On 6/15/06, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For example, I used the 33 month figure simply because that is when the
> seasonably adjusted rate of unemployment reached its zenith (June/July 2003
> time frame) at 6.3% and then started dropping after that as jobs were added.
> So for the last 33 months, since August of 2003, the unemployment rate has
> been steadily dropping.  I imagine Mr. Kudlow used the same figure for the
> same reason; in fact it's a well used marker.  It seems 2 + 2 gives the same
> answer for different writers so one of them plagiarized the other.
>
> The next time I post about the temperature at which water freezes, I will
> make sure to look it up somewhere and cite it lest someone say I plagiarized
> that also.
>
> Don't even bother apologizing, just go away, you bore me.
>
> Denys

There is nothing to apologize for.  This is not about the
facts/figures which are cited being the same-- that is wholly
unsurprising.  People of like mind are likely to interpret information
similarly.  It is, however, a reasonable belief based up on the strong
similarites in the particular wording and phrasing you used and the
fact that the points appear in exactly the same order in your message
that they appear in the article.  Perhaps you and Mr. Kudlow have a
similar writing style; it is simply my opinion that it is impossible
to attribute these similarities to coincidence.

I know you don't care what I think.  That's OK.

Boringly,

Andrew

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