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January 11, 2008

Moonbat Math

Once again, the liberals in charge of education have outstripped our ability to lampoon them. William M. Briggs, Statistician tells an old joke:

1960s: A logger cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is four-fifths of that amount. What is his profit?
1970s New-math: A logger exchanges a set (L) of lumber for a set (M) of money. The cardinality of Set M is 100. The set C of production costs contains 20 fewer points. What is the cardinality of Set P of profits?
1980s: A logger cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. Her cost is $80, her profit is $20. Find and circle the number 20.
1990s: An unenlightened logger cuts down a beautiful stand of 100 trees in order to make a $20 profit. Write an essay explaining how you feel about this as a way to make money. Topic for discussion: How did the forest birds and squirrels feel?

After the 1990s, the joke becomes reality. Foreign Policy offers this example of an actual question from a 4th-grade German textbook:

In 2004, a bread roll cost 40 cents. For the wheat that went into it, the farmer received less than 2 cents. What do you think about that?

The genius of moonbattery is that it is so absurd, it can't be caricatured.

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Hat tips: Buuuuurrrrning Hot, Coyote Blog.

Posted by Van Helsing at January 11, 2008 11:14 AM

Comments

Here something better to the Eurotrash textbooks.

"The government confiscates 60% of your income in taxes. What do you think of that?"

Posted by: Anonymous at January 11, 2008 11:30 AM

You forgot the 2000's era version of that math question: "Un maderero corta y vende un camión de madera para $100. Su coste de producción es $20. ¿Cuál es su beneficio?"

Posted by: V the K at January 11, 2008 11:50 AM

Don't worry, when they fire up the ol' National Socialist party again, we can give them a nice remedial lesson in world history, specifically the mid 1940s.

Gloriously, they do not produce their own aircraft. The Luftwaffe these days fly a mix of Russian and NATO aircraft.

Posted by: Eoin at January 11, 2008 12:09 PM

Here's some more math for you. Q: In one year, PETA takes in 2,981 animals promising to find them good homes. How many animals will survive one year of PETA's tender care. A. 12.

Posted by: V the K at January 11, 2008 12:31 PM

Moonbats don't understand that most people think inequality is...fair. No matter what John Edwards says, even non-billionaires understand that genius inventors may end up better off than janitors, and that there's more justice in this than in doling out an equal portion to all. the berlin wall came down a long time ago, fellas! Read what I wrote about James Madison at the top of www.darrellepp.com

Posted by: darrell at January 11, 2008 1:31 PM

I work 4 months a year to pay my Federal Income Tax. No Democrats, frankly, give a damn!

Posted by: Mockin'bird at January 11, 2008 1:40 PM

Here's some more moon math. If math was a color what color would it be? Answer: Red. Because I want to kick the crap out of every moonbat that's screwing up this great nation.

Posted by: Farmer Ted at January 11, 2008 1:50 PM

The same math question in 2008.

Un hachero vende una carretada de madera por $100. El costo de la producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha hecho?

ENFORCE CURRENT IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW !

Posted by: Lean Right at January 11, 2008 3:47 PM

"In 2004, a bread roll cost 40 cents. For the wheat that went into it, the farmer received less than 2 cents. What do you think about that?"

Here's the stupid part. How much wheat goes into a bleeping roll? How much wheat did the farmer grow? How much was he paid for his entire crop?

You want the farmer to get a "living price" for the roll? Say 20 cents? Fine, now your roll costs $2.

"In 2008, a bread roll cost $2. For the wheat that went into it, the farmer received 20 cents. What do you think about that?"

You want the farmer to get a "living price" for the roll? Say 40 cents? Fine, now your roll costs $3.60.

Wash, rince, repeat.

Posted by: Steve at January 11, 2008 4:39 PM

"In 2004, a bread roll cost 40 cents. For the wheat that went into it, the farmer received less than 2 cents. What do you think about that?"

I think the farmer got the price that he agreed to sell his wheat for. What sucks is that the consumer of that roll got screwed by the government which received 5 cents from embedded taxes for doing absolutely nothing to produce the roll.

Posted by: Tom at January 11, 2008 5:29 PM

In 2015:

A logger in England cuts and sells a truckload of lumber for $100. On the way to make the sale, he stops at a diner and orders a pork chop. Interpreted by local Muslims as violating their Holy Koran, they decapitate him. Should their unemployment benefits be doubled or tripled? Discussion question: was the logger Islamophobic or just racist?

Posted by: mega at January 11, 2008 5:29 PM

In 2004 a bread roll cost 40 cents. In 2008 the farmer quit growing wheat for bread rolls and started growing corn in order to cash in on all the ethanol craze. Now there are no bread rolls. What do you think about that?

Posted by: Kevin at January 11, 2008 8:39 PM

My answer the "bread question":

"Teacher, I think you should stop trying to teach us touchy-feely neo-socialism and teach us BASIC MATH instead!"

Posted by: KHarn at January 12, 2008 8:01 AM

"In 2004, a bread roll cost 40 cents. For the wheat that went into it, the farmer received less than 2 cents. What do you think about that?"

I think there is a lot of government involvement. Back when a loaf of bread in the US averaged 22 cents, Reader`s Digest printed a study that tracked 20 cents to government takings in taxes, fees, etc.

Posted by: teqjack at January 12, 2008 7:23 PM