Whoever disseminated this data in the email I’ve posted below has blatantly altered the facts to smear the Clintons and the left in general. My apologies for posting without checking the details. I had checked the source, just failed to examine the details. My original question still stands though. Hence, the need for Snopes. I don’t trust the folks on either side of the aisle and the media even less. Now, you can’t even trust me. I’ll continue to try to promote the truth and promise to be more careful in the future.
Military Losses, 1980 thru 2007Whatever your politics, however you lean, and however you feel about the
current administration, this report should open some eyes. Military losses,
1980 through 2007.
As tragic as the loss of ANY member of the US Armed Forces is, consider
the following statistics: The annual fatalities of military members while
actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006 - by any cause.
1990 ……… 1,508 (George H W Year)
1991 ………. 1,787 (George H W Year)
1992 ………. 1,293 (George H W Year)
1993 ………. 1,213 (Clinton Year)
1994 ………. 1,075 (Clinton Year)
1995 ………. 2,465 (Clinton Year)
1996 ………. 2,318 (Clinton Year)
1997 ………. 817 (Clinton Year)
1998 ………. 2,252 (Clinton Year)
1999 ………. 1,984 (Clinton Year)
2000 ……….1,983 (Clinton Year)
2001 …………. 890(George W Year)
2002 ………. 1,007 (George W Year)
2003 ………. 1,410 (George W Year)
2004 ……… 1,887 (George W Year)
2005 …………. 919 (George W Year)
2006………….. 920 (George W Year)
2007…………. 899 (George W Year)
Clintonyears (1993-2000): 14,107 deaths
George W years (2001-2007): 7,932 deaths
If you are surprised when you look at these figures, so was I. These
figures mean that the loss from the two latest conflicts in the Middle East are
LESS than the loss of military personnel during Bill Clinton’s presidency;
when America wasn’t even involved in a war!
And, I was even more shocked when I read that in 1980, during the reign
of President (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Jimmy Carter, there were 2,392 US
military fatalities! From what? How?
I think that these figures indicate that many members of our Media and our politicians
will pick and choose the information on which they report. Of course we all know that
they present only those ‘facts’ which support their agenda-driven reporting. But why
do so many of them march in lock-step to twist the truth? Where do so many of them get
their agenda? Obviously there is one shared agenda. Could it be from the most powerful
Democratic family of the decade?
Do you want further proof? Consider the latest census of Americans. It
shows the following FACTS about the distribution of American citizens,
by race:
European descent ……………………..69.12%
Hispanic…………………………………12.5%
Black ……………….. ……………………12.3%
Asian…………………………………….. 3.7%
Native American……………………….1.0%
Other………………………………………2.6%
Many media lead us to feel the military death ratio is off balanced compared to the
distribution by race in America. Here are the fatalities by RACE over the past three
years in Iraqi Freedom. Do the comparison yourself.
European descent (white) …………74.31%
Hispanic………………………………10.74%
Black ………………………………….. 9.67%
Asian…………………………………. 1.81%
Native American………………….. 1.09%
Other…………………………………. 0.33%
I was surprised again. Our mainstream media continues to spin these figures
(for political gain). Nothing more. It’s all about politics
I hope that during the time between now and November, intelligent
Americans can decipher:
the facts from the spin,
the spinners from the leaders,
those who seek even more power from those that seek justice,
and the dividers from the uniters.
Over the next months let’s be good listeners and see and hear who tries to divide
our nation; and who wants to unite our nation. Who wants to control how our money
is spent and who wants our money spent the way we would spend it. Who seeks
power and who seeks justice? Who spins the facts and who is genuine.
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Last night, when I returned from a 12 Step Meeting, some of my family was an hour into a program hosted by Matt Lauer about two accident victims that were mistaken for one another. One died and the other survived, while being attended to in the hospital by the other’s family. Very interesting story, and you just got the jist of it in ten seconds!
These “news” documentaries drive me crazy! They took two hours to tell you fifteen minutes of information. During that time they showed the same photos and footage over and over again. Part of me wishes I had taken the time to analyse how much time was allotted to, first, reviewing what they’ve already told you, then baiting you for the next segment, not to mention repeated attempts to sell you something and finally, at everlastingly long last, actually informing you of something. But, the other part of me, thinks even that would be a waste of my precious time. If you’re that interested in the outcome, listen long enough to get the names, Google it and be done!
I don’t care how much of a couch potato you are, there has got to be something better to do with your time than being spoon fed five minutes of “news,” over the course of two entire hours!
Let’s make a list together of better things to do, shall we? Maybe we have a few readers that just aren’t sufficiently imaginative to come up with alternative activites on their own. Lets restrict the list to things you could do with just a spare two hours that might some how be less inane than watching the tube hash, rehash, rerehash, rererehash, rererereadinfinitumhash, the same stuff we could easily, conveniently, consume in a fraction of the time.
Get acquainted with the next door neighbor
Visit your mother on the phone or in person
Prepare a meal and sit down with the family at the dinner table
Go for a long walk
Take a kid fishing
Deliver an empty refrigerator box to a four year old and crawl in it with her
Cuddle up with a good book
Switch the channel and finds some real entertainment
Attend a 12 Step meeting and get sober (it appears staring indiscrimately at the tube is an addiction)
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