Harper's Index takes a look back and dives into the (sobering) correlative statistics and numbers during the Bush Administrative. A sample of some that I found interesting:
Date on which the first contract for a book about September 11 was signed: 9/13/01Number of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African men detained in the U.S. in the eight weeks after 9/11: 1,182
Number of them ever charged with a terrorism-related crime: 0
Number of members of the rock band Anthrax who said they hoarded Cipro so as to avoid an “ironic death”: 1
Portion of his presidency he has spent at or en route to vacation spots: 1/3
Minimum number of times that Frederick Douglass was beaten in what is now Donald Rumsfeld’s vacation home: 25
Percentage change in U.S. discretionary spending during Bush’s presidency: +31
Percentage change during Reagan’s and Clinton’s, respectively: +16, +0.3
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