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Tread lightly on the things of earth

Mike’s weblog about computing, politics, and faith (a progressive view)

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The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which displayed those statistics on large banners in cities nationwide Thursday and Friday.

The war is costing $720 million a day or $500,000 a minute

Washington Post, Saturday, September 22, 2007; Page A11

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