quick...I need help with a rw'er. Someone put up a cartoon about

[JanMichael]

how much Obama had spent vs the war in Iraq in dollars as compared to the number of days Jesus was on earth--

I need it, if anyone has it bookmarked

[Stellabella]

1. Here's a link:

http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=30298

[islandmkl]

2. send them this editorial cartoon:

[orleans]

10. good idea but i have no idea how you managed to copy it.

i found it from the link in a post above yours and it is not copyable. neither is your picture. too bad.

[JanMichael]

3. Excellent!

thank you both!

[Gman]

4. That, my friends, is the only talking point you will ever need for the stimulus bill

good information.

[ginnyinWI]

7. well there is another point that will help--

Spending for war is way different than spending on infrastructure, education, etc. War spending is money down a rat hole--unless it is absolutely necessary. Domestic spending is an investment that yields returns on the money.

[Gold Metal Flake]

5. Some text for that cartoon.

From: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/02/forgive_me_lord_for_mitch_has_sinned.php

TPM Reader BW has had it with Mitch McConnell's new gag line that if you spent $1 million every day since the day Jesus was born, you still wouldn't have spent $1 trillion:

This may be maddening and juvenile but Democratic lawmakers have to knock these sound bytes down with their own.
Please, anyone:

"Senator McConnell is flaunting his economic ignorance because if you started the day Jesus was born and created TWENTY million dollars in wealth every day you would have the wealth created in the US economy each year. AND if you flushed TWO million dollars down the toilet every day since Jesus was born you would have the credit losses in the US economy just last year. AND if you flushed THREE million a day, you would have lost less than the money that this recession is projected to cost by the end of next year. We no longer measure boats by cubits and we should not design economic stimulus based on a Jesus' birthday, so will the Minority Leader please either engage in a serious talk about economic policy or step aside and let the adults handle it?"



AND some links for the bullshit this asswipe will fling in a few moments:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/9/164343/0526
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/12/19818/5548

Don't forget to call out the repuke for relying on old RNC talking points rather than thinking for him/her/it's self.

[Journeyman]

9. Thanks for the link. . .

a very useful link indeed. . .

[islandmkl]

6. check this out:

Iraq War Results & Statistics at February 18, 2009
4,245 US Soldiers Killed, 31,035 Seriously Wounded
By Deborah White, About.com: US Liberal Politics


Feb 23 2009
For your quick reading, I've listed key statistics about the Iraq War, taken primarily from data analyzed by various think tanks, including The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index, and from mainstream media sources. Data is presented as of January 29, 2009, except as indicated.
U.S. SPENDING IN IRAQ

Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $800 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through mid-2009.

U.S. Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion in 2008

U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008)

Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)

Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.

Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. (Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007.)

Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings

Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion

Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion

Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion

[lpbk2713]

8. We wouldn't be in this mess if Shit-for-Brains hadn't plundered the Treasury.

Going from a record budgetary surplus to a
record deficit didn't happen by accident.