The Fun of Harper's Index
Feb. 17th, 2003 09:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tzikehTo entertain and inform you all, I present the first and the last entries from this month's Harper's Index:
Chance that an ACLU member has joined the group since George W. Bush became president: 1 in 2.
That's right - the membership of the ACLU *doubled* since Dubya took office. Think about that. A 100% increase in membership, in 2 years, of a group that has existed since 1920.
And now that I've restored your faith in the American's ability to think, I rip it apart again with the other statistic I promised you:
Rank shared by Jesus Christ and Bill Clinton among "the greatest Americans of all time," according to Americans: 13
Yes. You read that correctly. On the list of the greatest Americans of all time, Bill Clinton is tied with Jesus.
Laugh? Cry? Who can say, really.
Chance that an ACLU member has joined the group since George W. Bush became president: 1 in 2.
That's right - the membership of the ACLU *doubled* since Dubya took office. Think about that. A 100% increase in membership, in 2 years, of a group that has existed since 1920.
And now that I've restored your faith in the American's ability to think, I rip it apart again with the other statistic I promised you:
Rank shared by Jesus Christ and Bill Clinton among "the greatest Americans of all time," according to Americans: 13
Yes. You read that correctly. On the list of the greatest Americans of all time, Bill Clinton is tied with Jesus.
Laugh? Cry? Who can say, really.
