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Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 04:49:17 PM EST
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( - promoted by Xpatriated Texan)
As of today, 3900 American soldiers have given their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. By way of comparison, that is enough to entirely populate the 412th largest municipality in New Jersey.
411: Pilesgrove Township - 3923
412: Allamuchy Township - 3877
In all, New Jersey has 155 municipalities with fewer than 3,900 people.
We report. They die. You vote.
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 at 04:28:50 PM EST
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Today is supposed to be a day for celebrating, but I don't feel much like it. Today the 3000th American soldier died in Iraq in a war that is unnecessary, based on lies and prosecuted in an almost criminally negligent fashion.
George Bush has recently been comparing himself to Harry Truman. He's right that the buck stops with him, that the blame for each and every one of these soldiers. But he doesn't deserve to compare himself to such a serious, considered and great man.
Instead, he gets a more appropriate comparison:
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