George Bush by the Numbers

[smirkymonkey]

Excerpted from Graydon Carter's new book "What We've Lost."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0903-04.htm

George Bush: Military man

1972 Year that Bush walked away from his pilot duties in the Texas National Guard, Nearly two years before his six-year obligation was up.

$3,500 Reward a group of veterans offered in 2000 for anyone who could confirm Bush's Alabama guard service.

600-700 Number of guardsmen who were in Bush's unit during that period.

0 Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush's guard service.

0 Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defense Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove ­ the main proponents of the war in Iraq ­served in combat (combined).

0 Number of principal civilian or Pentagon staff members who planned the war who have immediate family members serving in uniform in Iraq.

8 Number of members of the US Senate and House of Representatives who have a child serving in the military.

10 Number of days that the Pentagon spent investigating a soldier who had called the President "a joke" in a letter to the editor of a Newspaper.

46 Percentage increase in sales between 2001 and 2002 of GI Joe figures (children's toys).

Ambitious warrior

2 Number of Nations that George Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into office.

130 Approximate Number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognized by the United Nations) with a US military presence.

43 Percentage of the entire world's military spending that the US spends on defense (That was in 2002, the year before the invasion of Iraq.)

$401.3bn Proposed military budget for 2004. (much, much more....)

[yardwork]

1. Read them and weep

I am the mother of two boys. I will NOT let my children be sacrificed to PNAC wars! Do you hear that, wandering freepers?

[smirkymonkey]

2. Actually, this would be a great source for Anti-Bush commercials

I just ordered the book from Amazon and it is a GREAT book to convince freepers and others on the fence that the Bush Administration has been a disaster for this country.

I highly recommend buying it - very clear, concise rundown of that damage they have done in just 4 years.

[cheshire]

3. Great link Thank you I'll show this to a undecided group.