One cookie = $10 billion
Politics 01/27/2004 |TrueMajority.org has a nicely effective flash animation posted using Oreo cookies to demonstrate how easy it really could be to fund social needs and keep our military budget at a resonable level.
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This is one of the most effective pieces of political advocacy I’ve ever seen. Ben Cohen, the Ben of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, narrates a short Flash movie for TrueMajority.org, in which he explains — using Oreo cookies — the way that the federal budget is currently apportioned, and how little rearrangement would be necessary to renew all of America’s social programs. The examples are vivid and charming, and the logic is compelling.
(via BoingBoing)
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Michael Hanscom
jer@nyquil.org
January 28th, 2004 at 1:40 am
isn’t it obvious?
this one is a no-brainer - SpankBush.com Courtesy of TrueMajority.org, who Michael points out have other, more tasteful and educational flash animations, like one that makes a clear economic explanation out of a stack of Oreos, and another that uses…
April 19th, 2004 at 5:20 am
I received one of your pens about federal spending/ global military spending. How can I order additional pens?
August 23rd, 2004 at 3:13 pm
I have the same question as above from Larry Hansgen - I saw one of your pens about military spending on a documentary short called “4 Sisters for Peace”. How can I order these pens as well? thanks