>>Yes, i could see that your response was tongue-in-cheek!
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>>Figures like 50,000 factories or trillions of dollars are so large they may defy imagination. So I'm getting into the habit of converting bail-out figures into numbers whose proportions are easier to digest. For example, bearing in mind that the US Navy tries to maintain a fleet of 12 nuclear carriers of various ages, the 1.6 Trillion dollar figures being bandied around today would be enough to build >250 brand new nuclear aircraft carriers of the same class as the latest "George Bush." The US Navy in total since aircraft carriers were invented has only ever built 66 of them and the total number of aircraft carriers ever built by all nations is 232.
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>At least the $600million included in the 'stimulus' for more digital TV converters for the people who were too lazy to do something over the last 2+ years to get ready will provide approx 16million converters. Congress is delaying implementation of digital cutover because of them. People don't need more public-safety communications. Oprah!
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>One of the next $trillion stimulus packages can provide delivery and setup of thos boxes to the people who still won't get off their fat lazy a$$s long enough to do something with the coupons. At least then they'll still be able to watch Oprah and see who she hands out money to.

I heard on the news that the switchover was going to happen on time. The bill to postpone it was killed in the house.