Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Numbers Don't Lie

Some interesting stats, provided by my dear Anne Frost:

  • Number of people in the U.S. who attend religious services every week: 55 million
  • Number of people in the U.S. who shop at Wal-Mart every week: 136 million

  • Number of colleges and universities in the U.S.: 4,140
  • Number of Wal-Mart-owned stores in the U.S.: 4,191
  • Percentage of eligible Americans who voted in the last presidential election: 60%
  • Percentage of Americans who will go to a Wal-Mart this year: 90%

My conclusions from this:

  • Wal-Mart is more important than church. Maybe they had a Jesus™ sighting there?
  • Americans like Wal-Mart more than college. Books suck!
  • The sheep would rather shop than vote.

Stephen Colbert would love these. See? The free market has decided: shopping is more important than church, and only an America-hating Al Qaeda terra-ist goes to church on Sunday instead of shopping at Wal-Mart.