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An Emotional Hearing On Capitol Hill After CBS News Investigates Suicide Epidemic
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- (CBS) A CBS News investigation found that, in 2005, an average of 120 people each week who had served in the military committed suicide.
Ok libs, mabe you should take time to read the study by CBS and also see how they changed their toon in the past four weeks. The origional article four weeks ago said "120 people each week who had served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan" so which is it?
CBS also failed to mention that Firefighters, Police and a half a dozen other high stress occupations follow the same suicide demographics as the military.
The latest revelation now is 120/wk people whe have ever srved in the military which constitutes 6% of the US population. Get it straight CBS...... - Reply to this comment
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My bad. - Reply to this comment
- Baloney! That gaggle of out of touch, narcissistic jerks can''''t even agree on when to take a potty break.
Posted by rplat at 08:28 AM : Dec 13, 2007
Really now? They agreed that the health of the planet is important enough for them to have become signatories of the Kyoto accord, which is more than can be said for this administration. - Reply to this comment
- Baloney! That gaggle of out of touch, narcissistic jerks can''t even agree on when to take a potty break.
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- dubya takes us into a war that we just flat do not have the manpower to fight.
rumsfeld and Wolfowicz told him that Shinseki was looney tunes. Shiseki has been proven right and it''s obvious to all that Rumsfeld and Wolfiwicz were the one who were looney tunes.
So, dubya extends combat tours from 12 to 15 months.
This outcome was visible from miles away for anyone who knows anything about combat.
Of course, that leaves out dubya..... - Reply to this comment
- Posted by SBB2211 at 06:57 AM : Dec 13, 2007
Spoken like a true Republican when you can''t blame Clinton or someone else blame the who Democratic party.
Hey sparky if you understood this happen in about the same for Viet Nam vets you would know why the majority of Americans hate the Republican party right now. - Reply to this comment
- I have been called a traitor, coward, un-American and a hoast of other names by all these people that called for this war with Iraq for opposing the war. I predicted that the returning Iraq vets would end up as did we Vietnam vets. The vast majority of the people that called for this war never had the guts to serve in war themselves but don''''t mind sending our youth into battle to die for their greed. To these people the soldiers are like toilet paper, good when you need them but after used just flush them away. These people are the ones that in reality do not support the troops, they just use them and then flush them.
Posted by woodjd42 at 06:29 AM : Dec 13, 2007
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Brother I just do not know how it can be said any better. I wish there was someway to put these people in the middle of a fire fight, let them hear and see what goes on, maybe they wouldn''t be so ready to send American''s into that he11. Thank you! - Reply to this comment
- Posted by woodjd42 at 06:29 AM : Dec 13, 2007
Excellent post. - Reply to this comment
- Who in Congress has the educational background to actually understand the mental health issues of people that may want to commit suicide? I doubt there are more than one or two and I will bet that they will not be in charge of any hearings.
Posted by SBB2211 at 06:57 AM : Dec 13, 2007
And surely will call in experts on the matter as is customary.... - Reply to this comment
- The White House was apparently, and characteristically,
silent on the matter..... - Reply to this comment
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