Obama broke his no-new-taxes pledge 15 days after he took office when he signed legislation on Feb. 4, 2009 raising the tax on cigarettes 158 percent – 62 cents per pack. – Bob Beauprez
In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery. – Christy Turlington
Ford’s federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits. – Bernie Sanders
I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket. – George McGovern
Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It’s minuscule, few percent. – Noam Chomsky
I love my DSL, but I love my WiFi more. And I probably get on the Internet 40 percent to 50 percent more because of the combination of those technologies. – Michael K. Powell
More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002. – Elton Gallegly
Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent. – Donella Meadows
About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn’t match anything that we’ve ever seen before. – Nathan Wolfe