COALITION DEATHS TODAY - 2,516/ IRAQI DEATHS THIS

[leftyladyfrommo]

YEAR - APPROXIMATELY 5500. That is both civilian and military. The Iraqi deaths are often about 1,000 a month.

LA Times article puts total Iraqi deaths at 50,000.

[Lithos]

1. Oh, those are just numbers

Move along, nothing to see here...

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Sarcasm aside, it is so damned sad knowing there are real people behind those numbers, people who would likely be alive had this sham of a war not happened.

L-

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. I wish the media would put the funerals on the air.

That might give people a stronger feeling that these "numbers" are real people with real hopes and dreams and grieving families.

[Lithos]

5. But they aren't interested in such things

Bush doesn't want them to put it on and threatens whoever does with loss of privilege (no access to the White House for news, loss of access in Iraq and other locales, etc.) or with legal action (remember what happened when someone showed pictures of caskets?). So in the end, the media self-censor because they want money and they will accept the crap content from Bush in order to get that money.

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[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. hey! how conveniant... I didn't even need to recopy this picture...

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Someone should just say "fuck it" and put them on the air

anyway.

Just one person traveling and photographing each funeral and the grieving families would probably have more impact than all the news stories put together.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. If you want to help make each death more personal, copy this link...

and blog it... they keep those "numbers" current and personal.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1502678

[Lasher]

3. Thank you sir, may I have another?

Here are some more numbers:

18,490: Number of American Troops Wounded in Iraq.

38,355: Minimum Number of Iraqis Killed.

$8.8 Billion: Amount of Iraqi Reconstruction Funds the Military has Failed to Account for, According to the Defense Department's Inspector General.

68: Journalists Killed in Iraq.

2.2 Million: Active Duty Soldiers and Veterans at Risk of Identity Theft.

382: Days Since Vice President Cheney Claimed the Insurgency Was in its "Last Throes".

1,140: Days Since President Bush Declared "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq.

37 Million: People Living in Poverty in the United States.

13 Million: Children Living in Poverty in the United States.

$8,375,365,051,008.48: The Public Debt.

45.8 Million: Americans without Health Insurance.

$16,000: Median Debt of Graduates of Public Colleges.

$20,000: Median Debt of Graduates of Private Colleges.

$36 Billion: ExxonMobil's Profits Last Year.

1: Chief of Staff to the Vice President Indicted.

[marmar]

4. I just divided the public debt figure. It 's about $29,000 per person....

:scared: Break open your piggy banks!

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. You know what would be fun - send out a bill to each and

every person. Bill them for their part of the War.

Maybe then people would start getting the big picture.

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. I wish there was some way to keep these figures posted

in a permanent place on this website.

We could update them everyday.

[Lasher]

12. These figures came from an email message I just received

They must have come from a web site somewhere, but I haven't tried to find it. Some sites, like this one provide quasi-real time updates.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. that's a nice "body" of work, Lasher...