Anti-stimulus ad uses Jesus

**Jason** · 02-25-2009, 09:44 AM

WASHINGTON (CNN) – A conservative organization launched a national television ad Friday criticizing the $787 billion stimulus bill, and called into question one of President Obama’s main campaign promises to bring change to Washington.

The American Issues Project uses points of historical reference to show how $787 billion could stretch over time from the birth of Jesus to the current day.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...ad-uses-jesus/

**kinbard** · 02-25-2009, 09:49 AM

"A million dollars a day for more than 2,000 years."
Wow, that puts the amount in persepective.

**Canaanabolaanan** · 02-25-2009, 02:17 PM

Same ad seems to disseminate exorbitant amounts of crap:
http://www.factcheck.org/politics/go...lus_myths.html

TV ads: no better than anonymous emails.

**kinbard** · 02-25-2009, 02:20 PM

The amount part is still true.

**Canaanabolaanan** · 02-25-2009, 03:32 PM

Yup, I didn't mean to imply that that was bogus. It is legit. But I think at this point, size is relative. And just because it seems staggering to us when cast in certain lights does not mean it is bad/good.

**kinbard** · 02-25-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canaanabolaanan

But I think at this point, size is relative.

Yeah, I agree. What I really noticed about this article, though, is that we hear these large sums of money tossed around and don't really understand how large they are. Not only in politics, but in everything. Bill Gates, for instance. How many billions does he have? I remember when being a millionaire was something big

I mean, a million dollars a day for 2000 years? wow

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Canaanabolaanan TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 560 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: Anti-stimulus ad uses Jesus Same ad seems to disseminate exorbitant amounts of crap: http://www.factcheck.org/politics/go...lus_myths.html TV ads: no better than anonymous emails.

02-25-2009, 02:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
kinbard TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,459 OS: Experimenter	Re: Anti-stimulus ad uses Jesus The amount part is still true. __________________ Half viking, half pirate, stronger than both XP Repair Malware Removal Vista Repair Downgrade Vista

02-25-2009, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Canaanabolaanan TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 560 OS: XP Pro SP3	Re: Anti-stimulus ad uses Jesus Yup, I didn't mean to imply that that was bogus. It is legit. But I think at this point, size is relative. And just because it seems staggering to us when cast in certain lights does not mean it is bad/good.