That sure is a mighty big number
Verbal Jazz will admit up front to not watching the Bush speech last night. My Significant Other can't stand listening to him and hates it when I yell at the TV, although she does the same. Looking at the Pres' mug, one can't help but wonder if he would not be the perfectly cast lead in a comedy about the presidency ("The Worst Wing" being too obvious a title). Face it, conservative or not, every image of Bush trying to exhibit gravitas takes on the air of some scripted joke. Who knew that last night's speech would be a kickoff to a new Congressional Capital Campaign to raise, oh, about $87 BILLION for the war on terror? A new approach for congress would be to commit the President to actually raising the funds from all his buddies that have received such sweet tax breaks, instead of plugging them for campaign contributions.
That said, we have done some number crunching to see what $87 BILLION might get you in the real world:
* 9.67 BILLION movie passes (based on $9 tickets in Boston). Wouldn't Hollywood love to see those kind of gate receipts?
* 1.74 BILLION tickets to see a baseball game (assuming $50 seats)
* 48.6 BILLION venti coffees at Starbucks. I'm not talking Lattes, mochachinos or anything else that needs the special attention of the barista. Just straight coffee baby!
* 159 MILLION one year, full price, subscriptions to the New York Times. Be sure to make sure the facts are facts, though.
* 3,480 baseball players could earn Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodrioguez's salary ($25 MILLION) for one year. With every team stocked with 25 players on their roster, the full major legue roster on any given day, except September, is 750 players. Thus every player could earn A-Rod's salary for 4.64 years.
* 2.9 MILLION Ford Explorers. Complete with rollovers.
* One year of prescription drugs for the average senior citizen. (Okay, that is a joke)
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Verbal Jazz will admit up front to not watching the Bush speech last night. My Significant Other can't stand listening to him and hates it when I yell at the TV, although she does the same. Looking at the Pres' mug, one can't help but wonder if he would not be the perfectly cast lead in a comedy about the presidency ("The Worst Wing" being too obvious a title). Face it, conservative or not, every image of Bush trying to exhibit gravitas takes on the air of some scripted joke. Who knew that last night's speech would be a kickoff to a new Congressional Capital Campaign to raise, oh, about $87 BILLION for the war on terror? A new approach for congress would be to commit the President to actually raising the funds from all his buddies that have received such sweet tax breaks, instead of plugging them for campaign contributions.
That said, we have done some number crunching to see what $87 BILLION might get you in the real world:
* 9.67 BILLION movie passes (based on $9 tickets in Boston). Wouldn't Hollywood love to see those kind of gate receipts?
* 1.74 BILLION tickets to see a baseball game (assuming $50 seats)
* 48.6 BILLION venti coffees at Starbucks. I'm not talking Lattes, mochachinos or anything else that needs the special attention of the barista. Just straight coffee baby!
* 159 MILLION one year, full price, subscriptions to the New York Times. Be sure to make sure the facts are facts, though.
* 3,480 baseball players could earn Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodrioguez's salary ($25 MILLION) for one year. With every team stocked with 25 players on their roster, the full major legue roster on any given day, except September, is 750 players. Thus every player could earn A-Rod's salary for 4.64 years.
* 2.9 MILLION Ford Explorers. Complete with rollovers.
* One year of prescription drugs for the average senior citizen. (Okay, that is a joke)
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