The following are examples of the five different thinking errors presented by the readings book:

Non Sequitur
President George W. Bush made the assumption that because Iraq is led a a despot, and that Iraq did not comply with U.N. sanctions on letting them test facilities, that Iraq must have nuclear weapons hidden. This was a non sequitor because just becase Iraq did not comply with sanctions did not mean that they were hiding nuclear missiles. .

False and Vague Premises CNN Headline News reported that Terrell Owens had attempted to commit suicide by overdosing on medication. This was later found to be false, and CNN acted on a false premise to say that Owens had attempted to commit suicide.


Ad Hominem
“After four years, the price we are paying is clear for saying to a president and an administration that we would trust you,” This John Kerry shows that the democratic party is just taking a stab at the current administration. This serves no other purpose then to say the current administration is inept. Quote from the New York Times.

Begging the Question
George W. Bush says the quote "Houses will begat jobs, jobs will begat houses." This is an obvious example of begging the question, because if you need one for the other, you can not get either. --George W. Bush, talking to reporters along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2006 [Quote from Bushisms]

Red Herring
After George W. Bush started the war on terror in Iraq, he found that there were not any nuclear weapons. He then used the reason that removing Saddam Hussein from power was a reason, but this is just a red herring to mislead us off the path that Bush was mistaken about if there were nuclear weapons or not in Iraq.