Thursday, June 08, 2006

3 mintues o' fun

Here's another example of someone with too much free time creating something that's interesting but something we'll all forget about when the next cool thing comes.

Here,you can view this nifty applet that details the most used words in Presidental State of Union addresses.

It's a good way to kill a few mintues.

It also tells you the grade level of the speech. I was surprised to see George Washington scoring almost the highest. I won't metion which president's speeches are on some of the lowest grade levels...but it's G. W. Bush.

3 Comments:

Blogger Justin said...

Too bad Clinton's and G.H.W. Bush's speeches are pretty much on the same level. The graph shows that there has been a general decline in the sophistication of the president's speech over time.

June 8, 2006 at 7:22 AM  
Blogger Claude said...

I guess it goes to at least Bill was better at seeming smart(er), even if he wasn't.

June 8, 2006 at 8:14 AM  
Blogger Justin said...

They have speechwriters anyway.
Clinton was a Rhodes scholar, something you can't win by having power and influence.

June 8, 2006 at 9:07 AM  

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