Casey Sheehan's age when he died: 24 (
link)
Grade he was in when he joined Cub Scouts: 1st grade (link)
Age when he became an altar boy: 8 (link)
Number of years he was an altar server: 10 (link)
Number of years he attended Solano Community College: 3 (link)
Number of weeks he was in Iraq before he was killed: 2 (link)
Number of days left in Casey's life after he wrote "we should be looking at a pretty smooth year, the unit we're replacing had only two deaths during their time here:" 4 (link)
Number of Cindy Sheehan's sons who were killed on Palm Sunday: 1 (link)
Number of US troops who were ambushed along with Casey: 20 (link)
Number who survived: 13 (link)
Number of officers who came to the Sheehan home to announce Casey's death: 3 (link)
Number of people who attended Casey's memorial service at St. Mary's Church: nearly 1,000 (link)
Number of US troops who died in Iraq the same day as Casey (including Casey): 12 (link)
As of 8/12/05, number of days on which 12 or more US troops have been killed in Iraq: 17 (link)
Number of days into the war that Bush said "major combat operations have ended," while standing in front of a banner that said "Mission Accomplished:" 54 (
link)
Number of US troops killed in the 54-day period between 3/19/03 (the day the war started) and 5/1/03 ("Mission Accomplished"): 140 (link)
Number of US troops killed in that period, per day: 2.6
Number of days later that Casey was killed: 339
Number of US troops killed in the 339-day period between 5/1/03 ("Mission Accomplished") and 4/4/04 (the day Casey died): 480 (link)
Number of US troops killed in that period, per day: 1.4
Number of days later that Bush's motorcade drove past Cindy Sheehan: 495
Number of US troops killed in the 495-day period between 4/4/04 (the day Casey died) and 8/12/05 (the day Bush drove past Cindy): 1231 (link)
Number of US troops killed in that period, per day: 2.5
Amount of time Cindy has spent alone with Bush: 10 minutes (link)
During those 10 minutes, the number of times Bush mentioned Casey by name: 0 (link)
Number of tattoos Cindy wears honoring her son: 1 (link)
Number of tattoos Andy Sheehan wears honoring his brother: 1 (link)
Number of cars in Bush's motorcade which drove by Cindy on 8/12, heading to a barbeque: 14 (link)
Number of times the motorcade passed Cindy: 2 (link)
Number of signs held up saying "Honk if your kids are in Iraq:" 1 (link)
Number of times drivers in the motorcade honked: 0
Number of Bush's children who are age-eligible to serve in Iraq: 2
Number of Bush's children who have served in Iraq: 0
Estimated change in speed as the motorcade passed Sheehan: none (link, link)
Expected amount to be raised for the RNC at the barbeque Bush was attending: $2 million (link)
Number of attendees at the barbeque: 230 (link)
Size of the BBQ location (the Broken Spoke Ranch): 478 acres (link)
Size of Bush's ranch: 1,600 acres (link)
Minimum amount contributed to RNC by each BBQ attendee: $25,000 (link)
Average weekly wage of US workers: $542 (link)
Number of hours Bush was away from his ranch in order to attend the BBQ: 2.5 (link)
Number of Little League baseball games Bush is expected to attend the day after he drove past Cindy: 1 (link)
Time Bush spent bicycling the day after he drove past Cindy: 2 hours (link)
Length of Bush's mid-day exercise sessions: 2 hours (link)
How long it's been since a president took a five-week vacation: at least 36 years (link)
Estimated number of supporters on site with Cindy the day she arrived (8/6): 6 (link)
Estimated number of supporters on site with Cindy as of 8/12: 200 (link)
Estimated number of supporters on site with Cindy as of 8/13: 300 (link)
Number of messages per day on Cindy's cell phone: 1000 (link)
Cindy's height: 6 feet (link)
Bush's height. 5' 11 3/4" (link)
Fuel economy of a Chevy Suburban (the vehicle in which Bush was riding; link): 16 mpg, combined city/highway (link)
Fuel capacity of a Chevy Suburban (3/4 ton model): 37 gallons (link)
US retail gasoline price, regular grade, 8/8/05: $2.368 (link)
Estimated cost to fill fuel tanks for Bush's motorcade: $1227
Portion of US oil consumption that is imported: 58% (link)
Government projection of our expected reliance on imports in 2025: 68% (link)
Number of pages in the new energy bill: 1,724 (link)
Energy-industry tax breaks in the bill (mostly for fossil fuels and nuclear): $14.5 billion (link)
Amount we import from Saudi Arabia: 1.7 million barrels per day (link)
Number of Christians arrested in Saudi Arabia this year, for practicing Christianity: 40 (link)
Amount spent by Saudi Arabia to finance terrorism against Israel: $4 billion (link)
Number of pages redacted from a congressional report on 9/11 that showed "very direct" links between Saudi officials and 9/11 hijackers: 27 (link)
Amount invested by bin Laden family and other Saudis in Bush's first oil business in 1978: over $1 million (link)
Number of presidents who are known to have been photographed holding hands with a Saudi leader: 1 (link)
Increase in the Dow since the war started (as of 8/12): 28.2% (link)
Increase in Exxon-Mobil share price since the war started (as of 8/12): 71.5% (link)
Increase in Halliburton share price since the war started (as of 8/12): 186.9% (link)
Halliburton revenue for 2004: $20.5 billion (pdf)
Increase compared with 2002: 62.8% (pdf)
Stock options granted to Cheney by Halliburton: 433,333 shares (link)
Tons of cash that we shipped to Iraq: 363 (pdf)
Number of hundred-dollar bills that we shipped to Iraq: 107 million (pdf)
Money US lost track of in Iraq: $8.8 billion (link)
Money needed to provide US troops with upgraded armor: $600 per soldier (link)
Number of US soldiers still without this stronger protection: tens of thousands (link)
Money the Crawford Peace House had in the bank before Cindy showed up: $121 (link)
(Apologies to Harper's Index for borrowing their concept.)