Comments on: Alan Greenspan on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/alan-greenspan-on-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac/ Bob McTeer's Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ken Tucker http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/alan-greenspan-on-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac/#comment-6977 Ken Tucker Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:33:17 +0000 http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com/alan-greenspan-on-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac/#comment-6977 As a Chicago University trained statistician I cringe when I see two percentages on the TV screen referring to a different base number. This is true when T Boon Pickens uses " we use 25% of the world's oil but have only 3 % of the worlds supply. This counts on most of the population thinking that we use 8 times as much as we have. I agree with the rest of the ad and the premise but wish he would not mislead the public As a Chicago University trained statistician I cringe when I see two percentages on the TV screen referring to a different base number. This is true when T Boon Pickens uses ” we use 25% of the world’s oil but have only 3 % of the worlds supply. This counts on most of the population thinking that we use 8 times as much as we have.

I agree with the rest of the ad and the premise but wish he would not mislead the public

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