pinions of buddy don: biased numbers

old u.s. fedrull deficit recurd: $375,000,000,000 or $375 billyuns -- 2003

new u.s. fedrull deficit recurd: $422,000,000,000 or $422 billyuns -- 2004

cbo forecast of u.s. fedrull deficits over nex ten years: $2,300,000,000,000 or $2.3 trillyuns

u.s. deaths in iraq: over 1,000

attacks in iraq by the munth (u.s. military deaths):

• mar 2004: ~600 (52)
• april 2004: ~1,750 (135)
• may 2004: ~1,800 (80)
• june 2004: ~1,550 (42)
• july 2004: ~1,600 (54)
• august 2004: ~2,300 (66)
• september 2004: number of attacks unknown (23 u.s. military deaths so far)

but the real deal bout them bush numbers kin be read here. tiz a articull bout bush n sum odd thangs bout numbers. heres a few of em to git ye started:

• 1 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security issued between 20 January 2001 and 10 September 2001 that mentioned al-Qa'ida.
• 104 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defence in the same period that mentioned Iraq or Saddam Hussein.
• 101 Number of Bush administration public statements on National security and defence in the same period that mentioned missile defence.
• 0 Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State of the Union addresses.
• 83 Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in change) in his three State of the Union addresses.
• $0 Amount approved by George Bush to hire more INS special agents.
• $10m Amount Bush cut from the INS's existing terrorism budget.
• $50m Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.

ye caint git much more biased than them numbers. ifn ye wont to git the full outrage, foller that lank. thays minny more biased numbers fer ye.

oh yeah, heres a nuther number ye mite lack, witch i found it at joshua micah marshalls site. it shows ye jes how grate the plannin by our fedrull gummint really is: number of minutes twixt the a.p. story announcin iraq death toll wuz over 1,000 (4:27 pm, sept 7, 2004) n ridge's announcement that terrsts hope to disrupt u.s. eleckshuns (4:40 pm, sept 7, 2004): 13.