A friend of mine sent this along. I think I've seen it before somewhere, but never the less, it is worth a repeat. That said, it does not appear to include the current crop of fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Below is some very interesting data referencing deaths in the military. I guarantee you will not read this in your local newspaper nor will you see it on the daily news broadcast. Deaths in the Military: 1980 .......... 2,392 1981 ......... 2,380 1982 .......... 2,318 1983 ......... 2,465 1984 ......... 1,999 1985 .......... 2,252 1986 .......... 1,984 1987 ......... 1,983 1988 .......... 1,819 1989 .......... 1,636 1990 ........ 1,508 1991 .......... 1,787 1992 .......... 1,293 1993 ......... 1,213 1994 ......... 1,075 1995 .......... 1,040 1996 ......... 974 1997 .......... 817 1998 .......... 826 1999 .......... 795 2000 ........ 774 2001 .......... 890 2002 .......... 1007 2003 ........ 1,410 [534*] 2004 .......... 1,887 [900*] 2005 ........ [919*] 2006 .......... [920*] Figures so noted with an asterisk (*) indicates deaths as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. You may initially feel confused when you look at these figures --especially when you see that in 1980, during the term of President Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US military fatalities. What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose and tend to present only those facts that support their agenda driven reporting. Another fact our left media and politicians like to slant is that these brave men and women losing their lives are minorities. Wrong again - The latest census shows the following: European descent (white) ..... 69.12% Hispanic .... 12.5% African American ..... 12.3% Asian ... 3.7% Native American .... 1.0% Other ..... 2.6% The fatalities over the past three years in Iraqi Freedom are: European descent (white) ..... 74.31% Hispanic ..... 10.74% African American ... 9.67% Asian ... 1.81% Native American .... 1.09% Other .... 2.33% These statistics are published by DOD and may be viewed at: American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
A little OT but so is this: I had to disable all add ons to run a few tests and the shoutbox is looking funny if you dial in the direct link. CRC: oooops! Three! Happy Birthday rootdiggr! ozarkgoatman: Morning all and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE THREE OF YOU!!! ozarkgoatman: Heres to Wildernessgal who's still in bed asleep ozarkgoatman: ozarkgoatman: wildernessgal: Goooooooooooooooood mornin'! Oh cool... Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday to YOU! Happy Birthday EVERYONE... Happy Birthday to YOU!!! wildernessgal: This is for OGM ---> Ya know, you are gettin' quite nasty with age, why don't YOU just kiss it!?!?!?!? [kissit} LOL wildernessgal: Oops, I meant OGM! ha,ha,ha AlterEgo: I can't shout any more... wildernessgal: Tomorrow mornin' we're suppose go down to the 20's... I'm actually EXCITED WOO HOO! One time I had organized/sponsored a local homeschool fieldtrip, and it ended up gettin' down into th 20's/snowing... My family & I were the only ones there!LOL It was heaps of fun having Grand Gulf State Park all to ourselves! The views were gorgeous & the FALLING SNOW made it look unlike it ever has before, just BEAUTIFUL!!! wildernessgal: AlterEgo, is it a LARGE TYPE issue, or a LOSS OF VOICE ISSUE?LOL If it's the latter, hopefully you'll get your voice back! AlterEgo: Looks like I'm all better. Happy Birthday to all who have one. CRC hows the finger? Clyde: Gold @ 821.50.... CRC: Sorry....Had things to do...Finger hurts like the dickens..Just wait it out, I suppose...Funny how little things like this bother us so much.... CRC: Ok...So some friends want to throw a party this weekend...at MY house. Oysters..couple/few bushels and a keg of beer...Ummm..I outgrew keggers in my early 20's...I hate saying no...but it's gotta be done. I am sooooooo not cleaning up after this. CRC: Interesting threads today....Out of here y'all...Places to go, people to annoy... Have a Wonderfilled Day! Trace? Hope you're having a wonderful "You" day! Tracy: I am! Forget sleepin' in. Lots of running around, hair cut (err, trim - can't do short hair). Thinkin' I might do lunch today AND I don't have to cook dinner. Yep! It's a wonderful day, indeed. Tracy: magmeister: hello melbo: Running a site update tonight. Security patch. We will go down for 10-15 minutes in about an hour. 8:45 EST AlterEgo: How come this thing keeps dropping my login?? melbo: FIrefox set to clear cookies on exit? melbo: I have to log in everytime as I have FF clear me on exit melbo: Upgrade complete. Anyone having any trouble ataching images lately? ghrit: yes, but it was because the storage was full. Purged a few the other day, worked then. melbo: We have unlimeted ataching. THere is a problem. I got that same Quota over limit. melbo: Now to track it down. Something that was added has caused this. ghrit: The attachment didn't fail, it just couldn't upload, said over limit. Hm. ghrit: BRB, need to send an e-mail. ghrit: And a shower.
Shout box shows here the same as last night. I haven't logged off and back on since before the upgrade, so that may not mean much.