Monday, April 22, 2013

A few interesting statistics

My own take is that the United States is in a serious decline. Freedoms are being demolished, big business is buying our politicians and  far too many of our citizens no longer care about the neighbors. Just like all great empires, we are in the throes of collapse.

From Daily Kos

• Number of former prosecutors President Obama has nominated to the federal judiciary: 99

• Number of former public defenders: 33

• Number of on-the-air minutes during last fall's campaign season that CNN devoted to climate change: 23

• To Joe Biden's smile: 43

• Chance an American provides financial support to both adult children and elderly parents: 1 in 9

• Percentage change since 1980 in California's spending on public universities: -13

• On prisons: +436

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