Bush by the numbers: Four years of double standards

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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=557746

"...$1m Estimated value of a painting the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, received from Prince Bandar, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States and Bush family friend.

0 Number of times Bush mentioned Saudi Arabia in his three State of the Union addresses....

1,700 Percentage increase between 2001 and 2002 of Saudi Arabian spending on public relations in the United States.

79 Percentage of the 11 September hijackers who came from Saudi Arabia.

3 Number of 11 September hijackers whose entry visas came through special US-Saudi "Visa Express" programme...."

many, many more

[Catfight]

1. The special flight to protect the Bin Laden family on 9/13!

Priceless!

[reprehensor]

2. Bump! Nice!

Facts, facts, facts.

[Shallah Kali]

3. Excellent summery! Email it, print it out - pass it on!

Bush's flimflam can't beat the facts!

[salin]

4. My thought, exactly!

[salin]

5. Kick

just made sure that this will circulate among 20+ folks who will each be able to put it into further circulation... encourage others to do the same.

This is the sort of thing that one prints up - and just happens to leave copies laying around at the local coffee shop, doctor office, etc.

[Shallah Kali]

6. kick

Another quote from the article:

$3.29 Average amount allocated per person Nationwide in the first round of homeland security grants.

$94.40 Amount allocated per person for homeland security in American Samoa.

$36 Amount allocated per person for homeland security in Wyoming, Vice-President Cheney's home state.

$17 Amount allocated per person in New York state.

$5.87 Amount allocated per person in New York City