Didn't realize these were avaiable online. They're often pretty witty: http://www.harpers.org/harpers-index/listing.php3 Percentage of Indian college students who cite Gandhi and Hitler, respectively, as models for leaders of India : 23, 17 Percentage of Palestinians who said in May that Osama bin Laden would "do the right thing" regarding world affairs : 71 Percentage who said that George Bush would : 1 Amount of evidence, according to the New York Times in June, that Bush "did not believe" his own statements on Iraq : 0 Number of officials who ever suggested that Iraq had nuclear weapons, according to Donald Rumsfeld in June : 0 Number of times Democrat Howard Dean mentioned Iraq in announcing his candidacy for president this year : 0 Year in which Dick Cheney said that his policy as CEO of Halliburton was that "we wouldn't do anything in Iraq" : 2000 Price of the oil-field supplies sold to Iraq by two Halliburton subsidiaries during Cheney's tenure : $73,000,000
Maximum number of miles that Ford's most fuel-efficient 2003 car can drive on a gallon of gas : 36 Maximum number its 1912 Model T could : 35
Great Lunchtime Reading! Number of Canadian prison inmates who overdosed in March on fellow prisoners' methadone-laced vomit : 2 [and their names were Bob and Doug] Number of inmates charged with drug trafficking for providing the vomit : 3
Maximum number of miles that Ford's most fuel-efficient 2003 car can drive on a gallon of gas : 36 Maximum number its 1912 Model T could : 35 Ah, progress...making life better for the average, hard-working American (CEO...)