Lies, damn lies, and statistics

Remember that timeline of terror alerts and the Bush presidency?

Now it's available in chart form. Fascinating. Every terror alert is followed by a tiny, tiny jump in approval ratings.

Keep crying wolf, there, Mr. Ridge.

I am working towards Kerry being president, as I am tired of stuff like this:

Bush: "We've actually misnamed the 'War on Terror.' It ought to be 'The... the... the... Struggle Against Ideological Extremists Who Do Not Believe in Free Societies Who Happen to Use Terror as a Weapon... To Try to Shake the Conscience of the Free World.'"

What does that abbreviate to?

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