Harper's Index: the Bush Years

Harper's Index: the Bush Years

Posted by Cory Doctorow, January 14, 2009 8:34 AM | permalink

Here's Harper's Index for the Bush years -- some real gems here:

Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to avoid an “ironic death”: 1

Estimated total calories members of Congress burned giving Bush’s 2002 State of the Union standing ovations: 22,000

Percentage of the amendments in the Bill of Rights that are violated by the USA PATRIOT Act, according to the ACLU: 50

Harper’s Index (Thanks, Mr Jalopy!)