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“More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from Ebola.”
Can you think of any other such comparisons?
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:26 am
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More Americans have been married to Bruce Rauner than have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:30 am
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Bulls have each won more titles in their sports…
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:30 am
Nah. I Just don’t do Zorn.
Comment by A guy... Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:30 am
There are as more Americans that have beaten Barack Obama in an election than Americans who have contracted & died of Ebola in the United States.
Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:31 am
The Seattle area school shooting for starters.
Comment by Lil Squeezy Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:31 am
More Americans have died from Ebola than have seen the Cubs win a World Series.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:31 am
Many more Illinois governors have gone to prison than Americans who died from Ebola.
Comment by a drop in Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:31 am
Not one single person had ever died from the effects of an atomic explosion until 8/6/45.
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:32 am
More people (at least as many) have given to a candidate who likes to make comments here than have died in the US due to Ebola…
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:33 am
“More Americans have cast ballots for Libertarian candidate Chad Grimm than have died from Ebola.”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:35 am
More Americans have had their families targeted and threatened by Bruce Rauner and his campaign than have died from Ebola.
(Look, if he wants to be connected to Ebola so bad, I’ll happily stick to this theme just as long as he advocates for science-free fear and ignorance and a lack of understanding of the Constitution.)
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:35 am
The Chicago Blackhawks have won more games at Soldier Field this year than the Chicago Bears.
Comment by Anonymiss Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:36 am
More Americans have been forced out of their jobs by the Chicago Sun-Times for doing their jobs than have contracted and died from Ebola in the United States.
Comment by Not OW Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:36 am
Time for a travel ban on Kardashians?
Comment by davidh Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:36 am
More convicted felons released early on PQ’s watch have committed crimes than have been killed by Ebola.
Rauner has owner his watch for more years than hose americans killed by Ebola.
Zorn stole more Ebola memes than Americans killed by Ebola
Comment by Wumpus Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:38 am
Many, many more Americans have been illegally price-gouged by Rauner’s company over heart meds for their sick babies than have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:39 am
Thousands, possibly tens of thousands of people will die of the seasonal flu this year in the US. It’s coming. We know it.
Where’s the quarantine? The outrage? The mandatory flu shots?
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:40 am
It’s a good thing Thomas Eric Duncan wasn’t an American and he only died in America.
Comment by Jose Abreu's next homer Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:40 am
DuPage Dan, you just can’t argue with logic like that. (But to be on the safe side, let’s ban travel to Los Alamos.)
Comment by Soccermom Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:41 am
Pat Quinn has endorsed more convicted Governors…
Comment by JeffingingChicago Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:41 am
More people have died from ebola in the U.S. than the number of companies Bruce Rauner controlled that he could recall that have created jobs.
Comment by Tommydanger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:42 am
This is fun and all, and I’m chuckling. But too cute by half tweets often come back to haunt like this one of Zorn’s likely will.
Comment by Responsa Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:42 am
Flipped around: More people died of Ebola than jobs created by Rauner’s companies.
Comment by Grandson of Man Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:47 am
Rauner’s homes, like the members of Rahm Emanuel’s family who have vacationed in them, outnumber the Americans who have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:48 am
Bruce Rauner has threatened to shut down the government more often than Americans have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:51 am
More egotistical oligarchs have blown $25 mil of their own ill-gotten gains trying to buy the Illinois Guv’s chair than Americans have died of Ebola.
Comment by Economic Justice Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 11:55 am
More vulnerable elderly people have perished due to abuse and neglect in the nursing homes that earned Rauner money than have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:00 pm
Just as many Americans have died from Ebola as Chicago residents have been denied an excellent education because Bruce Rauner clouted his daughter into a public school outside of her hometown.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:02 pm
There are more false Raunervich campaign promises than panicked and hysterical cable talking heads spouting forth about Ebola.
Comment by Norseman Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:03 pm
More Americans have died from Ebola than black executives have worked at Rauner’s company.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:06 pm
More public health officials have said that Rauner’s travel ban would hasten the spread of Ebola, than Americans have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:08 pm
More Americans have died from Bruce Rauner’s negligent nursing home care than Ebola.
It’s no wonder he wants to change the topic.
That’s the line that Brooke Anderson ought to be repeating.
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:11 pm
More Americans have been married to Bruce Rauner than have died from Ebola.
More American reporters have been forced out because of Bruce Rauner’s illegitimate complaints than have died from Ebola.
Bruce Rauner owns more carhartt jackets than the number of people who have died from Ebola.
Bruce Rauner has more homes than the number of Americans who have died from Ebola.
More Illinois Lt Governors have become Governor after Blago was impeached than the number of Americans who have died of Ebola.
Comment by IrishPirate Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:13 pm
More Americans have intercepted a pass or recovered a fumble from Jay Cutler this year than have died from Ebola.
Comment by OldSmoky2 Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:14 pm
Bruce Rauner has flip-flopped on more issues since the primary than Americans have died from Ebola.
Comment by View from the Cheap Seats Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:14 pm
GTCR has been liable for more deaths than Ebola.
Comment by gabe Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:15 pm
It only took three Ebola patients to enfeeble the Federal Government, the White House, hospitals across the US, and dominate the press.
Three.
It isn’t about how few - it is about how those few overwhelmed everything supposedly in place after months and months of warnings beginning in March.
Zorn may wish to make light of it, but it isn’t a sign of over-reacting, it is a sign of mass incompetence.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:16 pm
Jay Cutler has killed more coaches than Ebola has killed Americans.
Comment by Siriusly Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:17 pm
People have died from being hitched to Kim Kardashian?
Who knew?
Maybe a fate worse then death?
/snark
Comment by Judgment Day Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:18 pm
If this year is like most, about 36,000 Amrericans will die from the flu.
You get the flu virus from someone who has the flu.
How long are we going to quarantine those that have been exposed to the flu but have yet to show symptoms?
Koo-koo
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:19 pm
More former Illinois Governors have gone to jail in the past eight years than US Citizens who have contracted ebola.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:19 pm
DD, your Hiroshima analogy is ……. Strange.
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:20 pm
Whoops. Meant to say “died from ebola”
Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:20 pm
More newspaper endorsements for Quinn than Americans dead from Ebola!
Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:20 pm
You have greater odds of getting your suburban kid into Walter Payton Prep than you do contracting Ebola.
Comment by Siriusly Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:22 pm
More Americans who have serves as governor of Illinois have gone to prison than have died of Ebola
Comment by RMW Stanford Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:23 pm
Jim Oberweis has ran for more positions than the number of people who have died from Ebola in the U.S.
Comment by James Madison Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:25 pm
Leopold “Butters” Scotch thinks that Kim Kardashian is the most beautiful woman in the world.
Comment by Team Sleep Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:30 pm
The Cubs have more World Series championships than the number of people in the US who have died from Ebola.
Jim Oberweis has more flavors of milk than people in the US who have died from Ebola.
Comment by Mittuns Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:34 pm
Bruce Rauner has taken more unconstitutional positions than Americans have died from Ebola.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:34 pm
More current or former Chicago residents died from camel attacks this year than from Ebola and ISIS COMBINED!
Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:49 pm
More columnists have recycled this Kim Kardashian joke than people have contracted Ebola.
Comment by Dirty Red Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:50 pm
The Cubs have won more World Series than people who have died from Ebola in the US.
Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:51 pm
Word, what is the fatality rate of the flu? What is the fatality rate of Ebola? Your comparison is….strange.
Sorry my reference was beyond you, word. I suppose I could have pasted all the lame references that others have posted here - tired and boring. I can’t make mine any simpler for you.
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:52 pm
Being positive for a minute:
More African-Americans have now RECOVERED from Ebola than have been recruited to work for Rauner.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:55 pm
DD, when it comes to simple, you’re definitely the guy.
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 12:58 pm
There are as many US Ebola victims as their are Zorn readers.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:13 pm
If this year is like most, about 36,000 Amrericans will die from the flu.
Yeah - Ebola is just like the flu.
Why the panic?
If you get it, just take an aspirin - it’ll fix you right up!
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:15 pm
==There are as many US Ebola victims as their are Zorn readers.==
VanillaMan, you misspelled “there” and “McKinney.”
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:16 pm
As a matter of fact ’slinger - I caught Ebola just a few weeks ago, and just remembered my vitamin C and a nap. It is all gone now.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:16 pm
their
That’s hilarious!
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:17 pm
Haven’t you seen the new Wordslinger-approved, “Alka-Selzer Ebola Plus capsules”?
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:19 pm
Good news!
There is a new Ebola cure.
Bad news!
Rauner bought it.
Price is now $1600
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:21 pm
Keep laughing at tens of thousands of dead people, it looks great on you.
Some of us are worried about real threats to vulnerable people.
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:21 pm
“More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from Ebola.”
Not only that, but having either causes your eyes to bleed.
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:22 pm
Vanilla,
Out of curiosity, do you understand that every year a heck of a lot of people die from the flu?
Just wondering if you get that reality. You seem confused.
Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:48 pm
VMan, always appreciate your wisdom.
I recall you saying that the Planet Earth is 6,000 years old.
Is that right, Einstein?
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 1:50 pm
You recall incorrectly.
My science teachers never said that.
I never mentioned it before.
Now you are hallucinating?
Take some of that Ebola cure of yours - Pepto Bismal?
Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:00 pm
More Illinois governors have gone to prison than have died from Ebola.
Comment by Name Withheld Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:08 pm
VMan, you’ve been clear over the years that you view “The Flinstones” as a documentary and that you have no truk for fancy book learning.
Comment by Wordslinger Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:14 pm
No Americans died from AIDS 1n 1965,compared to 2010
Comment by Ed Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:19 pm
Try to stay classy VM.
Comment by Norseman Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:31 pm
Vanilla Man,
That’s a heck of a lot of posts on one thread.
By any chance, have you recently relocated to Oswego?
Comment by Gooner Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 2:57 pm
More billionaires have contributed to Republican candidates in this election cycle than Americans have or will die of Ebola.
Comment by Capitol View Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 3:01 pm
Let’s just pray we can still make this a joke six months or a year from now….especially after the 4000 troops we’re sending into the infected zones are exposed to this plague.
Comment by Arizona Bob Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:00 pm
Ohhhhh, interesting, I didn’t know that Rauner’s illegal, unscientific, and unconstitutional “travel ban” proposal was aimed at prohibiting soldiers from being deployed abroad.
I thought it was about the Illinois governor barring people from entering the…something (state? country? so hard to say)
Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:08 pm
Rauner has recycled more ideas from Quinn’s old petitions than have died in the US from Ebola.
Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 28, 14 @ 4:46 pm
Why do we spend all this money on keeping our drinking water clean?
No one dies from cholera in the US anymore!
Who is afraid of Legionellosis?
More people die from Taco Bell than die from contaminated drinking water!
You people are so irrational!
That is the kind of arguments you make when you declare being cautious of an lethal infectious disease, as irrational.
You make no sense.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 8:59 am
Hey V, when we put into place ineffective bans on travel in order to keep our water clean, post something to let us know.
In the meantime, work on the concept of “analogy.” You don’t seem to be too clear on that concept.
Comment by Gooner Wednesday, Oct 29, 14 @ 9:01 am