified to see you use one of my favorite country singers, Hank Snow, as an example of sartorial excellence on the Malkin site. Are you a fan or did you just Google “gold smoking jacket”?

Congrats on the gig, SeeDub! See you over there.

Jon—Huge fan. I own that album (on vinyl) and scanned the cover.

Anwyn—thanks a bunch!

I’m a statistician and I just wanted to comment on the 73% recidivism rate for illegal aliens over on MichelleMalkin.com. If the sample is really a random sample, then we can assess the reliability of this percentage. Given this data, we can say with 95% probability, that the true recidivism rate is between 65.7% and 80.3%. Furthermore, with 99% probability, we can say it is between 62.7% and 83.3%. Even 62.7% seems pretty high to me.

My point is that (assuming a random sample), there is a high probability (statistically speaking) that the recidivism rate really is high, regardless of the fact that there are 262,105 total cases. Of course, a larger sample is better but there is still reason for concern here.

I’ll point out that the study is looking at recidivism, so by definition, we are looking at criminals among the illegals. This doesn’t tell us anything about what percentage of illegals engage in criminal activity (other than being here illegally, of course).

Back when illegals were few, they weren’t causing problems, so they could be tolerated. Now there are so many of them, they are causing problems, so things have changed.

regarding the eddie chapman story - there is in fact a movie from the ‘60s called ‘triple cross’ starring chritopher plummer and yul brynner and gert frobe…great movie i recall. very true to the real story.

SeeDub - You rock. Doin’ a great job for Michelle!

See-Dub, I know you’re a busy guy these days, but send me an e-mail. I’ve got a blog-donation proposal I’d like to discuss with you. -CW

I thought you comments about KSFO were rather asinine. With friends like you who needs enemies?

I listen to KSFO every weekday. I listen to it in the morning (to Lee Rodgers, Melanie Morgan and Officer Vic)and in the evening (to Brian Sussman). The show is a lot of joking around and hardly the fascist broadcast you and Spocko seem to think it is. Only a flaming idiot would take Rodger’s remarks about a battery to the testicles as a serious recommendation. HE WAS KIDDING you moron.

As a matter of fact, the KSFO hosts have often apologized for saying intemperate things, especially Brian Sussman, though I wish he hadn’t apologized for remarks about Islam that were in fact true.

Okay now that you have established your credentials as a great humanitarian and moral exhibitionist, why don’t join the liberals?

I just read your comments regarding KSFO’s blast back at lying leftist bloggers smearing them in missives to their advertisers. Sez you regarding Lee Rodgers’ remark about torturing and executing the lifelong felon guy, “There’s nothing conservative about that sadistic, statist fantasy and as a conservative myself I don’t like being associated with it.”

Excuse me…who is it that ‘associated you with it’? Did Lee Rodgers say he was speaking for JYB and See-Dubya? Did he say he was speaking for conservatives everywhere? No on both counts. So what are you talking about?

Let me remind you that the only reason why I am aware of your opinion of this controversy is because I am a daily reader of Michelle Malkin’s blog. I don’t agree with Michelle about all matters conservative, and I am confident that you know that many conservatives don’t share the views she forthrightly expressses toward immigration and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Using your “logic,” however, people have even more reason to associate you with Michelle’s more controversial views because of all the people in the world, you are one of the few trusted with her website while she is away.

Such persons may assume that you must be a racist, since you are Special Guest Starring on a site that links to VDARE, host to Steve Sailer. And people who might leap to the conclusion that because you are a friend of Michelle’s, you must be praying for the day when Muslims are interned. Talk about “statist fantasy”!

Would that be fair to you if people assumed such things? Personally, I think not. But judging from your behavior, you just might think it would be fair.

According to you, the big story isn’t the smearing of the on-air folks at KSFO, it’s Disney/ABC’s “ham-handed” copyright warning (gosh darn those laws, sometimes people want to insist they be enforced!) and the fact that you don’t want people thinking Lee Rodgers speaks for you. The thrust of your piece is joining in with the Starks and Spockos, whom I’m sure are appreciative of the aid and comfort. Heckuva job.

Well, I’m writing to tell you: Don’t worry your pretty little head off, honey — If you are under the impression you are “associated” with a local legend like Lee Rodgers, you’re out of your mind. People would have had to know who you even are first.

AIS— Another man with a scientific statistical analysis backgrount. I use the .05 confidence level. If you see this, take a look at an analysis I did about 6 months ago here: http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/2006/05/republican-states-are-safer.html