Bread and Circuses [Claymore]

For the bulk of the past month, our attentions have been captured by a host of things…important things, like; jackass wannabe dictators attempting to thwart their nation’s own constitution, Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush calling it quits (I really had high hopes for those kids), iPhone prices drop to a “mere” $250, we got a new Harry Potter movie which apparently a few people went to go see, birthers got a few moments in the sun when they got a shout out from their homey Press Secretary Whatshisface, Sarah Palin resigns from her gig as governor of that state where Deadliest Catch is filmed, then we got a few steps closer to Sonia Sotomayor (apparently a wise Latina or something) replacing some old white dude on the Supreme Court, then there’s the situation in Cambridge Mass where Steve Urkel’s dad broke into his own house and the cops lured him into their squad car using copies of Computer Shopper and MAD magazine (at least that’s my understanding of the situation), and last but not least, there’s this whole healthcare thing which is so amazingly complicated, even John Conyers and Bill Mayer can’t be bothered to read all 1000+ pages of it, much less look up the definition of the words ‘douchebag’ or ‘ironic’.

With all of these clearly important things going on, halfway across the globe, a few other things failed to get much of a mention. I’d like to at least attempt to rectify that a little. Below is a list of honored dead. They probably never made it on to television, or wrote a bestseller, or had a shot at being wisely appointed to replace a left wing retard for a lifetime political appointment, but I’m nearly certain that in each and every case, they had a mom and dad who will cry a little harder during Christmas, many will have a loved one wake up in the morning to an empty bed, a child or two will lament that only one of their parents will be there to see them off to their first day of school next month, a sister or brother will feel a little more lonely while watching a beloved family video. Forty-nine US soldiers have perished in Iraq and Afghanistan this month so far, and God willing, that number won’t creep higher, but I wouldn’t spend an inordinate amount of time looking for that fact on the front pages of any newspaper, or look for it crawling across the bottom of MSNBC. Gone are the days of the media criticizing the Global War On Islamist Terror, assuming you can even find anyone willing to call it that. They deserve better.

Editor’s Note: The above are screen shots of Claymore’s table that I had to put in piecemeal. I tried to get Claymore’s whole table into this post, although some information may be missing – it’s all my fault and not his. – Jonn

Category: Military issues, Support the troops, Terror War