ElsewheresDaughter
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:13 PM
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"$149 per minute since Jesus was born that's how much $$ has been spent on |
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this (bush) war"...Senator Byrd on the senate floor just now.
i can't even begin to wrap my brain around that! how many minutes have pasted since Jesus Christ was born?
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:16 PM
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1. That'll freak the fundies out. |
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Not only does Byrd know about jesus, he used him in a way that made Bush look bad. Nice, nice, nice.
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:18 PM
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2. You couldn't hardly even burn the money that fast |
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If you had 149 dollar bills, you'd be hard pressed to completely burn them in one minute without a very hot blast furnace. You'd have to do some serious shoveling, 24/7, for two thousand years to even BURN that kind of money...
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:18 PM
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:25 PM
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5. He's really something! |
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:20 PM
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4. Hmmm, I think Byrd is pretty close actually, I like his thinking. |
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Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 03:20 PM by ET Awful
Let's see, 365 days a year x 24 hours per day x 60 minutes per hour = 525,600 minutes per year (approximately).
Now let's multiply that by (approximately) 2,000 years since the alleged birth of Jesus, which gives us 1,051,200,000 multiply that by $149 and we have:
$156,628,800,000
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:26 PM
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6. Wow! He was right on target wasn't he? What a fabulous point. |
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and made with such color and conviction.
I love speakers who can create such an impacting visual, as the esteemed Sen Byrd.
:loveya:
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:39 PM
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11. I just wonder how many Senators did exactly what I did and reached |
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for a calculator when he said it :) n/t
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:29 PM
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8. Hmmm. How about 10 dollars per year since the Big Bang? |
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(Using estimate that universe is 20 Billion years old)
:evilgrin:
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:41 PM
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12. People that were that good in math - and that quick to pull out |
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the calculator- I've always had a healthy respect for!!
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:27 PM
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7. I got chills when he said that |
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:35 PM
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9. Let's see..... 149 x 60 x 365.25 (average number of days per year) x 2005. |
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...give or take a few years because of calendar discrepancies....
Pretty fast on a calculator for a guy who's pushing 90. Go Byrd!
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Tue Jan-25-05 03:38 PM
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$149 x 60 minutes per hour x 24 hours per day x 365.25 (average number of days per year) x 2005 years since the purported birth of Jesus
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