U.S. ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY DEATHS – 1980 through 2006 Tuesday, Apr 15 2008 

Military and Politics 1IDVET 19:59

Update:

This is a BS report.

Here’s the story at Army Times

An interesting sideline for you morons that decry the war on terror and its toll on America’s military:

U.S. ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY DEATHS – 1980 through 2006 (as of November 22, 2007) (pdf)

For those of you that don’t want to download it, here’s the gist of it:

Whatever your politics, however you lean, however you feel about the current administration, this report should open some eyes.

Military losses, 1980 through 2006.

As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, I have lost a personal and dear friend to this, consider the following statistics:

The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:

1980 ………. 2,392 (Carter Year)

1981 ………. 2,380 (Reagan Year)

1984 …….. 1,999 (Reagan Year)

1988 ………. 1,819 (Reagan Year)

1989 ………. 1,636 (George H W Year)

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)

Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths

George W years (2001-2006): 7,932 deaths


 

Achieving the American Dream means Learning English Tuesday, Apr 15 2008 

Political Correctness and Politics 1IDVET 19:49

This should have been done in the Constitution. It would have saved us immense pain now. Here it is in a nutshell from GOPUSA:

Posted by Bobby Eberle
April 15, 2008 at 6:22 am

Georgia Rep. Paul Broun has introduced legislation to make English the official language of the United States. As Broun notes in a “dear colleague” letter, “America’s genius has always been assimilation, taking legal immigrants and turning them into American citizens. The key to assimilation, of course, is a shared language. Large-scale immigration without effective assimilation threatens social cohesion and America’s shared values.” Broun is now working to get other congressmen to sign on as co-sponsors of his bill.

The bill, officially designated H.R. 5759, is known as the English as the Official Language Act of 2008. The bill is identical to its Senate companion, S. 2715, which was recently introduced by Sen. Jim Inhofe. The bill deserves careful consideration and support. The more we turn away from uniting people in this country as Americans, the more our country loses its strength and heritage.

As Rep. Broun notes in his press release, the bill will “reduce costs to our federal government and will encourage new, legal immigrants to quickly adopt America’s native tongue. Learning English has always been and will continue to be a key step in achieving the American dream.”

The bill:

· declares English to be the official national language of the Government of the United States.

· states that no person has a right or entitlement to have the US Government or any official to communicate, perform or provide services, or materials in any language other than English unless specifically provided by statute.

· provides that if an exception is made on the use of a language other than English, the exception does not create a legal entitlement to additional services in that language or any language other than English.

More.

 

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