Comments on: Bogus Memos and Doublethink http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/209 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 03:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Houblog » Blog Archive » More Forgeries? http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/209#comment-222 Houblog » Blog Archive » More Forgeries? Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:55:19 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=209#comment-222 [...] But the contents of the memo are confusing as well. Like the strangly wrong memos regarding payment, there’s a seemingly nonsensical error in this memo. However, in this case, I think the answer is more benign. The memo refers to Quan as mayor pro tem, a post he left more than two years prior. /blockquote> [...] [...] But the contents of the memo are confusing as well. Like the strangly wrong memos regarding payment, there’s a seemingly nonsensical error in this memo. However, in this case, I think the answer is more benign. The memo refers to Quan as mayor pro tem, a post he left more than two years prior. /blockquote> [...]

]]> By: ubu http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/209#comment-215 ubu Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:14:24 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=209#comment-215 Yes, but there's a difference between "not bright" and "too stupid to be allowed out of the house." Although Burkett tried to obliterate it, I have to admit. . . . . he was old enough to have heard of "pica" and "elite." Given, it's a slim possibility. Yes, but there’s a difference between “not bright” and “too stupid to be allowed out of the house.” Although Burkett tried to obliterate it, I have to admit. . . . . he was old enough to have heard of “pica” and “elite.”

Given, it’s a slim possibility.

]]> By: PubliusTX http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/209#comment-214 PubliusTX Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:22:20 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=209#comment-214 <i>If someone is going to make up a bogus memo to cover themselves, why would they make up one that is wrong?</i> Just one possibility on this -- it's possible the person who made up the bogus memo isn't very bright. Take the infamous forged 60 minutes memo. Not only was it an obvious forgery because of the fact that it was allegedly a decades-old memo that matched the output of MS Word typesetting almost perfectly, but it contained a number of errors (in terms of terminology, chronology, etc). So, clumsy errors do happen -- even though it's not clear if that's what happened in this case. If someone is going to make up a bogus memo to cover themselves, why would they make up one that is wrong?

Just one possibility on this — it’s possible the person who made up the bogus memo isn’t very bright.

Take the infamous forged 60 minutes memo. Not only was it an obvious forgery because of the fact that it was allegedly a decades-old memo that matched the output of MS Word typesetting almost perfectly, but it contained a number of errors (in terms of terminology, chronology, etc). So, clumsy errors do happen — even though it’s not clear if that’s what happened in this case.

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