CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION FOR JUST A MOMENT?

[mudesi]

SIX more troops killed in Iraq.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming. (Obama said this, Clinton did that, blah blah blah blah blah)

Unless enough people bring this to the home page.

Edit:
Bonus points if you knew about these latest casualties before clicking on this thread. Anyone? Anyone hear about them, read about them? Anyone see headlines about them on CNN.com or any other home page of any so called reputable news source?

[AllexxisF1]

Quoted for truth.

[JeffR]

1. Thanks for trying to keep it real here

K & R.

[BOSSHOG]

2. 3986 - if my math is correct

K&R - To the home page where this thread belongs.

[lonestarnot]

3. Just more numbers.

:sarcasm:

[devilgrrl]

4. BFD, Elliot Spitzer boffs $2 whores - get your priorities in order.

:sarcasm:

[mojowork_n]

10. Anything but (adjusted for inflation), $20 sex workers. From HuffPo:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/emperors-club-all-about-_n_90768.html

Some attractive photos there, with a few interesting details (besides the tied off top, and itty-bitty jean skirt, Anais has a Master's Degree in Public Relations!), the Huff Po article links to a more detailed article, which only identifies him as "Client 9", caught on a federal wiretap making arrangements to be a client.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/10/spitzer-prostitution-scan_n_90766.html

In this case, I'm not sure of the details, but with Spitzer saying he's going to resign (unlike Sen. Diaper Boy, Vitter, from LA, or Sen. Larry "Wide Stance" Craig, from MT), I'm just wondering if he wasn't a casualty of some sort of Improvised Electronic-surveillance Device. He made a lot of powerful enemies on Wall Street, during his time as Attorney General.

[BigDaddy44]

44. $2?

If they were only $2 he wouldn't be in this mess. He could have just gone to an ATM.

[Dammit Ann]

5. MESSAGE SENT.

WHO ARE WE THESE DAYS, ANYWAY?!
sorry for shouting.

[1776Forever]

6. I cringe at this lose of life. God bless their families. I am Mom of 1 over there now.

No one can even imagine what it is like unless you are really in the families shoes everyday. We have asked so much from all our Troops including the National Guard members! We owe them so much!

:grouphug:

[Kajsa]

18. 1776 Forever,

I pray for his/her safe return home.

:hug:

[1776Forever]

21. Thank you - Love is a good thing...Good thoughts and prayers welcome...

:pals:

[yardwork]

38. Thank you for your sacrifice for our county, and I hope your loved one returns safe.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Forget it. I tried posting about the UAW walking out on AAM strike talks...

to no avail.

[Kajsa]

34. Hi Mrs. Grumpy,

You posted something factual and relevant.

I posted a reply to a thread proving the OP was
false, with reference number to the gov. agency
I called. I blew the cover on a big lie that was
circulating on the web.

( Yes- the Airborne thing- the FTC and
the FDA did NOT sue them- I knew it was BS)

That post figuratively locked the thread.
No discussion, no replies-NADA.

Factual and relevant is not very popular, here.

[malaise]

8. Damn

Now why isn't this on M$M?

[babylonsister]

9. I did; read it here and MSNBC fleetingly mentioned it earlier. nt

[mojowork_n]

11. This WAS noticed, and reflected in another thread, that has 35 rec's:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3218676

Your post says 6 killed, the other says 5, but one later died of wounds. It's the same episode.

[asdjrocky]

12. Caught it on MSNBC earlier today-

And yes, they were shocked at the casualties, especially since things have been "going so well." Don't ever hope from the truth from those people.

The news is what they don't tell you. K&R.

[better tomorrow]

15. yeah, I heard about it earlier, too.....

then the Spitzer thing took over.....

[LaurenG]

13. Yes I heard about them. It always takes my breath away.

this didn't have to be this way. :cry:

[donheld]

14. You should post this in GD:P

Interrupt the daily bickering with a tad bit of reality.

[Skittles]

16. I always know about them

because I care enough to look - and I send a postcard to Iraq or Afghanistan almost daily

and I believe now it is NINE

[ekwhite]

17. K&R N/T

[yellerpup]

19. Remember their lives.

Remember their families. Bring the rest of them home. Now. K&R!

[lame54]

20. It's on...

michaelmoore.com
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
How many more have to die
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMACzBomDK4

[bdamomma]

22. thank you lynyrd, those are our people who are dying out there

for lies.

[pedo]

23. Bonus points

Bonus points if you knew about the latest Iraqi civilian casualties. Anyone? Anyone hear about them, read about them? Anyone see headlines about them on CNN.com or any other home page of any so called reputable news source?

[Solly Mack]

24. I live with it every single day

[NM Independent]

25. K&R

"Bonus points if you knew about these latest casualties before clicking on this thread. Anyone? Anyone hear about them, read about them? Anyone see headlines about them on CNN.com or any other home page of any so called reputable news source?"

No bonus points for me, so thank you for posting this.

[barbtries]

26. i've kicked 2 threads in the past couple days

one was 5 more troops killed
one was 3 more troops killed
now it's 6 more troops killed

i don't follow so-called reputable news sources, but i'm willing to bet this news will not be found there. i get my news from
DU and follow the links to the source.

[lyonn]

47. Icasualties.org have 8 Americaqns listed dead on the 10th

Hey, but who is counting???? SARCASM......

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

27. Thanks for the post.

[George II]

28. Heard it when it was announced early this morning or last night

[Diana Prince]

29. NPR lists 8 total

heard it on Morning Edition.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88091795

[K-Check]

30. If it bleeds, it leads...

...or so they used to say. But why should we talk about brave, dead American kids when we can (gasp!) talk about a whoring governor?!? Scintilating...

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

31. thanks, chief

[Cherchez la Femme]

32. Don't forget the media coverage of Spitzer "RING"

The Re-:puke: are just pissed because a Democratic guy slept with a woman instead of their preferred sexual victim; a man or better, boy.

I didn't get a chance to weigh in on that yesterday over here (just posted a couple things at WaPo) so pardon if this little irony has already been used :D

I do want to say, though, if Spitzer prosecuted others for the same things he did, then he should go. I refuse to be a hypocrite 'a la Repubes.
It's a terrible shame, but seriously, how the hell can a Democratic politician indulge in such behavior especially in this political climate, not to mention the now-legal Repuke-controlled phone taps on anyone they wish? It's political suicide!
Sorry, but that is seriously stupid, or naive.
Or both.

[2PeiMom]

33. Thank you lynyrd.

When Montel hit Fox with this, they dismissed him and called it "numbers." I call each and every one of them a human being. A person, with family and friends who now have a deep hole in their hearts, mourning the senseless loss of their loved one who no longer has a future. And for what?

Saw it on the crawl on CNN or MSNBC. Never heard them mention it. Too much about Spitzer, Hillary, and Obama. Brittney and Paris must be feeling left out.

[bluescribbler]

35. I heard eight

Plus a few Iraqis.

We need to end this damn war.

[The Wielding Truth]

41. Oh,how awful. Yep, NPR has it as 8. I have the link.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88091795

[yardwork]

36. Thank you. I saw that news report this morning and thought about

how nobody seems to care anymore, except the people who love the people who die, and their friends and fellow soldiers and commanding officers.

[defendandprotect]

37. If we want to end Iraq and torture, we need to have someone trustworthy in the White House ...

These deaths will go on and on until the war is finally stopped ---
We can't even see the coffins for cripes sakes!!!

Unfortunately, the next election is important; unfortunately, Spitzer has put us all into more shock and awe --- !!!

Of course, we would have known that many corporations would want to knock out the investigations
by knocking him out of office --- but evidently Spitzer didn't sufficiently consider that!!

If we want to end this war we need reliable people in office . . .
NOT DLC/Republican leadership ---
NOT people who betray us in the way that Spitzer just did -- !!!

[the grey area]

39. ...but I thought the surge was working......

[sunnystarr]

40. First it was 5 then it was 8

and my prayers went out to their families. We really do pay attention but you have to read the crawl or you'll miss it. It's a damned shame that the sacrifices made for this unnecessary war are reduced to numbers in a crawl - both for our military and the Iraqi civilians.

[chknltl]

42. Yes I had heard this.

But I am one of a growing number of Americans who listens to progressive radio. Thom Hartmann, Ed Shultz, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, and that Elliot guy right as I fall asleep. Progressive radio gets more airplay in my home than my TV does by far! Each day the Rachel Maddow show starts off with news from Iraq.

So yes indeed, I did know about the five, now six who died yesterday due to a bomb that someone was wearing. The man walked up to our patrol and self detonated it killing five of our soldiers outright and the sixth died a bit later. I believe their were two more of our soldiers who died later that day in Iraq due to unrelated incidences but I am not certain of this.

I wish Kieth Olberman would follow Rachel Maddow's lead and start each of his broadcasts with news from Iraq as well. That first five minute segment would fit better than his "news from the weird" stuff he regularly gives us. His "ear hair" item on that segment the other day was something we really did not need to see or know about.

I advise everyone to get a daily dose of progressive radio...this applies to my fellow DUers as well.

[Speciesamused]

43. So sad and unjust for these troops. We allow it.

You know why the country is not moving in protest?
Because the same guys have been returning there since the war began.
A smaller fraction of the population than
in any other war where you usually had so many
families touched closely by their relatives in war.
Most people are out at the mall. Pathetic.
These troops are so stressed they are killing themselves.
Of course this is not news worthy either.
And unfortunately neither one of the Democratic candidates have a
sound plan for immediate withdraw. Peace.

[DrZeeLit]

45. I post these numbers on my car, every week. And...

people walk up to me and thank me all the time.

At least the ones who care do.
Nobody has ever said anything derogatory.


I print this on my car:

[Kurovski]

46. Kick. (nt)