FYI

FYI

The British newspaper, The Guardian, had an interesting statistic a week or so ago.

The Week magazine put it into a short item in their last issue.

Quote:

“The number of Americans killed in all the wars since 1775 is 1.17 million, according to government statistics.

The number of Americans killed by firearms, including suicides, since 1968 is 1.38 million.”

Need we say more?

FYI

From Newsmax.com

Vets Storm Shuttered WWII Memorial

The 91 veterans on an Honor Flight from Mississippi weren’t going to be denied the chance to see the memorial built for them.

Arriving on four charter buses at Washington’s National Mall this morning on the first day of a federal government shutdown, the vets found the World War II monument barricaded and its fountain idle. A sign on the fence read “Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN, All National Parks Are CLOSED.”

With a bagpipe escort, the veterans ignored the barriers and walked or were pushed in wheelchairs to see the column for Mississippi. Park Police stood by, watching.

“This is ridiculous,” said Tom Bratner, 89, who served as a Seabee during the liberation of Guam in 1944. “I hate the Republicans. They’re pulling all kinds of stuff trying to hold hostage things like this.”