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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

What's up with this?


Fivethirtyeight.com has an interesting overview of the participation of women in government. At first it looks like an inditement of the Republican party, but as per the chart here, the problem is bigger than that. What gives, Forumettes?

5 comments:

Bob Newland said...

Burkina Faso? And they're below the USA? WTF!!!

Bob Newland said...

Burkina Faso
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2834.htm

Bob Newland said...

And I thought Burkina Faso was the stage name James Van Nuys plays under when he's doin' gigs in Memphis.

Bill Fleming said...

Maybe we should make Burkina Faso Decorum Forum's second most favored nation. I don't know, it just seems right somehow. What do you think, guys?

Bill Fleming said...

I mean, who wouldn't want to belong to the "Collective Against Impunity" political party?