- As George Bush's poll numbers plummet
to depths not seen in presidential polling since Watergate, it is noteworthy
to point out Bush's other "numbers:"
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- Number of U.S. military combat, combat-related
deaths in Iraq: 2300.
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- Number of U.S. military desertions since
Iraq War: at least 8,000 (Army: 4387 ; Navy: 3454; Marine Corps: 1455 ;
Air Force: 82 ).
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- Number of internees held in Iraq without
trial: 14,000.
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- Number of prisoners held at Guantanamo:
490.
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- Number of Guantanamo prisoners charged
with a crime: 10.
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- Katrina deaths: 1100 and increasing in
Louisiana, more than 200 in Mississippi and Alabama, 1900 unaccounted for
in Louisiana.
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- Bush projected ten-year deficit: $3.3
trillion.
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- Rate of Antarctic ice pack melting: 36
cubic miles per year.
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- Annual global warming sea level increase
on Funafuti, Tuvalu: 5.7 mm/year; Tarawa, Kiribati: 6.2 mm/year; Nauru,
7.1 mm/year; Tongatapu, Tonga: 6.4 mm/year.
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- Deaths in Darfur genocide: 400,000.
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- http://www.waynemadsenreport.com
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