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Jan 22nd 2004 | #138971 Report |
Member since: Mar 24th 2002 Posts: 3114 |
To the Americans on this board, who are you going to vote for in the upcoming elections? I was listening with one ear to GWB giving his speech and I almost threw my table at the TV. How transparent can one get? A very mild attack at his speech: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4013019/ Here's a nice list of stuff in numbers; *hands grain of salt to everyone* :p ****************************************************** Published on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 by the lndependent/UK George W Bush and the Real State of the Union Today the President gives his annual address. As the election battle begins, how does his first term add up? 232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004 501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far 0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945 0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed 0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq 100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003 13: Number of meetings between Bush and Tony Blair since he became President 10 million: Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest 2: Number of nations that Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into the White House 9.2: Average number of American soldiers wounded in Iraq each day since the invasion in March last year 1.6: Average number of American soldiers killed in Iraq per day since hostilities began 16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war 10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict $100 billion: Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to American citizens by the end of 2003 $13 billion: Amount other countries have committed towards rebuilding Iraq (much of it in loans) as of 24 October 36%: Increase in the number of desertions from the US army since 1999 92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago 60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today 32%: Percentage of the bombs dropped on Iraq this year that were not precision-guided 1983: The year in which Donald Rumsfeld gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs 45%: Percentage of Americans who believed in early March 2003 that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks on the US $127 billion: Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001 $374 billion: Amount of US budget deficit in the fiscal year for 2003 1st: This year's deficit is on course to be the biggest in United States history $1.58 billion: Average amount by which the US national debt increases each day $23,920: Amount of each US citizen's share of the national debt as of 19 January 2004 1st: The record for the most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) was set in 2002 10: Number of solo press conferences that Bush has held since beginning his term. His father had managed 61 at this point in his administration, and Bill Clinton 33 1st: Rank of the US worldwide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita $113 million: Total sum raised by the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, setting a record in American electoral history $130 million: Amount raised for Bush's re-election campaign so far $200m: Amount that the Bush-Cheney campaign is expected to raise in 2004 $40m: Amount that Howard Dean, the top fund-raiser among the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls, amassed in 2003 28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August, the second longest holiday of any president in US history (Record holder: Richard Nixon) 13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year 3: Number of children convicted of capital offences executed in the US in 2002. America is only country openly to acknowledge executing children 1st: As Governor of Texas, George Bush executed more prisoners (152) than any governor in modern US history 2.4 million: Number of Americans who have lost their jobs during the three years of the Bush administration 221,000: Number of jobs per month created since Bush's tax cuts took effect. He promised the measure would add 306,000 1,000: Number of new jobs created in the entire country in December. Analysts had expected a gain of 130,000 1st: This administration is on its way to becoming the first since 1929 (Herbert Hoover) to preside over an overall loss of jobs during its complete term in office 9 million: Number of US workers unemployed in September 2003 80%: Percentage of the Iraqi workforce now unemployed 55%: Percentage of the Iraqi workforce unemployed before the war 43.6 million: Number of Americans without health insurance in 2002 130: Number of countries (out of total of 191 recognized by the United Nations) with an American military presence 40%: Percentage of the world's military spending for which the US is responsible $10.9 million: Average wealth of the members of Bush's original 16-person cabinet 88%: Percentage of American citizens who will save less than $100 on their 2006 federal taxes as a result of 2003 cut in capital gains and dividends taxes $42,000: Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes $42,228: Median household income in the US in 2001 $116,000: Amount Vice-President Cheney is expected to save each year in taxes 44%: Percentage of Americans who believe the President's economic growth plan will mostly benefit the wealthy 700: Number of people from around the world the US has incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1st: George W Bush became the first American president to ignore the Geneva Conventions by refusing to allow inspectors access to US-held prisoners of war +6%: Percentage change since 2001 in the number of US families in poverty 1951: Last year in which a quarterly rise in US military spending was greater than the one the previous spring 54%: Percentage of US citizens who believe Bush was legitimately elected to his post 1st: First president to execute a federal prisoner in the past 40 years. Executions are typically ordered by separate states and not at federal level 9: Number of members of Bush's defense policy board who also sit on the corporate board of, or advise, at least one defense contractor 35: Number of countries to which US has suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court $300 million: Amount cut from the federal program that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes $1 billion: Amount of new US military aid promised Israel in April 2003 to offset the "burdens" of the US war on Iraq 58 million: Number of acres of public lands Bush has opened to road building, logging and drilling 200: Number of public-health and environmental laws Bush has attempted to downgrade or weaken 29,000: Number of American troops - which is close to the total of a whole army division - to have either been killed, wounded, injured or become so ill as to require evacuation from Iraq, according to the Pentagon 90%: Percentage of American citizens who said they approved of the way George Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 26 September, 2001 53%: Percentage of American citizens who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 16 January, 2004 © 2004 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd ************************************************ At least it's nice to see the last two percentages, some hope is still left. But how good a chance has the non-elected godfather got to continue as president of the US? |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #138993 Report |
Member since: Jan 14th 2003 Posts: 942 |
What exactly is the point in copy pasting all of these numbers? What are you trying to show? Are you anti-Bush? If so, why? I'd be interested to know why someone from Finland would dislike Bush. EDIT: Sorry, i thought you were a Canadian for some reason. Nos. |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #138995 Report |
Member since: Mar 29th 2003 Posts: 1326 |
erm - paavos not canadian. hes from the land of the fins. and I dont have the time or effort to get involved in this - maybe you can argue with someone else :D oh and thanks for the salt ;) |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #138998 Report |
Member since: Nov 26th 2001 Posts: 2586 |
You listened to his dribble? Those speeches are glossed over versions of what tiny bit of crediblity the president can muster for the viewers. Hopefully there will be a lot more of this kind of criticism of his speech and what he is good for so maybe there is a chance he won't get elected again.
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139001 Report |
Member since: Mar 18th 2001 Posts: 6632 |
Quite a few: Number of anti-Bush/America posts Paavo has made since Bush was elected. Not many: Number of people on this forum that are even old enough to vote and live in America. Even fewer: Number of people that are old enough to vote, live in America, are registered to vote, visit this forum, and will actually have their opinion influenced at all by a post from a foreignor in a messageboard about Photoshop. ;) ** edit test by pank *** no actual words changed. Just proving a point... |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139003 Report |
Member since: Jan 14th 2003 Posts: 942 |
I have heard his speeches, yes. Not sure what you're getting at, what do you mean "tiny bit of credibility"? Nos. |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139007 Report |
Member since: Dec 16th 2003 Posts: 65 |
Paavo - with you on this one. --Not anti-bush, just realistic, not fake. |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139018 Report |
Member since: Aug 28th 2001 Posts: 970 |
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139023 Report |
Member since: Jul 10th 2002 Posts: 1706 |
Last Edited: January 22, 12:28pm for fear of "spewing anti-american hate" and not an opinion.
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Jan 22nd 2004 | #139027 Report |
Member since: Feb 14th 2003 Posts: 685 |
very funny decker heathrowe |
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