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Count me in for a support the troops rally.<br><br>M<br><br>> To: gussie443@hotmail.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:24:55 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something to mull over. . .<br>> <br>> A very thought-provoking commentary, Ellen.<br>> <br>> Thanks for emphasizing the daily financial cost of the Iraqi war in terms <br>> of what we must do without domestically to support a war that has yet to <br>> prove anything.<br>> <br>> How about it, Viz?<br>> <br>> We held an anti-war rally in 2007 . . .<br>> <br>> http://moscowcares.com/AntiWarRallies/Rally2007.htm<br>> <br>> We held an anti-war rally in 2008 . . .<br>> <br>> http://moscowcares.com/AntiWarRallies/Rally2008.htm<br>> <br>> Let's not give up hope so soon.<br>> <br>> Let's organize. If anybody is interested in conducting an anti-war rally, <br>> please contact me off-list. Fritz?<br>> <br>> Pro patria,<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> > <br>> > For the last six months we have been hammered by the media about<br>> "bailouts"> and "stimulus packages" in amounts that are hard for the <br>> average person<br>> to> even comprehend. I don't even know how many zeros it takes to write <br>> out<br>> s> ome of the figures that are being tossed about.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Every day the news is grim with tales of more layoffs, bank failures,<br>> p> eople losing their savings and their homes. CEO's beg Uncle Sam (aka <br>> you<br>> a> nd me, fellow taxpayer) for cash to stay afloat and then squander a<br>> chunk> relaxing at a spa before getting down to business.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > And through it all, the one thing that hasn't been really looked at<br>> close> ly or even discussed as far as I can tell, is the cost of the Iraq <br>> war.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > What is it now, anyway? Is it still estimated at $720 million per day?<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Last year I remember the signs at the Peace Rally in Friendship Square. .<br>> > their message knocked my socks off because they broke the cost down <br>> into<br>> e> veryday terms I could grasp.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Now remember fellow taxpayer. . . this is YOUR MONEY! So, I ask you. .<br>> > . <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > How would you spend $720 million per day? How much bang for your buck? <br>> Ho> w about. . . . . <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 84 new elementary schools across the United States.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 12,478 elementary school teachers.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 95,364 Head Start places for children.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 1,153,846 free school lunches.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 34,904 four year university scholarships.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 163,525 people with health care.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 423,529 children with health care.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 6,482 families with homes.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > * 1,274,336 homes with renewable electricity.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Wow! Now there's a "stimulus package" I can comprehend! Every day, 84<br>> n> ew construction crews get to work building schools. . . . that alone <br>> would<br>> > create a few jobs around the country.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Just something to mull over.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Ellen A. Roskovich <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > _________________________________________________________________<br>> > See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are<br>> part> of your life.<br>> > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> "For a lapsed Lutheran born-again Buddhist pan-Humanist Universalist <br>> Unitarian Wiccan Agnostic like myself there's really no reason ever to go <br>> to work."<br>> <br>> - Roy Zimmerman<br>> <br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------<br>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> http://www.fsr.com/<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/' target='_new'>See Now</a></body>
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