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    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$: What the Actual Facts Reveal about Life in America and the Rest of the World!
    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$: What the Actual Facts Reveal about Life in America and the Rest of the World!
    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$: What the Actual Facts Reveal about Life in America and the Rest of the World!
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    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$: What the Actual Facts Reveal about Life in America and the Rest of the World!

    By Walt F.J. Goodridge

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    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$ is a factual, fully researched, sometimes humorous look at current topics that often come up in our everyday conversations; topics about which people have the most--often emotional--opinions, but often the least facts and knowledge! It contains over 134 pages of fully-researched, simply-presented facts and information (from well respected and sometimes obscure sources) on a wide range of topics including immigration, unemployment, religion, crime, welfare, racism, gun ownership, politics, science, religion, terrorism and even ebola, that dispel the myths and reveal the truth behind "conventional wisdom" so you'll never have to suffer through anyone pulling numbers out of their (or somebody else's) a$$es again!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWalt F.J. Goodridge
    Release dateSep 10, 2020
    ISBN9781005672478
    Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$: What the Actual Facts Reveal about Life in America and the Rest of the World!
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    Walt F.J. Goodridge

    "Once upon a time, there was a Jamaican civil engineer living in New York City who hated his job. He followed his passion, started a sideline business publishing his own books, quit his job, escaped the rat race, ran off to a tropical island in the Pacific, and started a tourism business so he could give tours of the island to pretty girls every day! He now lives a nomadpreneur's dream life, while helping others do the same!"Read the long version at : http://waltgoodridge.com/walt/

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      Stop Pulling Numbers Out of Your A$$ - Walt F.J. Goodridge

      W

      hy?

      "Something like 8 out of every 10 people

      make up statistics on the spot."

       "Why did you write this book?" 

      I often like to read the comments sections on articles on various news websites. There are always some gems to be discovered! Recently, in a long series of back and forth responses on one such site, between US Democrats and Republicans quoting all sorts of numbers and opinions to support each side’s position on a recent article about former vice-presidential candidate, Paul Ryan, one fellow, adding his own take on all the dubious facts people were spewing, wrote:

      "Something like 8 out of every 10 people make up statistics on the spot."

      I thought that was hilarious!

      Author, Rex Stout, famously said:

      "There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up."

      It's so true. Whether it's about immigration, unemployment, welfare or war, there are statistics making the rounds through our media, at the water cooler, and around the family dinner table that are simply not true—the kind of statistics people are simply making up; numbers that people are—with apologies for the crudeness—simply pulling out of their asses! This book is my way of helping to address that sad reality!

      How to tell when someone is pulling numbers out their ass

      The next day, after stumbling upon that comment, I was listening to a podcast of the Jimmy Dore show in which an economist was asked to explain the income disparities between blacks and whites in America. He began spewing all sorts of racially charged stereotypes and buzzwords about unwed mothers being rewarded for having kids, the evils of a dependent culture, etc., and went on to say:

      ..of course, the rates of birth out of wedlock, particularly in the black community, have gone up, I dunno, ten times in the past 50 years...

      "The vast majority, 80 or 90, er, I'm not sure of the figure exactly, of young black children are...."

      That’s a textbook case for your training for recognizing when someone is pulling numbers out of an ass: use of the phrases I dunno, something like, or the vast majority, coupled with admitted lack of confidence and specificity when it comes to the actual numbers.

      During the 2012 presidential campaign, Republican candidate, Rick Santorum, famously pulled numbers out his ass on numerous occasions (Google enforced euthanasia in the Netherlands), and most notably in classic style about the educational system in California:

      SANTORUM: I was just reading something last night from the state of California. And that the California universities – I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities, don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught. Of course, Santorum’s comments were later proven baseless.

      Now, as you’re aware, the concept of pulling numbers out of your own (or somebody else's) ass is not new. What's different now is that the practice, previously limited to (and forgivable) for those with limited access to information, now includes preachers, pundits, politicians, professors and even presidents! People in every walk of life are simply making up statistics to support their arguments….and it's driving the rest of us crazy!!!

      Unlike in Rex Stout’s day, people today don’t even feel a need to look things up for verification. They start with bias, intolerance and prejudice as their platforms, and simply pull made up facts to support them! When you live in a country where no challenges the president of the United States when he tells obvious lies, then it sets a standard for its citizens to pull numbers out of their asses willy nilly…and believe they can get away with it!

      If this book—while not the ultimate solution—can help in some small way to stop this insanity, then my efforts will not have been in vain!

      These numbers have been checked and verified. Whip them out confidently at any dinner party to stop the madness!

      Please remember, each page in this book represents a topic about which entire books have been written, years-long studies have been conducted and about which people have achieved professionally recognized expertise. My purpose in presenting these raw numbers and charts and summaries is simply to dispel some of the grosser misconceptions about certain basic and often-misrepresented topics and to help put other topics in perspective in a global context. It’s important to note, however, that raw numbers can themselves be interpreted in many different ways. For instance, it’s not enough to simply state that two countries have each incarcerated 50 people. If country A has a total population of 1,000 people, while country B has a total population of 51 people, then that same number of incarcerations (50) tells an entirely different story in each country. I’ve done my best to include additional information that helps provide a supplemental context and perspective to a bigger picture.

      I’ve titled these topics in some provocative and politically incorrect ways just to give you some practice in recognizing the language that often indicates when a conversation is about to take a turn toward the rectum!

      Every few pages, I’ll also be sharing my observations in thoughts about various topics. These mini essays are my own opinions. Opinions?? In a book about facts??? Well, yes, I can do that, it’s my book!

      You’ll get a refresher course in the basics, gain a new appreciation for how life in the US compares to the rest of the world, and at the very least, you’ll discover some innovative and fascinating new sources of information* (See USdebtclock.org)!

      With that said, let’s begin our adventure, shall we? Join me, if you will, in a loud collective shout to those other folks to stop pulling numbers of your ass!

      *the Sourceinfo in the ebook/Kindle/Nook editions are clickable and go directly to the online sources used. Paperback readers will have to search online.

      A thought: 

      Everything you believe...is wrong!

      T

      his house of cards we refer to as our society’s current belief system is crumbling. The cloak of deception upon which that belief system is based is unraveling. Everything you’ve been told, believe and accept to be true about many aspects of reality is being challenged and exposed as simply

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