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TeddyKGB Donating Member (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:45 AM
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Initial $35 million (for tsunami relief) pays for how many days in Iraq?
Anyone know, off hand?
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:47 AM
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1. Iraq = $177 million per day, $7.4 million per hour and $122,820 per minute
Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 10:05 AM by BlueEyedSon
Source: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=171440

So that's about 5 hours.....
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TeddyKGB Donating Member (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:50 AM
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2. Goddammit.
And they wonder why we hate the fucker.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:53 AM
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3. um..............Teddy?
the initial offer was for FIFTEEN million - the bastards only upped if after JAPAN PLEDGED 29 MILLION
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lojasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 09:59 AM
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4. and the extra $20m is loans. N/T
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 10:01 AM
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5. they only pledged that AFTER they got some flak
including the STINGY comment. ASSHOLES.
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TeddyKGB Donating Member (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 10:03 AM
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6. Just going by the figure Bush just announced.
Not at all surprised the previous offering was less.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 10:42 AM
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7. One day of inauguration: $40 million
:grr:
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:39 AM
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8. killing is expensive hard werk....lot cheaper when God does it fer free
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