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And Now for Some Pat Metheny

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Bob Dillon2/25/2009 10:22:48 pm PST

re: #74 Sharmuta

See! Damn science corrupting traditional values….

/blue smoke

Here’s some science for u Shar … and traditional values ….

Can You Explain This ?

Top 10……Poverty in Our Major Cities

City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level

1. Detroit, MI 32.5%
2. Buffalo, NY 29.9%
3. Cincinnati, OH 27.8%
4. Cleveland, OH 27.0%
5. Miami, FL 26.9%
5. St. Louis, MO 26.8%
7. El Paso, TX 26.4%
8. Milwaukee, WI 26.2%
9. Philadelphia, PA 25.1%
10. Newark, NJ 24.2%

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007

What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1961;

Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected one since 1954;

Cincinnati, OH (3rd)…since 1984;

Cleveland, OH (4th)…since 1989;

Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;

St. Louis, MO (6th)….since 1949;

El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;

Milwaukee, WI (8th)…since 1908;

Philadelphia, PA (9th)…since 1952;

Newark, NJ (10th)…since 1907.

Einstein once said, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’

It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats—-yet they are still ………………. POOR