Median yearly income in the United States: about $35,000

Look at those two numbers. That's just what I can do with a rudimentary knowledge of algebra and statistics. Imagine what a college educated statistics major can do to poor, defenseless numbers.

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. I learned that about 15 years ago, and I see it new almost every day. Whenever someone starts talking in numbers, I get very, very wary.

Number of statistics in the above write up that were direcely and intentionally inflammatory: 6

Number of statistics that were totally off topic and unrelated to the title of the thread: At least 10

Number of statistics that were informative, level, and even: 0