August 09, 2008 07:40 PM
This Week's In Memoriam
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This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passing of actor/comedian Bernie Mac, Nobel Laureate author Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, talent agent/producer Bernie Brillstein, GOP foreign affairs consultant and Kissinger protege Peter Rodman, as well as 16 soldiers and Marines killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to icasualties.org, the allied deaths in Iraq now total 4,451. During this same period, Iraq Body Count numbers 147 Iraqi civilian deaths.
And RIP Isaac Hayes.
and to that bad mother....shut your mouth... isaac hayes. chef. the duke of ny. shaft.
Perturbed @ 1:
He died today, too late to make it into the show, but we'll feature him on the music thread tonight.
Don't forget Freddie Mac to the list.
And Fannie Mae.
A Kissinger Protege?
Oh my thats a terrible loss to humanity.
Chef and his salty balls is dead?
Where does a scientologist go when he dies
To a spaceship that'll carry him to Blisstonia?
While I know we should honor the dead, we shouldn't give more time than necessary to that piece of shit George Stephanopoulos, might I make the suggestion that unless it's a big week for the body count we skip this? Because thousands of people die everyday, why should these few get recognition over everyone else? Because they were well known? I hate that kind of bias.
Black Knight, are you trippin'? People who are well known are well known for a reason. They made millions of people happy or improved the lives of many or served in an important public role. Get a grip. Anyway, I see that 16 soldiers and marines were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's way too many. And the right winger will still be pushing the "surge is working" malarky.
"According to icasualties.org, the allied deaths in Iraq now total 4,451. During this same period, Iraq Body Count numbers 147 Iraqi civilian deaths. "
I think you may be using incomparable stats. I went to the web site, and they have 196 Iraqi civilian deaths totaled for just the month of August so far. The 4,451 number is for the entire five years of the "war".
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