Friday, September 23, 2005

Dumb-ocrats

As much as I hate to link to the Maricopa Democrats, I just couldn't let this one go.

Go to the link shown above and check the page header....all the way at the top. It says:

Maricopa Democrats - Arizona - 4th largest COUNTY in the United States

Cool. The 4th largest county.

Ok, now go to the page of Shirley McAllister, the Maricopa Democrats Secretary. This page has a neat little animation that says:
Maricopa County
The 5th largest county in the US


Wait....I thought it was the 4th largest county. Hmmmmmm. Let's go check the official Maricopa County website.

And the official word is:

Maricopa County has a land area of 9,226 square miles, of which 1,441 square miles are incorporated (15.6 percent) and 7,785 square miles are unincorporated (84.4 percent). It is the fifth largest of Arizona's 15 counties, and the 14th largest county in the United States. Maricopa County is larger than seven states and the District of Columbia. The county measures 132 miles from east to west and 103 miles from north to south. Twenty-four cities and towns are located within Maricopa County's outer boundaries.


Wow. I feel exponentially dumber for having visited those two pages.

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Comments:
Obviously, they based their math on the old "2+2=4 except for very large values of 2" premise.

It appears that once again, the Democrats are mixing up their information and statistics.
 
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