Percentage of US GDP last year that went to federal job-training and job-search programs: 0.05
Percentage that went to unemployment insurance: 1
Portion of voters in the midterm elections who ranked "spending to create jobs" as their highest priority for Congress: 2/5
Factor by which Joe DiMaggio's 1950 salary exceeded the mean U.S. family income: 26
Factor by which Derek Jeter's 2010 salary did: 288
Percentage of the pedestrians stopped in 2009 for random searches in Philadelphia who were black: 71
Percentage of the city's population that is black: 44
Percentage of the stops that didn't lead to an arrest: 11/12
Miles from land and maritime borders that the U.S. Border Patrol can legally perform warrantless searches: 100
Portion of all Americans who live within that area: 2/3
Number of times George W. Bush's memoir refers to his loss of the 2000 popular vote: 0
Percentage change since 2008 in the number of confirmed gonorrhea cases in Alaska: +71
Between that last stat and Bristol Palin's celebrity-enhancing teenage pregnancy, I think we can safely say that Alaskans need some more practical and thorough sex advice than the inverse of that Nike slogan. Hit me up, Alaskans, I got some great tips.
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