"in 2008, the war in iraq alone cost the u.s. on average $5,000 a second, or $12,000,000,000 a month, or $144,000,000,000 through-out the course of the year."

"of the 203,203,306 americans enrolled in a health care program, 97,931,924 (or 48%) are currently in non-profit or government run health care system."

"the presidential salary in the united states is $400,000 before taxes."

"tuition costs were up 5.9% on average from 2007 to 2008."

"average temperatures have risen 1.4 degrees fahrenheit worldwide since 1880, much of this being in recent decades."

"over 3,000 abortions are performed daily worldwide."