[lbo-talk] Chomsky on Hersh & the leaked info he reported

[Miles Jackson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Mike Ballard wrote:
> 
>> I think oil was over $70 a barrel today.  Cui bono?  Schrub's Texan 
>> oilman
>> pals?
> 
> 
> Certainly not Bush's approval ratings, which are strongly negatively 
> correlated with the price of gas. A simple linear regression of the 
> nominal gas price against W's Gallup approval rating has an r2 of .69; 
> of the log of the gas price, .75. Based on this, should gas hit $3.00, 
> W's approval rating could hit 30% or below (latest is 37%).
> 
> Doug
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Apologies to people who have to drive a lot, but since Doug pointed this 
out, it cheers me up when I go by gas stations and notice the prices 
have increased.  The little chimp's getting hoisted by his own petard!

Miles