"Projection of Power" is instrumental in any modern military operation. The U.S. leads in this catagory by far. The classic symbol of POP is the aircraft carrier.... U.S. 11, China 1 (although there are reports of 2 others)

From an interview w/ Google: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185944/what_the_nexus_one_isnt.html

"...Sports -- that's another crucial example of the indoctrination system, in my view. For one thing because it...offers people something to pay attention to that's of no importance.That keeps them from worrying about things that matter to their lives that they might have some idea of doing something about..." -Noam Chomsky Sports are the great distraction of the past century...

Typically mutations occur during recombination periods (either cell replication, or reproduction events), this tends to allow faster replicating organisms to mutate faster. Given this, I would expect that the rate would be different based on the particular organism. Also, the mutations talked about are "sustained" mutations. There may be many transient mutations that were reversed/repaired during that time-frame. As humans do not evolve necessarily on environmentally based pressures (thank you, society), the incidence of sustained mutations may be lower than other closely related species, as there is no selective pressure to maintain them.