"Indeed" Paraphrasations of the Day

Thursday, June 12, 2008

The single most "statistically effective" decrease in crime during the 20th Century can be attributed to Roe v. Wade.

-- Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

If you filed an income tax return in the last decade (regardless of your accountant or accounting firm), your tax return was likely prepared in Bangalore, India.

-- The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does that include the statistics of murdered unborn children since Roe v. Wade? Just curious.

You know what they say: there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Jimmy White said...

Balls: That is the LARGEST criticism of that "statistic." I personally agree that infanti/fetal-cide is/should not be a justifiable crime detering initiative.

Anonymous said...

Ddi you know that 98% of serial rapists eat mashed potatoes...yup, they do. Wait a second if that's true then chances are more than not at least one of us who have posted on this topic is a serial rapist...I CALL, NOT IT...

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Jimmy White said...

Junior: I too call , NOT IT or YELLOW or anything else that will prevent me from munchmunchmunchmunch... anywho, I peeped that article. statistics fighting statistics! In an all out SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY CAGE OCTAGON HEAVY METAL TABLES AND CHAIRS BRAS AND PANTIES DEATH MATCH! Just goes to show that one mans objectivity is another mans subjectivity. Can we truly ever know where the truth lies? Some say it is in the middle... well i say the details are in the middle and we all know where the devil is... uhm, in the ah details? Sure, that sounds right.

Anonymous said...

I am a cereal rapist. I violate Captain Crunch every morning.

Jimmy White said...

Count: You're an idiot. Keep it up an the Captain might cut your Franken Berry off... and noone will come to your aid. I know I won't