Dear pen-lrs, At least once a week, someone calls me asking for a statistic they need to bash some nasty right-winger/Republicat. At some point or other, a pen-lr has probably posted the numbers that person needs. So, I wanted to throw out an idea to the list and see what people think. I'd like to put together something I'm for the moment calling "Attack Stat Central," a web/gopher site where progressive academics, community researchers, or reporters, could easily grab a useful stat when they needed it. Seeing as I'm already burdened by many unfunded mandates, I'd like to figure out a way of culling this info without having to do a lot of work, such as grabbing such stats as they appear in pen-l discussions or by occasionally asking folks for their favorite attack stats. Does anyone have any ideas about the best way to do this? Has anyone had experience trying to do something similar on paper? Any suggestions, comments, or rants would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Anders Schneiderman Center for Community Economic Research UC Berkeley
