News by the Numbers: 02/08

• 3 - the number of times Puerto Ricans have gone to the polls and rejected statehood in order for their island nation to remain a self-governing U.S. commonwealth, the last occurring in 1998.
• 4.2% - the amount overall economic growth could decline if the Kyoto Treaty were enacted, according to estimates made by the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) during the Clinton Administration.
• 7% - legalized abortion actually increased the murder rate by this amount, according to economist, John Lott.
• 23.9% - of Americans said they believe little or nothing that comes out of the Main Stream Media (MSM), according to a Sacred Heart University poll.
• 46 - black colleges, out of 53, had a graduation rate of or lower than 50 percent, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
• 48% - of at-home mothers consider not working their ideal situation, according to a 2007 Pew survey.
• 90% - of the land in the United States is undeveloped and forests alone cover more area than all the cities and towns in the country combined.
• 100+ - homicides are currently under investigation as potential Islamic “honor killings” in Great Britain.
• 261 - Hillary Clinton’s earmarks, more than twice as many as any other member of Congress seeking the presidency.
• 253 - the number of times armed troops and police from Mexico have invaded America between 1996 and 2006, according to the U.S. government which apparently did nothing to protect our citizens and our sovereignty.
• 751 - the number of “no-go” areas in France, controlled by Muslims which have also become major drug trafficking centers for organized crime.
• 1927 - el Ikhwan (the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt) was formed to "cleanse the whole world of the infidels."
• 1979 - Saudi Arabia officially declared great Jihad
• $303,000 - a Hillary earmark awarded to a “Gay” lobby group whose top legislative agenda item at the federal level involves changing immigration policy to eliminate HIV/AIDS as grounds for inadmissibility as a disease of public health significance.
• 489,000 - claims have been filed over Hurricanes Katrina and Rita which caused about $100 billion in physical damage. The federal government has already dedicated more than $130 billion on recovery. Claimants are seeking an Edwardsesque $3,006,001,000,000,000.
• $4 billion - is spent on climate research annually.
• 9 million - acres of wilderness in Utah will be designated as wilderness, raising the cost of energy and hurting low-income families the most, if U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. has his way
• $10 billion - the net fiscal cost at the federal level alone to American taxpayers of illegal immigrant households in one year, estimated by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
• $29 billion - the annual cost to taxpayers should illegal aliens be granted amnesty, according to the CIS.
• $848.6 billion - the cost of one term of Hillary Clinton’s presidency to taxpayers, according to the Republican National Committee.