Arkansas Blog

three thousand dead

This link from NYT should land in many a Republicans inbox.

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/20061228_3000FACES_TAB1.html

Tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths? Try hundreds of thousands.

"As many as 654,965 more Iraqis may have died since hostilities began in Iraq in March 2003 than would have been expected under pre-war conditions, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Al Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. The deaths from all causes-violent and non-violent-are over and above the estimated 143,000 deaths per year that occurred from all causes prior to the March 2003 invasion. (91.8% are from violent deaths.)" http://www.jhsph.edu/publi
chealthnews/pr
ess_releases/2006/burnham_
iraq_2006.html

Over 90 percent are from violent deaths...i.e. the iraq War and their civil war (spawned by the Iraq War).

In case some didn't know Johns Hopkins, the second ranked medical school only to Harvard, already estimated around 100,000 Iraqi deaths as of October 2004. Welcome to 2007.

Thank God I'm not religious. I might feel like killing all those "infidels" in Iraq was actually justified.

Click my name for the link to the study.

On the way home from a party about an hour ago, I realized that if a cop stopped me, there was no way in hell I could pass a field sobriety test. Although I had had absolutely nothing alcoholic to drink, I was totally stuffed with good food. The heel-toe thing would have been impossible.

Happy Hew Year, everyone!

one set of photos from 2006 that should not have been missed.

Behold the birth of an island.

http://yacht-maiken.blogspot.com/2006/08/stone-sea-and-volcano.html

U.S. TOTAL - NON-MORTAL CASUALTIES 46,880

Source: DoD Dec 2,, 2006

Happy New Year! And may we find 2007 much more satisfying!

How many people die of preventable deaths
every year in Africa?

Which should we be more concerned about?

A) All those who of die of preventable deaths.

B) All those who do nothing to prevent their deaths.

How many people die of preventable deaths
every year in Africa?

I don't know, but give us a day, and someone here will find a way to blame it on Mike Huckabee!

"The heel-toe thing would have been impossible."

Apparently it becomes more difficult when one gets older too. That was one of the tests a geriatric specialist performed on my hubby. He didn't do very well, so we both tried it when we came home. Oops. Don't try this unless you can hold on to something. How did we suddenly get old?
Incidently, a friend says it is simply a balance issue and can be improved. I hope she's right.
And just to be snide, ArkBlogs.com, none of us can prevent our death, although we may work to extend our lives.
I resolve to get more exercise and eat right . . . well, maybe tomorrow. I wonder how Max's special dip will go with black-eyed peas and plenty of hawg jawl . . .

2006 Be Damn! Got to be a preamble of Hell!

So Bye 2006 & thanks to Buddha for helping some of us survive!

Lwood, you think the US army actually takes the time to do a complete *iraqi* body count? Do you think they actually count the bodies from civil war too?

Nice hijack from the original topic, arkblog, which is Iraq and who has died there from OUR actions.

Hey, arkblog, I'm wondering how many die right HERE in the US of preventable diseases because of a lack of health care. It is estimated that about 18,000 a year do.

If we are going to talk about it other subjects than Iraq, then we need to think about our own people that can't afford to be treated because of our insane denial of health care system. I'm hoping that SOMEONE will fix this ridiculous problem.

I's a real shame and tragedy what is happening in Africa, though. The question is, are you bringing it up because they have oil there?

"You are invited, also, to contribute to another open line."

Lear to read rablib....

Also learn to comprehend what you read a bit better. You clearly misunderstood my post. Apparently you mistook my comment for that of a conservative and then when into automatic attack mode. I think they call that "friendly fire."