The Price of Oil.

Well with a title like that, for sure it's gonna be a cheery post. But i gotta do it, just to help it get around, and so i can reference this later for Dickhead Republican Uncle (who is becoming quite the guest star on Nonprophet).

Seems the National Priorities Website (that i found thanks to CnL) has this way of calculating what the US could do with the money that has been used to pay for The Mess in Iraq. Like, instead of "war profiteering disguised as a Freedom March" we could have............. (prepare to weep)

• 16,733,296 People with Health Care or
• 627,551 Elementary School Teachers or
• 4,767,634 Head Start Places for Children or
• 25,168,314 Children with Health Care or
• 235,246 Affordable Housing Units or
• 4,390 New Elementary Schools or
• 7,685,109 Scholarships for University Students or
• 616,017 Music and Arts Teachers or
• 741,482 Public Safety Officers or
• 117,140,845 Homes with Renewable Electricity or
• 601,790 Port Container Inspectors

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but wait...

that's only counting the money spent by California's taxpayers.
(40.3 Billion... aka 40,300,000,000 or Forty Thousand Three Hundred Millions)

But at least we found the weapons.
no
At least we caught Osama.
no
At least we have planted the seeds for a peaceful and democratic Middle East.
nope.
At least terror is on the decline.
no.
At least the Iraqi's are free of tyranny and have a working democratic government.
nada.
At least they have electricity again?
um..... what day is it?
Well at least we caught Saddam.
In Baghdad... right where we left him.


*At least we were able to pirate a shitload of oil out of the deal so i can continue to gorge myself on cheap gas.
no.