I'm a Democrat. Or at least a not-Republican. :) Generally speaking, though, I'm kind of non-political. There's things that I hate that have no relation to any political affiliation (heh...though I just typed 'affliction' which might be a Freudian slip) and things that I blame squarely on one side or the other.

Dubya certainly gets my knickers in a bundle. This month's calendar from USAA had a quote from him and I immediately took scissors to the page and excised it so I wouldn't have to see his uplifting take on combat. Especially since he's never actually been in danger any himself.

Ever since CNN started their coverage of the war, I've read through their casualties page. Fortunately for me, I don't know anyone personally who shows up on these lists. What I like about it is that they include a small snapshot of the person; it brings a very human face to the numbers of men and women who've lost their lives since this whole sorry episode began. So I'm lucky because I don't know anyone on these pages, but there's families out there who do know, very personally, some of these people.

For those who prefer their casualties without names and faces, however, there's always the coalition fatalities chart. If I worked at the White House, I think I'd wander over to Dubya's office whenever he stepped out and change his home page to one of these.

I'm a Democrat. Or at least a not-Republican. :) Generally speaking, though, I'm kind of non-political. There's things that I hate that have no relation to any political affiliation (heh...though I just typed 'affliction' which might be a Freudian slip) and things that I blame squarely on one side or the other.

Dubya certainly gets my knickers in a bundle. This month's calendar from USAA had a quote from him and I immediately took scissors to the page and excised it so I wouldn't have to see his uplifting take on combat. Especially since he's never actually been in danger any himself.

Ever since CNN started their coverage of the war, I've read through their casualties page. Fortunately for me, I don't know anyone personally who shows up on these lists. What I like about it is that they include a small snapshot of the person; it brings a very human face to the numbers of men and women who've lost their lives since this whole sorry episode began. So I'm lucky because I don't know anyone on these pages, but there's families out there who do know, very personally, some of these people.

For those who prefer their casualties without names and faces, however, there's always the coalition fatalities chart. If I worked at the White House, I think I'd wander over to Dubya's office whenever he stepped out and change his home page to one of these.