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War or Car?: Buy every US soldier who died in Iraq their own nuclear submarine
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Buy every US soldier who died in Iraq their own nuclear submarine. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've bought every US soldier who died in Iraq their own nuclear-powered submarine, so they could explore the ocean instead of being dead. Wednesday, November 26, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The total cost of the Iraq War will be over $3 trillion. According to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. And Harvard public finance professor Linda Bilmes.
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War or Car?: Buy enough pecans for a pie the size of West Virginia
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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Buy enough pecans for a pie the size of West Virginia. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've bought enough pecans for a pecan pie the size of West Virginia. About 5 ounces of pecans are necessary for a 9-inch pie. A 9-inch pie is about 64 square inches in area, so each ounce of pecans is worth about 12.7 square inches of pie. (There are about 4 billion square inches in a square mile.) West Virginia is 24,230. Image used under a Creative Commons license from. Give everyon...
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War or Car?: Give everyone in Pennsylvania a jet pack
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Give everyone in Pennsylvania a jet pack. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've given everyone in Pennsylvania a jet pack. There are 12.4 million. People in Pennsylvania. Jet Pack International's T73. Is currently being sold for $200,000 including lessons ( video. Each person in Pennsylvania could've gotten a T73 Jet Pack for $2.48 trillion, which is $520 billion less than Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes' estimate of $3 trillion for the total cost of the Iraq War. Pay fu...
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War or Car?: December 2008
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Monday, December 1, 2008. Buy enough sugar to reach from Earth to the farthest star of the Big Dipper. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've bought enough confectioners' sugar to reach from Earth to Alpha Ursae Majoris (also called Dubhe), the farthest star of the Big Dipper. A grain of confectioners' sugar. Thanks you all for reading War or Car. This will be the final post at this site. From now on, my political blogging will be at. Monday, December 01, 2008. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 160;That's ...
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War or Car?: A Toyota Prius for every American household
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Monday, August 4, 2008. A Toyota Prius for every American household. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've bought a brand-new Toyota Prius for every household in America. According to the Census Bureau's. Projections for 2008, there are around 112 million households in America. (This includes family and non-family households.) MSRP for a fully loaded 2008 Toyota Prius. Monday, August 04, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The total cost of the Iraq War will be over $3 trillion. Paint the ligh...
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War or Car?: Make each panda the CEO of its own regional airline
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Sunday, November 30, 2008. Make each panda the CEO of its own regional airline. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've made each of the world's pandas the CEO of its own regional airline. Using the highest estimates. There are 3000 giant pandas in the wild, and 266 in captivity. The average regional airline is worth $465 million. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The total cost of the Iraq War will be over $3 trillion. And Harvard public finance professor Linda Bilmes.
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War or Car?: Fund the Lizard People's Senate campaigns for the next ten thousand years
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Saturday, November 22, 2008. Fund the Lizard People's Senate campaigns for the next ten thousand years. For the price of the Iraq War, we could fund the Lizard People's Senate campaigns for the next thousand years. The Minnesota Senate race was the most expensive race of this year, with the candidates together spending $32.3 million. On one of the challenged ballots. Thanks to Stentor Danielson. For sending in this suggestion, and Blar for a correction. Saturday, November 22, 2008. Give everyone in Penns...
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War or Car?: Give every HIV-positive person a lifetime supply of drugs
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Saturday, November 29, 2008. Give every HIV-positive person a lifetime supply of drugs. For the price of the Iraq War, we could've given everyone with HIV a lifetime supply of AIDS drugs. There are 33.2 million. HIV positive people in the world. About 1.2 million. Of them are in the United States and 2.2 million. Are in Europe and Central Asia. Merck has offered to cut the price of its protease inhibitor, Crixivan, to $600. Image used under a Creative Commons license from. World Bank Photo Collection.
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War or Car?: Pay Ethiopia's health care bills for a thousand years
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Sunday, November 23, 2008. Pay Ethiopia's health care bills for a thousand years. For the price of the Iraq War, we could pay Ethiopia's health care bills for a thousand years. Ethiopia has a population of about 78 million. Per capita health care expenditures in Ethiopia are $21. Image used under a Creative Commons license from. Sunday, November 23, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The total cost of the Iraq War will be over $3 trillion. According to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
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War or Car?: Buy a hot air balloon for every Obama voter, so they can watch his inauguration from the sky
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Friday, November 28, 2008. Buy a hot air balloon for every Obama voter, so they can watch his inauguration from the sky. For the price of the Iraq War, we could buy everyone who voted for Barack Obama a hot air balloon from which to watch his inauguration from the sky. According to current estimates. Obama received 68,953,645 votes in the 2008 Presidential election. A new, commercially made hot air balloon costs $20,000 to $30,000. Image used under a Creative Commons license from a4gpa. Pay Ethiopias hea...