I promised myself that I was going to be positive today. I was going to pray for more rain (done), celebrate the fact that Apple is now worth more than Intel and IBM (done--see below), and pick up the laundry. (OK, so the last one seems out of place and isn't done yet.)
- Microsoft (MSFT) - $290,326,101,760
- Google (GOOG) - $206,137,075,350
- Apple (AAPL) - $163,814,662,910
- Intel (INTC) - $156,278,400,000
- IBM (IBM) - $154,610,255,550
- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) - $133,260,024,780
- Disney (DIS) - $67,680,019,880
- Dell (DELL) - $64,241,243,920
- Sony (SNE) - $45,994,645,800
- Yahoo! (YHOO) - $40,641,873,724
- Amazon (AMZN) - $39,037,267,570
- Adobe (ADBE) - $27,031,152,680
- RealNetworks (RNWK) - $998,960,040
- Napster (NAPS) - $152,192,000
Then I read this article at NPR. Can we get this man out of office without starting WWIII? (How many times is FOX News going to keep mentioning this?!) Can we get him out before we have spent a trillion dollars on this tragic mistake?
Bush Wants $46B More for Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
by Guy Raz
Morning Edition, October 23, 2007 ยท President Bush asked Congress on Monday to approve $196 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. If approved, the total price tag for the Iraq war will exceed $600 billion by next October. Annual spending for the wars will hit an all-time high in 2008. White House and Pentagon officials say part of the reason is because of the unanticipated costs associated with the so-called "surge" of additional troops.
Source: NPR : Bush Wants $46B More for Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
I ask a simple question: How on god's green earth (rapidly getting browner) can White House and Pentagon officials say that they didn't anticipate that sending the "surge" over to Iraq would cost more money?! Either they are fools or they think we are. Both disgust me.
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