paint by numbers

The following information is often cited at the beginning of the show. Rather than work the links into each liner notes post, I will just cite the information here:

i.    And the price of crude oil. NYMEX.

ii.   The avg price of gas in the Santa Cruz area. AAA

iii.   The cost of U.S. War and occupation in Iraq for the country. The cost of the Iraq war to Santa Cruz county. National Priorities

iv.    The number of Iraqis killed in Iraq.*

v.    The number of U.S. Soldiers killed.

vi.    Topic of army suicides.

(*we may refer to Iraq Body Count, rather, although just foreign policy did a great job explaining how they came up with the number. I have decided to go with the other, as they site news sources. Not 100 percent on either. If you have feedback, please comment.)