Tommy By the Numbers

Since this blog was inspired by the late, great Fire Joe Morgan, I thought I'd post a quick follow- up yesterday's post on Tommy's freedom flotilla column with a little Friedman sabermetrics.

• Number of times Tommy mentioned the 9 dead activists in his freedom flotilla column: 0.
• Number of times Tommy referred to himself: 15.
• Number of times Tommy mentioned the suffering of the people of Gaza: 0.
• Number of times he mentioned his own suffering (this week's events have been hard for him to watch): 2.
  
• Number of times Tommy espoused centrism or balance as the key to solving the current crisis: 4.
  
• Number of specific acts of violence committed by Israel detailed by Tommy (in a column written in response to Israel's killing of nine civilians): 0.
• Number of specific acts of violence committed by Muslims detailed by Tommy (in a column written in response to Israel's killing of nine civilians): 5.

Fire Tom Friedman.