Other Crap

There's a new "world's dumbest Congressman". Forget about the former king, Alphonse D'Amato. Rep. Charles Rangel branded the Iraqi war a "death tax" on America's poor and minorities because about a quarter of those killed in action so far have been black or Hispanic, even though black and Hispanic people comprise only 25% of the population of the United States.

• Rangel also harangued that fully 50% of those killed in action are taller than the average man killed in action.
• By the way, black and Hispanic soldiers represent 31.3% of all enlisted personnel in the armed forces of the United States, but have accounted for a lower percentage, 26%, of combat deaths so far. I don't know what that means, exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's not what Rangel wants you to believe.