That is also included in the other countries totals... Eric
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:33 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices That's not it. Murder, accidents and suicide make our numbers look bad. Take them out of the calculations and we're near the top. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Food for thought?" > > Sure, but not all in a negative context. > > For example, looking at Life Expectancy. A ranking of 30th seems pretty > bad. Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (including the > incredibly unhealthy fast-food), an abundance of non-manual labor jobs, an > abundance of personal vehicles (no biking or walking), and no incentive to > exercises (except personal drive). The USA has a lot overweight people > with diabetes and high blood pressure leading to a lot of premature deaths. > This is by personal lifestyle choices. > > I won't touch prisons and education though. I believe both are incredibly > misman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316468 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
