Comments on: Words from the State of the Union Address http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ginger Yellow http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184951 Ginger Yellow Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:55:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184951 It's been done. Not on a systematic, scientific basis, but I just remembered that someone had gone through Bush's speeches a while back and found that the culture war trigger words came up enormously disproportionately during election years. It’s been done. Not on a systematic, scientific basis, but I just remembered that someone had gone through Bush’s speeches a while back and found that the culture war trigger words came up enormously disproportionately during election years.

]]> By: Stuart http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184940 Stuart Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:53:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184940 Actually that could be quite interesting - find a way to compare what words are more/less common when he is/was trying to get elected, and what he talks about when that isnt the issue, and how much it varies. Could be used as a general metric against politicians in general to try to get an idea of how honest they are about what the issues are when trying to get elected compared to what they actually do when in power. Actually that could be quite interesting – find a way to compare what words are more/less common when he is/was trying to get elected, and what he talks about when that isnt the issue, and how much it varies. Could be used as a general metric against politicians in general to try to get an idea of how honest they are about what the issues are when trying to get elected compared to what they actually do when in power.

]]> By: Ginger Yellow http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184934 Ginger Yellow Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:31:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184934 "Marriage" 2001: 2 2002: 0 2003: 1 <b>2004: 9</b> 2005: 2 2006: 1 2007: 0 What a coincidence! “Marriage”

2001: 2
2002: 0
2003: 1
2004: 9
2005: 2
2006: 1
2007: 0

What a coincidence!

]]> By: finn http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184910 finn Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:30:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184910 My favorite googlewhack in these speeches is "destruction-related" ... although when he pronounced it, he paused for a good few seconds to try to disassociate those words as much as possible. My favorite googlewhack in these speeches is “destruction-related” … although when he pronounced it, he paused for a good few seconds to try to disassociate those words as much as possible.

]]> By: Hogan http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184893 Hogan Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:31:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184893 <i>“Mutombo” probably only appeared this once.</i> Intentionally, anyway. “Mutombo” probably only appeared this once.

Intentionally, anyway.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184873 John Emerson Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:42:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184873 "Mutombo" probably only appeared this once. “Mutombo” probably only appeared this once.

]]> By: kim http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184861 kim Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:28:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184861 I notice "inequality" is constant at 0 mentions. Best not mention that, eh? I notice “inequality” is constant at 0 mentions.

Best not mention that, eh?

]]> By: Sans S http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184855 Sans S Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:50:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184855 The yellow bubbles indicates the selected word/s but also which to use in the context navigator below the text minatures. This would be interesting in a mash-up with the News Ranker tool at Huff-Post. Thanks for link! The yellow bubbles indicates the selected word/s but also which to use in the context navigator below the text minatures. This would be interesting in a mash-up with the News Ranker tool at Huff-Post.

Thanks for link!

]]> By: eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184846 eszter Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:10:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184846 Marcel, I think Abb1 is right about the orange vs blue bubbles. Charlie, what to search for? One way to go about it is look at the speeches from others in the past (using that other site) and see how those compare to these cases. That's not the method I used to search for these though, these just came to mind: evidence abstinence no child left behind science research skills Marcel, I think Abb1 is right about the orange vs blue bubbles.

Charlie, what to search for? One way to go about it is look at the speeches from others in the past (using that other site) and see how those compare to these cases. That’s not the method I used to search for these though, these just came to mind:
evidence
abstinence
no child left behind
science
research
skills

]]> By: abb1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184843 abb1 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:01:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184843 It looks like the top line on the right is line for the current word you searched for. The blue lines below are permanent. It looks like the top line on the right is line for the current word you searched for. The blue lines below are permanent.

]]> By: marcel http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184838 marcel Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:22:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184838 Eszter: in the NYT display, Iraq appears twice on the left, once with yellow circles, once with blue. Any clue to what this means, or what the color coding more generally means? Eszter: in the NYT display, Iraq appears twice on the left, once with yellow circles, once with blue. Any clue to what this means, or what the color coding more generally means?

]]> By: Charlie Whitaker http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184804 Charlie Whitaker Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:09:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184804 Also, 'war' is up (11 mentions this year, 2 last year). 'Terror' is fairly constant at around 20 mentions p.a.. 'Peace'? Three mentions this year. Trending downwards. Also, ‘war’ is up (11 mentions this year, 2 last year). ‘Terror’ is fairly constant at around 20 mentions p.a..

‘Peace’? Three mentions this year. Trending downwards.

]]> By: Charlie Whitaker http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/comment-page-1/#comment-184803 Charlie Whitaker Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:03:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/23/words-from-the-state-of-the-union-address/#comment-184803 'Climate change' appears in 2007 for the first time. Great tool, that. Can anyone think of interesting things to search for? ‘Climate change’ appears in 2007 for the first time.

Great tool, that. Can anyone think of interesting things to search for?

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