Happy news about one of the organizations I love to hate. Turns out CAIR’s membership rolls have been falling faster than the President’s approval rating. They’ve dropped from 29,000 in the year 2000 to less than 1,700 in 2006. Oh, and the bonus statistic: Pew Research estimates there are only 2.3 million Muslims in the U.S. This is significant because it’s less than half the number CAIR used to pimp, which means their “market share” is even more pathetic. Seventeen hundred out of 2.3 million is almost statistically non-existent.
Let’s do a little comparison shopping, shall we. According to the FBI, in 1995 there were 1,100 members of the North American Man Boy Love Association. Aum Shinrikyo, the apocalyptic cult that released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway and released Anthrax on several other occasions, currently has 1,500 to 2,000 members. Jim Jones’ People’s Temple “church” boasted 3,500 at its height, and nearly a thousand of those drank the kool-aid. Are we starting to see the statistical company they’re keeping? Now if we could just get the media to stop pretending they represent anyone.
Ares
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Lies, Big Lies, and statistics. Does membership size make the group any less deadly, for the group or the people they harm? How many people signed up for an email list and were included as "Members"? I know someone here who "joined" moveon.org just to keep an eye on what going on. No the media doesn't represent any thing but their own interests. Hence all anna all the time.
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