First of all, there was nothing in the initial post remotely similar to the State of the Union Address.

232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004

501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far

Yeah, not bad for a war.

0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945

I'm sure the number will be comparable, once the terror organizations of the Middle East finally decide to surrender.

0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed

And?

0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq

Another "And?". Dunno if this is actual fact or rhetoric, but what does it truly matter?

100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003

We call that politics in action. You know, there is still and election coming up.

13: Number of meetings between Bush and Tony Blair since he became President

What is the acceptable number of meetings for allied leaders during war?

10 million: Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest

Uh-huh. And how many of these are registered U.S. voters?

2: Number of nations that Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into the White House

Okay, so they want it both ways, now -- with either 2 failures, considering points #1 & 2, or they are victories, considering the state of war and the claim that the nations were taken over.

9.2: Average number of American soldiers wounded in Iraq each day since the invasion in March last year

So, we're back to the fact that the war really does continue.

1.6: Average number of American soldiers killed in Iraq per day since hostilities began

Well, hostilities with Iraq began over a decade ago -- but then that little fact would drastically lower the figure.

16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war

10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict

Yeah, it's a war. What’s the number of "innocent" civilians taken down since the end of hostile action? The number is still pretty high, sure, but that's what happens when the bad guys use their own people as sandbags while firing upon Coalition Forces.

$100 billion: Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to American citizens by the end of 2003

And which war was free?

$13 billion: Amount other countries have committed towards rebuilding Iraq (much of it in loans) as of 24 October

Oh, I do feel the pain.

36%: Increase in the number of desertions from the US army since 1999

Is this even accurate? And if so, what numbers does this oblique percentage represent? Are these Active, or Reserve forces? It does make a difference.

Need input.

92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago

60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today

Patently untrue. Where potable water is not available on tap, water buffaloes are supplied.

32%: Percentage of the bombs dropped on Iraq this year that were not precision-guided

And dropped in open ranges, not inside civilian communities.

1983: The year in which Donald Rumsfeld gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs

An utterly pointless -- point.

45%: Percentage of Americans who believed in early March 2003 that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks on the US

So?

$127 billion: Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001

$374 billion: Amount of US budget deficit in the fiscal year for 2003

1st: This year's deficit is on course to be the biggest in United States history

$1.58 billion: Average amount by which the US national debt increases each day

$23,920: Amount of each US citizen's share of the national debt as of 19 January 2004

Yes, the .coms were amazing, weren't they?

1st: The record for the most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) was set in 2002

An immoral White House seems to breed an immoral nation. Nice to finally have that cracker out of there.

10: Number of solo press conferences that Bush has held since beginning his term. His father had managed 61 at this point in his administration, and Bill Clinton 33

Another "So?"

1st: Rank of the US worldwide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita

That's a reach and a half. China beats the globe all on its own.

$113 million: Total sum raised by the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, setting a record in American electoral history

$130 million: Amount raised for Bush's re-election campaign so far

$200m: Amount that the Bush-Cheney campaign is expected to raise in 2004

$40m: Amount that Howard Dean, the top fund-raiser among the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls, amassed in 2003

Whatever.

28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August, the second longest holiday of any president in US history (Record holder: Richard Nixon)

13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year

As long as he keeps it straight on his timesheet, I’ve got no complaints. I here it’s a somewhat stressful job. Maybe you know different?

3: Number of children convicted of capital offences executed in the US in 2002. America is only country openly to acknowledge executing children

Yeah, they all ought to kill themselves after offing their own families and friends.

1st: As Governor of Texas, George Bush executed more prisoners (152) than any governor in modern US history

Texas is a big state, remember?

2.4 million: Number of Americans who have lost their jobs during the three years of the Bush administration

Shit happens. I suppose the nation would be in a better state, if al-Qai'da had simply minded its own business and not worked so hard at knocking us down. Seems they were a lot more successful than the local yokels howling to oust the prez wish to give them credit.

And this is simply too long and childish to go on with. See if you can figure the rest of it out all on your own.

Cheers,
Dan