yarrr, ye scurvy boy-king, halt ye whinin'

Bartlet: Twenty-seven lawyers in the room, anybody know "post hoc, ergo propter hoc"? Josh?
Josh: Uh, post, after. Hoc, ergo, therefore... "after hoc, therefore something else hoc".
Bartlet: Thank you. Next? Leo.
Leo: "After it, therefore because of it."
Bartlet: "After it, therefore because of it." It means one thing follows the other, therefore it was caused by the other. But it's not always true. In fact it's hardly ever true. We did not lose Texas because of the hat joke. Do you know when we lost Texas?
C.J: When you learned to speak Latin?
Bartlet: Go figure.

from 'Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc' (The West Wing)