tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36556937.post9126728022376907563..comments2023-10-06T04:54:20.180-05:00Comments on One Stop Schop: A Billion Here A Billion ThereMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17090747951075217330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36556937.post-25963849482462976832009-10-16T09:20:55.113-05:002009-10-16T09:20:55.113-05:00This is the prettiest chart I've ever seen in ...This is the prettiest chart I've ever seen in my life. <br /><br />I want one to map out the rest of my life and chart disease progression in my family tree.Mr. Apronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176310548094283074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36556937.post-33318302718525831242009-10-06T17:07:35.494-05:002009-10-06T17:07:35.494-05:00actually, Mike, my parents have a former neighbor ...actually, Mike, my parents have a former neighbor down in the islands who might be able to help you out...Jeff Jayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739815138607676467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36556937.post-27785500210666489232009-10-06T10:52:36.617-05:002009-10-06T10:52:36.617-05:00My brother-in-law the populist ladies and gentleme...My brother-in-law the populist ladies and gentlemen! In all seriousness though, great comment. Hopefully once we start drawing down in Iraq/Afghanistan we'll see some sort of reductions in defense spending, though the inevitable postering over who's the toughtest might (ok will) prevent this from happening. <br /><br />Personally, this picture made me realize that I want a piece of the Russian bribing business. If any of you out there know someone with ties to the Russian mob, you know where to find me.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090747951075217330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36556937.post-20037358078032521682009-10-03T13:03:28.414-05:002009-10-03T13:03:28.414-05:00So if we spent half of our defense budget ($220b i...So if we spent half of our defense budget ($220b instead of $440b over the next 5 years...for a total of $1100b)... we could feed and educate every child on earth ($465b), move the entire world to renewable energy ($515b), pay half of Africa's debt ($100b), and still have room to save the Amazon ($21b)...<br /><br />Ok, so we'd be $1b shy in saving the Amazon...but surely the other advances would gain enough dividends to a) raise that $1b or b) make the cost to save the Amazon less expensive.<br /><br />All while still spending over 3.5 times what the Chinese spend on military.<br /><br />Think John Cornyn will go for that? Actually, now that I think of it, maybe that $230b price tag for manned mission to mars isn't such a bad idea...as long as it's a one way mission, it might be worth sending a few folks that way (and, given the age and gender of the US Congress, that might save us some of that $4b in ED spending...which might complete the $1b lack in the Amazon fund).<br /><br />If only it could be so...Jeff Jayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739815138607676467noreply@blogger.com