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ER — 6/22/2013 12:59:20 AM (archived)

http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-2nd-Edition/dp/0226534219

"How to Lie with Maps" by Mark Monmonier

Required reading for all Geographers and Cartographers. By carefully selecting data, and artfully controlling the way it is parsed, interpreted and displayed, you don't have to actually lie. You just let the user think he's figuring out for himself exactly what you want him to believe. Monmonier uses lots of examples from the Nazi propaganda machine and the real estate industry.

"Lies, damned lies, and thematic maps." Or as I prefer to phrase it, "meticulously documented irrelevancies".

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What "path to citizenship" is all about. - TB - 6/21/2013 3:00:24 PM
- They come for jobs. For whom do they work? - bowser - 6/29/2013 4:04:47 PM
  - It happened with the blacks, - ER - 6/29/2013 6:12:59 PM
- Also I forgot to thank you for telling me what it was all about. So thanks. - alcaray - 6/25/2013 11:07:44 PM
- apropos - alcaray - 6/23/2013 5:13:58 PM
  - I'd be hesitant about celebrating too much. - ER - 6/23/2013 7:00:15 PM
    - It was not about a split that I posted. It was because Graham concisely made the point that I tried to make in this thread. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 12:26:09 AM
      - A lot of Republicans are starting to make that same point now. - ER - 6/24/2013 12:58:44 AM
        
        The ones around here seem not to have heard of such an outlandish idea. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 9:21:32 PM
        
        They can see what's happening, they just don't think about it realistically. - ER - 6/25/2013 3:15:55 AM
- It is Republicans who are pushing it. And your map explains why quite vividly. - alcaray - 6/22/2013 2:58:16 AM
- Map of the US by population - Robert - 6/22/2013 12:36:00 AM
  - Proportional map: - TB - 6/22/2013 4:38:51 AM
    - Looks about right - Robert - 6/22/2013 5:45:54 AM
      - 81 percent is estimated to be Hispanic. - TB - 6/22/2013 1:41:45 PM
    - Hint: it's not about the illegals - they don't vote. It's about the hispanic citizens that do vote. - alcaray - 6/22/2013 5:37:18 AM
      - There is virtually nothing stopping illegals from voting. - RobVG - 6/23/2013 8:00:40 PM
        
        Watch the Graham vid. - alcaray - 6/24/2013 12:27:16 AM
        
        After they're done in Washington, they won't be "illegal" any more. - TB - 6/23/2013 8:15:19 PM
  - Recommended Reading - ER - 6/22/2013 12:59:20 AM
    - map, territory - Robert - 6/22/2013 6:01:50 AM
      - Malicious map mojo messing methodology - ER - 6/22/2013 2:17:56 PM
- Petard auto-hoist karma dept. - ER - 6/21/2013 4:59:05 PM
  - Re: Petard auto-hoist karma dept. - TB - 6/21/2013 5:18:17 PM
    - I see it. Thanks - ER - 6/21/2013 5:44:02 PM

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