You've got that right, Scove!


purple Mari



At 01:04 AM 2/18/2008, you wrote:
>Regardless of what the true figures might be, it is mind boggling, to say
>the least.
>
>Phil.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:14 PM
>Subject: Re: Statistic on war
>
>
> > Phil,
> >
> > Actually the individual stats were mine based off the Columbia University
> > professor's monthly figure. If you take the governments stats  it is just
> > about the same and some stats I've seen, depending on time spans, some are
> > actually higher more like 255 million a day. The lowest I've seen was 200
> > million a day. The difference in these is they can low ball it as much as
> > possible not figuring in expenses to repair or replace broken equipment
> > damaged, health or disability benefits to broken soldiers, interest on the
> > loans in which we're borrowing to fund the war and etc. The gove don't
> > include those but they are war expenses nonetheless.
> >
> > You're right though  awards don't  validate a claim in and of themselves.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > At 11:17 PM 2/17/2008, you wrote:
> > >Brad,
> > >
> > >Although I think making that comparison is well worth mentioning, but
>Since
> > >the gave a Nobel peace Prize to the lovely, and former, vice-president of
> > >the United States, who also ran for president, and who also claims
> > >scientifically the planet is heating up and within 20 years, it will be
> > >irreversible because we drive cars and who also says we should bring our
>own
> > >re usable cloth bags to the grocery store to carry our food home, I am a
> > >little worried when I hear what Nobel Prize winners say.  I've had PHD
>and
> > >MA degreed people in my church who I learned weren't any smarter than I
>was
> > >as a high school graduate and 85 hours of college of which 80 hours are
> > >theological courses.  haw.
> > >
> > >Phil.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:00 PM
> > >Subject: Statistic on war
> > >
> > >
> > > > According to a Nobel Prize winning economist from Columbia University,
> > > > taking in consideration the current cost of the War in Iraq we have
>spent
> > > > 7.1 billion dollars a month which if you wish to see it in tangible
>set of
> > > > statistics it breaks out as such:
> > > >
> > > > $7100000000 Per month
> > > > $229032258 Per day figuring 31 days in the month
> > > > $9543010 Per hour
> > > > $159050 Per minute
> > > > $2650 Per second
> > > >
> > > >   Just think how long you have to work to pay for the amount of money
> > > > spent in the time it takes you to read this?
> > > >
> > > > If you are an average reader and soaking in the numbers, likely in
> > > > disbelief I might add, according to the US government taking the
>average
> > > > age and ethnicity over 243 million workers, for the money spent on the
>war
> > > > while reading this you'd probably have to work two years at $28,567
>per
> > > > year. That is around 21 seconds totaling $57134.
> > > >
> > > > If you convert that into an average man's life span, that being 21
>seconds
> > > > equaling 2 years of income, the average man would go from living 75
>years
> > > > to that of only a little over 13 minutes.
> > > >
> > > > That puts it in perspective a little doesn't it?
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Brad Dunse
> >
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