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Any life lost to violence is one too many, but this always brings to mind the killings, expecially in our large cities, which always outnumber the military deaths..
War Casualty Stats
As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics:
Annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2004:
Does this really mean that the loss from the two current conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's presidency? Were we at war?
Now, are you confused when you look at these figures?
Especially look at 1980, during the reign of President "Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter" himself, there were 2,392 US military fatalities.
What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose, and they 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%
Now, 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:
"A man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles." Thomas Jefferson
Any life lost to violence is one too many, but this always brings to mind the killings, expecially in our large cities, which always outnumber the military deaths..
War Casualty Stats
As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, consider the following statistics:
Annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2004:
Does this really mean that the loss from the two current conflicts in the Middle East are LESS than the loss of military personnel during Mr. Clinton's presidency? Were we at war?
Now, are you confused when you look at these figures?
Especially look at 1980, during the reign of President "Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter" himself, there were 2,392 US military fatalities.
What this clearly indicates is that our media and our liberal politicians pick and choose, and they 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%
Now, 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:
"A man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles." Thomas Jefferson
The Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is a media company and the single largest operator of local television stations in the United States. According to the company's webpage, Sinclair's television group includes 20 FOX, 19 WB, 6 UPN, 8 ABC, 3 CBS, 4 NBC affiliates and 2 independent stations and reaches approximately 24 percent of all U.S. television households
I suppose this has a lot to do with selective news. Concerns about SBG's conservative bias has led to anti-Sinclair campaigns, including a boycott against advertisers and the ongoing "SinclairAction.com" campaign.
Interestingly enough, when I now attempt to access the SinclairAction.com site I get a message…DNS Error - Server cannot be found
Death is relative..... Or maybe it's how we VIEW death that's relative. It's hard for me to get that these numbers are significant. 500,000 people die in this country every year due to tobacco and alcohol abuse.
Yawn!!
Given THAT number, I'm not outraged that we lose a couple thousand soldiers a year in the defense of this country.
Great post Dennis. If these are the facts I have no idea why the source of those facts should be criticized, or why it's a problem that SBG "reaches" 24% of American households. I wonder how many Time Warner reaches? Anyway, if you want even more perspective on our military's sacrifice, the VA tracks casualties for all of America's conflicts every year. The latest report is here.
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