Stopping over at Powerline, that home of all things d-i-v-o-r-c-e-d from reality. (Thanks, Tammy [Real Player]).  They get an E-mail from Chrenkoff, an Australian blogger so far from the fighting in Iraq, that he never met an Iraqi offensive that didn't tell him "the insurgents are desparate," a guy who understands that in order to fully participate in the bullshit culture, "you've got to believe, brother."  But tonight, Cherenkoff hits it right on the head as he gripes about having to blog against Ted Koppel reading off the names of the U.S. war dead once again.

Why don't you read one day the names and show the pictures of the 170,000 or so American servicemen and women stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan who every day are working their hardest to ensure that democracy takes root, terrorists are defeated, and these two countries have a chance to build a better future for their people.   That might convince a cynic such as myself that you really care for the troops generally.

Brilliant, I say.  I do think that the world needs to be reminded that what we are trying to say isn't about the one thousand six hundred and forty-seven Americans who have died in service to their country.  Its about the fact that there are currently one hundred thousand thirty-five thousand four hundred and twenty-seven U.S. troops there today.   In fact I think it is so important that the shows really should start off reading the names of the living because those are the people who can get saved. 

Iraq is the biggest story of our generation--bigger than 9/11 by far.  September Eleventh involved three thousand people.  Iraq involves millions of human beings every single day.  Let's start readin' 'cause I guarentee you, it aint going to have the desired effect, I'm afraid.