By The Numbers



Amount Keith Olbermann will donate to veterans’ families for every second Sean Hannity will consent to being waterboarded, because it’s not torture: $1,000

Average number of times per day Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to waterboarding in one month: 6.1

Number of times people in the previous administration claimed waterboarding is not torture: 183

Days, as of May 1, since the previous president declared, “Mission accomplished” in Iraq: 2,193

Number of casualties in Iraq since previous president declared, “Mission accomplished”: 4,139

Number of soldiers wounded (official estimate): 31,215

Number of disability claims filed by veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan: 1,526,691

Number of dead “contractors” from Iraq: 12,642

Number of gas drilling sites approved for Lycoming County as of April 27, 2009: 32

Number of gas wells on those sites so far: 62

Percentage of votes for Obama in Brown Township, Lycoming County: 16%

Percentage of votes for Obama in Williamsport 12th Ward, Lycoming County: 85%

Amount the U.S. is spending on the 2010 census: $14 billion

Number of workers who will be hired to conduct it: 1.4 million



SOURCES: www.msnbc.msn.com, Washington Post, www.antiwar.com/glantz, Lycoming County Gas Exploration Task Force, Lycoming County Voter Services, Parade