***** Other Stuff at 28 Percent ******

[RoadRunner]

28 percent of US companies are unprepared for disasters


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=599622&page=1">28 percent opposed removal of Schiavo's feeding tube


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070425/bs_afp/uscompanyaviation_070425161406">Boeing profit up 28 percent


28 percent of Israel's Arabs deny Holocaust


Foreclosures up 28 percent


28 percent 0f high school students fall asleep in school at least once a week


28 percent believe US will win in Iraq


Internet attacks up 28 percent


28 percent of Americans believe US headed in right direction


Veterans are 28 Percent of U.S. Deaths


Fake e-mails fool users 28 percent of the time, study finds


SUV Registrations Up 28 Percent in South Dakota


Bankrupt Winn-Dixie Cuts Workforce by 28 Percent


Home Depot 4Q Profit Drops 28 Percent


Share of schools meeting U.S. standards slides to 28 percent

[Gman]

1. Several of those explain why Bush is as high as 28% -- K&R--

the same 28% that think we'll win in Iraq, America headed in the right direction, and (most telling) those that didn't want Schiavo's feeding tube removed, among others.

Good research.

[stillcool]

2. wow...who knew?...

from your link above

Veterans are 28 Percent of U.S. Deaths and Need to be Aware of End-of-Life Care
National hospice, palliative care group reaches out on Veterans Day

November 9, 2006 – More than 50,000 U.S. military veterans die each month, about 28 percent of all deaths in the nation, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, which is using the celebration of Veterans Day on Saturday to urge Americans who may know of a veteran needing the special care hospice provides, to contact the organization.

[Up2Late]

3. I just want to see the one that says, "28% of Americans just haven't gotta clue..."

Looks like some of those are the same 28%.

I wonder what the percentage is of Americans with below average intelligence. Probably 28%.

I mean, check this out. <http://www.epa.gov/R5Super/npl/indiana/IND000715490.htm>


This happened in the town I grew up in, in Elkhart, Indiana. The EPA declared the Conrail Rail Yard a Superfund Cleanup site and ordered the company to pay to have the people with contaminated well to be hooked up to the City water, but the people in 27 of the homes refused, choosing to keep the contaminated water. Some people are just too stupid for their own good.

Threats and Contaminants

Wells in the vicinity of the site were found to contain up to 5,000 parts per billion (ppb)carbon tetrachloride and similar concentrations of trichloroethylene (TCE). Bottled water and filters were provided immediately to residents. Two contaminant plumes were identified, and the overall area potentially impacted by the site is approximately 2,500 acres (including the railyard). Additionally, nine residences had indoor vapor levels of carbon tetrachloride that exceeded the action level.

Cleanup Progress

A Unilateral Administrative Order (UAO) was issued to Conrail and Penn Central in 1992 to implement the 1991 Record of Decision (ROD). Conrail complied with this UAO. Approximately 458 of the 475 residences and businesses were hooked up to the Elkhart city water supply by spring 1996. The remaining 27 residences refused access. In 1995, a UAO was issued to Conrail and Penn Central to perform the additional hookups to the Elkhart city water supply that were required under the final 1994 ROD. Both companies complied with this UAO. Approximately 648 of the 683 residences and businesses were provided with an alternate water supply (35 residences refused access). The remainder of the final ROD, including implementing the groundwater remedy and testing and cleaning up VOC vapors in basements in a small area near the Osceola Drag Strip, were implemented under a Consent Decree (CD) with Conrail and Penn Central. This CD was entered on November 10, 1997. VOC vapor testing was performed from late 1998-2000, and seven homes were found to have carbon tetrachloride vapor levels above the level of concern for the site. These homes have been provided with basement venting units, which have successfully mitigated the vapors. A Record of Decision Amendment, which allowed for a technical impracticability waiver for the ground water source contamination on the rail yard was executed on September 27, 2000. The result of the ROD Amendment was that the source areas on the rail yard were hydraulically contained instead of restoring the source areas to below drinking water standards. Construction for the remainder of the final cleanup was completed in June 2004. A five year review was completed on September 27, 2004. This review indicated that the remedy for the Site continued to be protective of human health and the environment. <http://www.epa.gov/R5Super/npl/indiana/IND000715490.htm>

[rurallib]

4. Forgot the 28% beer Georgie drinks.