Comments on: History Repeats Itself, Painfully So http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/ The Pen Is Mightier Than Thy Wench Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:49:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Prose Before Hos http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-84705 Prose Before Hos Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:00:16 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-84705 <strong>It’s A Celebration Of 500,000 Hits (bitches)...</strong> PBH finally cracked the 500,000 unique hit mark, after lots of ebbs and flows over the past year (it actually took a year and a half to reach this mark, though there has only been consistent blogging for 6 months of that time). We’re proud (for t... It’s A Celebration Of 500,000 Hits (bitches)…

PBH finally cracked the 500,000 unique hit mark, after lots of ebbs and flows over the past year (it actually took a year and a half to reach this mark, though there has only been consistent blogging for 6 months of that time). We’re proud (for t…

]]> By: LEONARD http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81893 LEONARD Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81893 You are all wrong. The pound in 1922 was based on the gold standard. it was real money. in other words every pound note had on it that the bank of England promised to pay the bearer on demand its equiverlent in GOLD. American dollars are worth less than monopoly money. At least with that you get a genuine game to play. No gold in the bank means the paper is useless. You are all wrong. The pound in 1922 was based on the gold standard. it was real money. in other words every pound note had on it that the bank of England promised to pay the bearer on demand its equiverlent in GOLD.

American dollars are worth less than monopoly money. At least with that you get a genuine game to play.

No gold in the bank means the paper is useless.

]]> By: Alex Toronto http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81860 Alex Toronto Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:28:58 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81860 We are so stupid. Dunce caps for everyone. We are so stupid. Dunce caps for everyone.

]]> By: Robert http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81793 Robert Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:40:54 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81793 The United Kingdom's GDP in 1925 was 4466 million pounds. 50 million pounds would have been about 1.12% of GDP. The current United States GDP is about 13.2 trillion dollars. 1.12% of current GDP is 148 billion. Assuming your cost figure of 14 billion dollars a month is correct, that would come to 168 billion a year. So using these numbers, the relative cost for the two wars looks pretty comparable. The United Kingdom’s GDP in 1925 was 4466 million pounds. 50 million pounds would have been about 1.12% of GDP.

The current United States GDP is about 13.2 trillion dollars. 1.12% of current GDP is 148 billion. Assuming your cost figure of 14 billion dollars a month is correct, that would come to 168 billion a year. So using these numbers, the relative cost for the two wars looks pretty comparable.

]]> By: Hah http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81790 Hah Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:40:07 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81790 What? Your calculation is absurd. $50,000,000 in 1922 is "only" 628,214,285.70 And, actually, that'd be £, not $. £50,000,000 in 1922 pounds would be $3,058,360,000 in todays dollar. What? Your calculation is absurd. $50,000,000 in 1922 is “only” 628,214,285.70
And, actually, that’d be £, not $.

£50,000,000 in 1922 pounds would be
$3,058,360,000 in todays dollar.

]]> By: Me http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81784 Me Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:55:13 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81784 You idiot! That was $50,000,000 a year back in 1922... ...which is $575B in todays dollars You idiot! That was $50,000,000 a year back in 1922…

…which is $575B in todays dollars

]]> By: Truthiness http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/comment-page-1/#comment-81783 Truthiness Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:46:17 +0000 http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/02/27/history-repeats-itself-painfully-so/#comment-81783 If it were really only 50 million dollars a year it'd be a dream comes true. The cost is almost 14 billions a month now. That's about 466 millions dollars a day. A god damn day. If it were really only 50 million dollars a year it’d be a dream comes true.
The cost is almost 14 billions a month now. That’s about 466 millions dollars a day. A god damn day.

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