You know the funniest thing about that link? First they say that "less than one percent" of our budget goes to foreign aid, then follow that with: "most Americans think the United States spends about 24 percent of its annual budget on foreign aid—more than 24 times the actual figure."
Thank God somebody went ahead and did the math for us.
I was mildly obsessed with him and Alan Webb when I ran track in high school. El Guerrouj made me look fat, and I weighed 150 at 6' (pre weight-lifting).
And what do you expect, in a country where over half of the people can't place India on a map.
Not clear this is true; one of the points occasionally made about Jordan is that he was freakishly strong for his size. See Knight's comments in Halberstam.
the bird with the moustache is the bizarro bird. As such, it needs hardly be said that he hated the non-moustachioed bird with a fierce burning fire of such sweet flavor -- the smell of a burning tire -- it led him to throw punches in the non-bizarro's name (so as to impugn his golden boy rep, of course, silly).
And so he broke the bird's back, and that bird sat on the court, and then in his bed, and ate wedding cakes, and got fat.
5: what's even funnier about that is that they didin't use their own figures correctly for appropriate dramatic effect. They said that the US' foreign aid spending was "about 0.1 percent." You don't usually say "more than 24 times" when what you mean is "240 times".
That's some bulge he's got swinging, though.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:49 PM
Glad to see you wising up, my man. Now will you admit Bird was better than Jordan?
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:49 PM
That's an excitable navigation menu he's got there.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:52 PM
I can't stop putting my mouse on his menu.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:53 PM
You know the funniest thing about that link? First they say that "less than one percent" of our budget goes to foreign aid, then follow that with: "most Americans think the United States spends about 24 percent of its annual budget on foreign aid—more than 24 times the actual figure."
Thank God somebody went ahead and did the math for us.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:53 PM
Now will you admit Bird was better than Jordan?
I'll admit that Bird was stronger than Jordan, by which I mean that he was a better offensive rebounder.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:54 PM
I'll admit that Bird was stronger than Jordan
...but I refer here to odor, not raw musculature.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:55 PM
I was mildly obsessed with him and Alan Webb when I ran track in high school. El Guerrouj made me look fat, and I weighed 150 at 6' (pre weight-lifting).
And what do you expect, in a country where over half of the people can't place India on a map.
Posted by Matt F | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 2:58 PM
I'll admit that Bird was stronger than Jordan
Not clear this is true; one of the points occasionally made about Jordan is that he was freakishly strong for his size. See Knight's comments in Halberstam.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 3:03 PM
I'm well aware of that, Timbot. Also, it was a joke, which you would have gotten, if you were baa.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 3:05 PM
Bird has a funnier-looking mustache than pretty much anyone, if that's any measure.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 3:07 PM
Except Rollie Fingers
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 3:08 PM
and these guys
it's unclear if any of them are ballers, though
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 3:15 PM
the bird with the moustache is the bizarro bird. As such, it needs hardly be said that he hated the non-moustachioed bird with a fierce burning fire of such sweet flavor -- the smell of a burning tire -- it led him to throw punches in the non-bizarro's name (so as to impugn his golden boy rep, of course, silly).
And so he broke the bird's back, and that bird sat on the court, and then in his bed, and ate wedding cakes, and got fat.
Posted by text | Link to this comment | 11-30-05 6:50 PM
5: what's even funnier about that is that they didin't use their own figures correctly for appropriate dramatic effect. They said that the US' foreign aid spending was "about 0.1 percent." You don't usually say "more than 24 times" when what you mean is "240 times".
Posted by silvana | Link to this comment | 12- 1-05 8:19 AM