It’s Not That Complicated...Or is it not?

 

There is a Web Site named “Just Facts”. It may be a way for us to separate the Fly Chit from Pepper.

I decided I would give it a go to see if I could get a better understanding of this country’s Immigration Policy (also known as Immigration Chaos).

You know Immigration. It’s one of those subjects the Taking Heads shout at each other about on the nightly news Every Day on Every Show.

My Simplification Plan did not work...

Ø I searched Just Facts for “Immigration”.

Ø I copied the Just Facts-Immigration documentation to a Word File.

Ø I highlighted the entire Word File.

Ø I looked up the Statistics that Word tabulates about every one of its files.

Ø I used Snipping Tool to be able to show My Dear Readers the Volume of Confusion you would be wading through if you actually did read all of the Just Facts Facts.

Ø Here is the link: https://www.justfacts.com/immigration

Ø Here is the Word Stats Recap: 

That’s right...352,381 words plus almost that same number of charts and graphs (A slight exaggeration...Or is it?).

The Bottom Line: We have way too much information coming at us. After we read it all ... if we read it all ... when we are done, We Know Nothing...

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe:

Hold on, Fella. Are you overreacting? What if you would just take it slow and read carefully, would you not then be able to know more than Nothing?

OK, let’s try that. Here is Footnote Page 93. How slow would you need to go and how carefully would you need to read to understand this?...

“Page 93:

For the climate change example above we get margin of error = 1/√n = 1/√500 = .045 instead of .035 [using a more complex and precise formula]. This simplified formula is called “conservative” became it yields a larger margin of error. You take less risk of being wrong when you say your survey is probably within 4.5% of the truth than if you say it is probably within 3.5%.”

If you want to try and explain this footnote to My Dear Readers so it is easy to understand, give it a go but please limit your explanation to no more than 10,000 words.

Slippin and Sliding, Holy Communion and Way Back When

I have blogged about feet before. I’m going to do it again. I’m going to do it again right now.

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Feet are ugly! Ugly ought to be hidden! Modern Americans seem to think that feet are pretty. If you contend that I am wrong in my thinking about feet, you in the majority and, therefore, you are very likely a proponent of the wearing of Flip Flops out in public. Fella thinks the wearing of Flip Flops to go anywhere outside of one’s own bedroom closet ought to be against the law of the land.

I have seen many many pairs of Flip Flops slippin and sliding up to receive Holy Communion over the years. I try not to look down at the slippin and sliding feets but I can’t help myself. I get distracted. I find myself praying for the wearer’s sake that I am wrong in my long held belief that anyone who wears Flip Flops to Holy Communion is going to go straight to hell.

I sure hope I don’t have to go to hell just because I think they are going to hell.

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I will now try to get past Flip Flops and move on to other Holy Communion Foot Coverings that catch my attention...

Ø Dirty Tennis Shoes which do not have any laces in them.

Ø Dirty Tennis Shoes which do have any laces in them but all the laces are untied.

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This is the bottom of the Blog Posting ergo here comes The Bottom Line...

If you get the impression, I think we ought to dress up to go to Church, you get the correct impression. I can’t help myself because back in my day we used to put on a Suit and a Tie to go pick up incoming passengers at the airport.

OK, maybe a Suit and Tie to meet incoming passengers is overkill but I do think it is nice to look nice for the arrival of relatives, friends and/or enemies who traveled a long way to come see us and certainly we ought not be standing there dressed like we are going to Holy Communion!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Obviously Obvious Is Obvious...Or is it?

 

This from NASA...

“The reason that spacesuits are white is because white reflects heat in space the same as it does here on Earth. Temperatures in direct sunlight in space can be more than 275 degrees Fahrenheit.”

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How long will it be before we will hear a Talking Head say on a TV interview, “Spacesuits are white because of racism. That’s right. Everyone knows this is Pure and Simple Racism...Systemic Racism!”

The Moderator will then say, “Of course that’s why. Sometimes the obvious is not that obvious. Thank you for that insight.”

Would I kid u?

Smartfella