Bush By the Numbers - Devastating Analysis
Bush by numbers: Four years of double standards
The Independent (UK)
0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State of the Union addresses.
73 - Number of times that Bush mentioned terrorism or terrorists in his three State of the Union addresses.
83 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in change) in his three State of the Union addresses.
$3 million - Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.
$50 million - Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.
$5 million - Amount a 1996 federal commission was given to study legalised gambling.
600-700 - Number of guardsmen who were in Bush's unit during that period.
0 - Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush's guard service.
0 - Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove the main proponents of the war in Iraq served in combat (combined).
0 - Number of memorial services for the returned dead that Bush has attended since the beginning of the war.
$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.
$77.92 - Amount allocated per person in New Haven, Connecticut, home of Yale University, Bush's alma mater.
$0 - Amount Bush allocated for port security in 2003.
$46 million Amount the Bush administration has budgeted for port security in 2005.
$5.5 billion - Estimated cost to secure fully US ports over the next decade.
The Independent (UK)
0 - Number of times Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden in his three State of the Union addresses.
73 - Number of times that Bush mentioned terrorism or terrorists in his three State of the Union addresses.
83 - Number of times Bush mentioned Saddam, Iraq, or regime (as in change) in his three State of the Union addresses.
$3 million - Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks.
$50 million - Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash.
$5 million - Amount a 1996 federal commission was given to study legalised gambling.
600-700 - Number of guardsmen who were in Bush's unit during that period.
0 - Number of guardsmen from that period who came forward with information about Bush's guard service.
0 - Number of minutes that President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, the assistant Defence Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, the former chairman of the Defence Policy Board, Richard Perle, and the White House Chief of Staff, Karl Rove the main proponents of the war in Iraq served in combat (combined).
0 - Number of memorial services for the returned dead that Bush has attended since the beginning of the war.
$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.
$77.92 - Amount allocated per person in New Haven, Connecticut, home of Yale University, Bush's alma mater.
$0 - Amount Bush allocated for port security in 2003.
$46 million Amount the Bush administration has budgeted for port security in 2005.
$5.5 billion - Estimated cost to secure fully US ports over the next decade.