A Thoroughly Disgusting Foul-mouthed Broad
posted in General |NUMBERS AND STATS
Nowadays, there is plenty to read. Lots of authors on every subject at hand, and they all refer to statistics or numbers to buttress their views and authorship. It seems that when it comes to opposing views, each writer has his/her own set of numbers to prove they they are right. Thus, I generally few these “numbers” with a bit of skepticism. But sometimes, a number just jumps out — begging to be challenged or explained. Here are a few, for example.
. I70,000 Americans killed in auto accidents in the past 4 years. US Military deaths in Iraq during the same period 3500.
Who is protesting what?
. In 3rd generation homes of Latin immigrants, English is the preferred language by a marguin of 96%. As far as assimilation is concerned, maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel. Long tunnel, but light!
As far as immigration and English are concerned, I attended secondary school with kids whose parents couldn't speak english. But the kids, while trailing for 2-3 years, came on strong and did very well for themselves in this english speaking society. One of my former Macedonian classmates is now my stockbroker.
His familty got here legally!