Not that I disagree with you on the conclusions or anything...
How do you figure his actuarial life expectancy? The IRS tables for calculating required minimum distributions from retirement accounts, which are intended to make sure that you take your money out at least as fast as "over your remaining life expectancy" say a 72yo has an average 15.5 year remaining life expectancy. (I'm using the beneficiary table; the "normal" joint-and-survivor's table is based on the last to die of two people.)
You can't just say "white males have an average life expectancy of 74," because that's life expectancy at birth. By the time you're 72, you've already managed to not die in the most-dangerous first year of life (or any of the other years prior to 71). You have to look at a pool of people who are 71 today, and see what their mortality curve looks like.
by the way, as someone who does belive in God (Goddess, etc) I am totally offended by the way those folks talk about owning God. hello? it's God, people.... but they only seem intrested in God as much as they can use the concept to justify their own warped view of the world. for all their harping about abortion and gay marriage, where is all the engery about doing something about poverty? That was something Jesus talked about, a lot.
I think she is being set up as a kind of Dubya II - a dimwit with little experience but who can hide behind the banner of "criticism won't stick cuz I am a CHRISTIAN!" and be basically a puppet. This was probably begun with Quayle, perfected with dubya.
I can't stomach it. I literally am filled with anxiety every time I see that woman and hear what comes out of her mouth. We are headed down a very bad road if America does not pull its collective head out of its $%#
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How do you figure his actuarial life expectancy? The IRS tables for calculating required minimum distributions from retirement accounts, which are intended to make sure that you take your money out at least as fast as "over your remaining life expectancy" say a 72yo has an average 15.5 year remaining life expectancy. (I'm using the beneficiary table; the "normal" joint-and-survivor's table is based on the last to die of two people.)
You can't just say "white males have an average life expectancy of 74," because that's life expectancy at birth. By the time you're 72, you've already managed to not die in the most-dangerous first year of life (or any of the other years prior to 71). You have to look at a pool of people who are 71 today, and see what their mortality curve looks like.
See also http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/998080/john_mccain_too_old_for_the_presidency.html, which says 9.5 years of actuarial life expectancy.
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by the way, as someone who does belive in God (Goddess, etc) I am totally offended by the way those folks talk about owning God. hello? it's God, people.... but they only seem intrested in God as much as they can use the concept to justify their own warped view of the world. for all their harping about abortion and gay marriage, where is all the engery about doing something about poverty? That was something Jesus talked about, a lot.
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I'm moving to Canada if it does.
-Leslie (we met at the conference)
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I can't stand Sarah Palin. Hearing her interviewed makes me want to bang my head against the desk.
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I think she is being set up as a kind of Dubya II - a dimwit with little experience but who can hide behind the banner of "criticism won't stick cuz I am a CHRISTIAN!" and be basically a puppet. This was probably begun with Quayle, perfected with dubya.
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But I'm glad to hear McCain would like to postpone his campaign for a while. ???
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