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To: i-node who wrote (400297)	7/20/2008 4:28:38 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1583374

The "report" referenced is this "first issue" nonsense: The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009 You have to buy it. Put out by these people: measureofamerica.org Looks like another liberal driven "nonpartisan" FAX machine located in Brooklyn. The domain is registered to Kristen Lewis, created in April 2008. The "team": measureofamerica.org This sums up their agenda: measureofamerica.org Our aim with the American Human Development Project is to introduce to our own country an international approach and tool for measuring human well-being that we’ve seen used around the world with great success Another synopsis of the "report": prnewswire.com

To: i-node who wrote (400297)	7/20/2008 4:33:49 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583374

David, > I still don't know what the "30 year" part of the remark was pertaining to, though. Can YOU help with it? Obviously, I'm missing something. I haven't seen the details, but I'm sure there are ways to manipulate the data and come up with a 30-year discrepancy. Just a brainstorm: a) Take the most successful parts of CT and compare them with the most impoverished parts of MI. b) Include infant mortality as part of the life expectancy statistics. c) Don't count anyone who moved out of said impoverished parts of MI. (Who wants to retire and pass away in a slum of the Deep South, anyway?) We live in a huge and diverse society. Funny how those who celebrate "diversity" in culture don't want to acknowledge the "diversity" in wealth and circumstances. Tenchusatsu