U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[Diomedes]

4,259

Afghanistan 666

[Butchers Bill]

Do you have the 16th or 17th scheduled in your phone to do this? 

Anyway, it's amazing how there is zero coverage of this anymore.  I mean zero.  All of the media hacks were on every casualty like flies on shtein from 03-05 when it was popular to report the deaths of our troops.  Remember when Nightline spent an hour reading every US death in Iraq?  The number then was only 900 or so but it was an obvious political statement against the war.

Hell, even on DU they don't talk about it anymore.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

"It's the economy, stupid."

People don't care about soldiers or brown people dying when they are having trouble paying their bills.  (Also, the media is not going to focus on the war when it turns out that it's not really a top priority of the Obama administration to scale back overseas involvement.  He is actually just going to "spread it around a little.")

[ice grillin you]

truth be told peope dont really care about soldiers or brown people dying when the economy is good

[SunMo]

i felt sad when d got strangled in prison

[ice grillin you]

he was acting like a little bitch and most likely deserved it

[Butchers Bill]

truth be told peope dont really care about soldiers or brown people dying when the economy is good

That's the opposite of whats happening actually.

[ice grillin you]

you getting confused with more people caring and people in general caring

we already did all the revolutionary shtein son...the picketing...the protesting...but then they blew kennedys head off...went to vietnam...blue collar jobs went over seas...

point is we all cared about that stuff...tried it...and lost out to the mighty corporation...america INC.

remember none of us sold out...we just bought in

[Butchers Bill]

you getting confused with more people caring and people in general caring

we already did all the revolutionary shtein son...the picketing...the protesting...but then they blew kennedys head off...went to vietnam...blue collar jobs went over seas...

point is we all cared about that stuff...tried it...and lost out to the mighty corporation...america INC.

remember none of us sold out...we just bought in

Um...OK.  Not sure what all that means, but I am right.  People care more about their wallets than the troops who are dying and the proof is in the media coverage.

[Diomedes]

Do you have the 16th or 17th scheduled in your phone to do this? 

Ha.   I just give it an update every once in a while, didn't realize I was keeping such a tight schedule.

For or against or any shade in between, I think you ought to know these numbers.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Holdover Def. Secretary Robert Gates set to begin uphill battle to cancel costly and unnecessary weapons projects.

[rjs246]

Holdover Def. Secretary Robert Gates set to begin uphill battle to cancel costly and unnecessary weapons projects.

Hot damn.

[mpmcgraw]

20 deaths a month is pretty unacceptable.

So we can expect to lose 400-600 more troops until Obama decides to do what he promised he would do?  Awesome.

farging hacks.   

[ice grillin you]

you getting confused with more people caring and people in general caring

we already did all the revolutionary shtein son...the picketing...the protesting...but then they blew kennedys head off...went to vietnam...blue collar jobs went over seas...

point is we all cared about that stuff...tried it...and lost out to the mighty corporation...america INC.

remember none of us sold out...we just bought in

Um...OK.  Not sure what all that means, but I am right.  People care more about their wallets than the troops who are dying and the proof is in the media coverage.

just got this email at work from our security branch


The Federal Protective Service has advised Security Branch that anti-war demonstrations are planned for the Franklin Park, K Street Corridor, and the McPherson Square areas.  These events are scheduled for 3:00pm, Thursday, March 19, 2009.   Security Branch will monitor the situation and will report any updates.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Good for them.