I Heart Harper's

Some little tidbits from an old Harper's Index:

-Percentage of Americans who cannot say in which
year the September 11 attacks occurred:

30

-Average number of books written by each French
president since World War II:

8

-Average by U.S. presidents: 4

-Number written by Jimmy Carter:
20

-Number of congressional resolutions proposed
since 1989 that have contained the word "delicious":

5

Some little bits from the back page- "Findings":

Chinese scientists were attempting to grow cosmically enhanced fruits and vegetables, and people who eat large quantities of cured meats were found to have a 3 percent reduction of lung function. An Israeli study found that women are more easily impregnated if they are amused. Scientists concluded that teenagers are physically incapable of being considerate; British cattle have regional accents; elephants mourn their dead; and nicotine sobers drunk rats.

For recent news- a must read?

Their Men in Washington: Undercover With D.C.'s Lobbyists for Hire

by Ken Silverstein.....

he "Punk'ed" some of the top Lobbyists in Washington

If you don't feel like forking over $7 for a copy of July issue of Harper's:

Look for NPR's recorded "Talk Of The Nation"- hosting Ken Silverstein,

Go to his blog http://harpers.org/subjects/WashingtonBabylon

or maybe try and "youtube" the PBS special:

(http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/06222007/profile2.html)

I guarantee, it offers up some interesting points of how our media, policies and overall emotion is manipulated by some of these guys...