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Kujo
of Portland, ME
In 2007, with a population of 12,852,548 in the state of Illinois, there were 752 murders, 4,103 rapes.
In 2007, with a population of 6,338,755 in the state of Arizona, there were 468 murders and 1,856 rapes.
In 2007, one out of 17,091 people were murdered in Illinois. One out of 13,544 murdered in Arizona.
One out of 3,132 raped in Illinois. Out of of 3,415 raped in Arizona.
What, exactly, are you trying to prove with your statistics?report abuse
Oct 28, 2008 10:51 PM
So, DaveD, Chicago has twice the murder rate as Phoenix (Arizona's most populated city). Ok to accept the statistics according to Law Enforcement Agencies for the states of Illinois and Arizona?
In 2007, with a population of 12,852,548 in the state of Illinois, there were 752 murders, 4,103 rapes.
In 2007, with a population of 6,338,755 in the state of Arizona, there were 468 murders and 1,856 rapes.
In 2007, one out of 17,091 people were murdered in Illinois. One out of 13,544 murdered in Arizona.
One out of 3,132 raped in Illinois. Out of of 3,415 raped in Arizona.
What, exactly, are you trying to prove with your statistics?report abuse
Frankie
of Windham, ME
Yes.report abuse
Oct 28, 2008 10:38 PM
"I suppose I'm supposed to, I presume, forget the policy of the man (Obama) and just sit back and label him a Marxist because he believes in progressive taxation (an idea not central to Marxism, but most central to Adam Smith, the world's first capitalist). And label him a terrorist because he was on the board of a non profit with a man who was a terrorist 30 years before?"
Yes.report abuse
Joe Dilbert
of New York, NY
Open your eyes!
Even the Hillary supporters are protesting that Obama's gang was rigging votes.
Read all about it: http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/obama_voter_fraud/2008/10/27/144303.html?s=al&promo_code=6E3F-1report abuse
Oct 28, 2008 10:10 PM
Amazing how these libs lash out at anything that threatens their fantasy view of their candadate!
Open your eyes!
Even the Hillary supporters are protesting that Obama's gang was rigging votes.
Read all about it: http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/obama_voter_fraud/2008/10/27/144303.html?s=al&promo_code=6E3F-1report abuse
lisap
of South Portland, ME
Oct 28, 2008 9:57 PM
Typical Republican dirty tricks.report abuseYou must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.
