Obama's Body Count

[Gipper]

How come the lib MSM is not reporting ad nauseum the number of troops killed in Crapistan?

More have died under BO than did under Bush and yet, the media has yet to report this...

60% of U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan Have Occurred Since Obama Was Inaugurated in 2009
Monday, April 04, 2011
By Edwin Mora
(CNSNews.com) – At least 858 U.S. soldiers have died in the Afghanistan war since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009. That equals 60.13 percent of the 1,427 American soldier fatalities so far in the ongoing 10-year war in that country.
For March 2011, there were 26 U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan, including 4 non-combat related fatalities. That brought the total combat and non-combat deaths for 2011 (January, February, and March) to 70. Those fatalities include 57 combat-related deaths and 13 non-combat deaths.
For the 858 U.S. deaths since Obama’s inauguration, 791 have been combat-related. This means that for the 1,241 combat-related deaths that occurred since the Afghanistan war began in October 2001, about 64 percent happened in the two years since Obama took office.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/60-us-military-deaths-afghanistan-have-o

 

[pocketfullofshells]

why did you suddenly care when Bush was not in office?

 

[Gipper]

why did you suddenly care when Bush was not in office?

Oh pockets...one sentence post and it still is not discernible?

Again, I am critical of the media. Not your Messiah. So, don't get your panties in a bunch.

 

[dogtowner]

And boy has the Army gotten thirsty for civilian blood there since Obama took the reigns ! The selective blinders those lefties possess are truly amazing !

 

[Pandora]

How come the lib MSM is not reporting ad nauseum the number of troops killed in Crapistan?

More have died under BO than did under Bush and yet, the media has yet to report this...

He has golfed more than President Bush did in 8 years too, I believe he beat that record in his second year. He also spent more on vacations than President Bush, actually he probably has spent more on vacations than every president before him combined. Kind of like how he has spent more of our money than every president before him.

 

[Gipper]

He has golfed more than President Bush did in 8 years too, I believe he beat that record in his second year. He also spent more on vacations than President Bush, actually he probably has spent more on vacations than every president before him combined. Kind of like how he has spent more of our money than every president before him.

Yes. BO has accumulated many records during his 2.5 years as POTUS...most of them (maybe all of them) NEGATIVE. If we were to catalog all of Obama's records, we would be here all day.

We know if BO were an R, the MSM would be pounding him daily with the war deaths, homeless, unemployed, black unemployment, deficit spending, business failures, foreclosures, stock market crash, S&P downgrade....and so many more....some would be screaming for impeachment over Fast & Furious....actually if BO is tied to FF, he should be impeached.

 

[ProudLefty]

He has golfed more than President Bush did in 8 years too, I believe he beat that record in his second year. He also spent more on vacations than President Bush, actually he probably has spent more on vacations than every president before him combined. Kind of like how he has spent more of our money than every president before him.

Pandora! Where do you get this stuff!?!?!

"... Crowley told a boldfaced lie, “Obama is taking a vacation every five minutes. He’s blowing off steam almost every day….he is got partying going on. He’s at the Nationals game. Bush took two vacations a year in August and at Christmastime that was it.” Crowley is lying. Bush spent 1,020 days of his presidency on vacation. To put this into context, John F. Kennedy spent fewer days in office, 1000, than George W. Bush spent on vacation. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David, 490 days at his Crawford ranch, and 43 days in Kennebunkport. George W. Bush spent 69 days in Crawford during his first year in office. In contrast, according to FactCheck.org, Obama spent all, or part of, 26 days of his first year in office on vacation. This was less than all three previous Republican presidents, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, but more than the two previous Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton ..."
http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-bush-vacation

 

[Pandora]

Pandora! Where do you get this stuff!?!?!

"... Crowley told a boldfaced lie, “Obama is taking a vacation every five minutes. He’s blowing off steam almost every day….he is got partying going on. He’s at the Nationals game. Bush took two vacations a year in August and at Christmastime that was it.” Crowley is lying. Bush spent 1,020 days of his presidency on vacation. To put this into context, John F. Kennedy spent fewer days in office, 1000, than George W. Bush spent on vacation. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David, 490 days at his Crawford ranch, and 43 days in Kennebunkport. George W. Bush spent 69 days in Crawford during his first year in office. In contrast, according to FactCheck.org, Obama spent all, or part of, 26 days of his first year in office on vacation. This was less than all three previous Republican presidents, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, but more than the two previous Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton ..."
http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-bush-vacation

I did not say he took more vacations.... I said he spent more on vacations.

President Bush took lots of vacations at his Texas ranch, I do not deny this. obama already spent more on his vacations so far than all of Bush's vacations in 8 years. As the white house spokesman said, the president never is really on a vacation... but that might only apply to obama idunno

 

[ProudLefty]

I did not say he took more vacations.... I said he spent more on vacations.

President Bush took lots of vacations at his Texas ranch, I do not deny this. obama already spent more on his vacations so far than all of Bush's vacations in 8 years. As the white house spokesman said, the president never is really on a vacation... but that might only apply to obama idunno

Spent more? Really? How? When? Have you any idea how much we taxpayers paid to have GW's ranch OK for him to be there?

 

[Pandora]

Spent more? Really? How? When? Have you any idea how much we taxpayers paid to have GW's ranch OK for him to be there?

Are you serious?

Do you think a guy staying on his own property for his vacation compares to going to Martha's vineyard,Hawaii. Hell, his wife's Spain trip for her and all her friends cost more than any vacation I have ever heard of at our expense.

 

[Gipper]

Add this to the body count...

The consequences of liberalism are so transparent and harmful. And yet, some can't comprehend or refuse to.

Social Security disability on verge of insolvency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency.
Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade ago as people with disabilities lose their jobs and can't find new ones in an economy that has shed nearly 7 million jobs.
The stampede for benefits is adding to a growing backlog of applicants - many wait two years or more before their cases are resolved - and worsening the financial problems of a program that's been running in the red for years.
New congressional estimates say the trust fund that supports Social Security disability will run out of money by 2017, leaving the program unable to pay full benefits, unless Congress acts. About two decades later, Social Security's much larger retirement fund is projected to run dry as well.
Much of the focus in Washington has been on fixing Social Security's retirement system. Proposals range from raising the retirement age to means-testing benefits for wealthy retirees. But the disability system is in much worse shape and its problems defy easy solutions.
The trustees who oversee Social Security are urging Congress to shore up the disability system by reallocating money from the retirement program, just as lawmakers did in 1994. That, however, would provide only short-term relief at the expense of weakening the retirement program.
Claims for disability benefits typically increase in a bad economy because many disabled people get laid off and can't find a new job. This year, about 3.3 million people are expected to apply for federal disability benefits. That's 700,000 more than in 2008 and 1 million more than a decade ago.
"It's primarily economic desperation," Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said in an interview. "People on the margins who get bad news in terms of a layoff and have no other place to go and they take a shot at disability,"
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110821/D9P8D0B00.html

 

[Texmex]

why did you suddenly care when Bush was not in office?

This is how hypocrites act!

 

[Texmex]

Are you serious?

Do you think a guy staying on his own property for his vacation compares to going to Martha's vineyard,Hawaii. Hell, his wife's Spain trip for her and all her friends cost more than any vacation I have ever heard of at our expense.

Instead of more BS, why not post some facts supporting your accusation.

 

[dogtowner]

Instead of more BS, why not post some facts supporting your accusation.

There is this

SS has housing on the grounds and as they were regular guests and an owned property as opposed to a rental, its one time costs to prepare for their requirements (communication etc) as opposed to annual.