Here are some excerpts from the latest Harper's Index (not yet on-line):
• Chance that a viewer of Fox News's prime-time broadcast is African-American: 1 in 100
• Percentage of city-dwelling Iraqis who lived in slums in 2003, according to the United Nations: 20
• Percentage who do today: 53
• Average amount that U.S. parents spend to raise a child to age 18: $286,000
• Net domestic profits earned by U.S. corporations since the fourth quarter of 2008: $609,000,000,000
• Net decrease since then in the amount these companies spent on wages and benefits: $171,000,000,000
• Number of countries in which gay sex is currently illegal: 76 |
And, oh yes, the percentage of Americans under age 25 who would read a text message while having sex? 11.
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2008:
The idea that McCain is a poor Presidential candidate running a failed campaign is beginning to seep into the bones of conservative pundits, commentators and columnists. The dilemma they have on their hands is what to do about it. ...
The problem for the conservative columnists is that the top-down "stay in line, stay on message" philosophy, the one that discourages comments and encourages conformity, is ill-suited to handle dissenting opinions. But as we noted some time ago, the failed conservative philosophy (see Wall Street) and inept Bush Administration have conspired to hand conservatives a spanking at the polls, and the Republican party will be in a full scale civl war because of it. |