Comments on: Bad news from Iraq: Funeral industry suffers as death toll drops

By: major john

major john — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:48:03 +0000

Thanks for nothing, Bill – since you got that spot on, Big A won’t need my input anymore…heh.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:51:28 +0000

Farve, Favre, Chevre… who’s counting?

For the record, I actually knew it’s Favre, but still mispelled it. That’s how lame I am.

By: The Monster

The Monster — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:44:26 +0000

It’s Favre.

But it’s mispronounced “Farve”. So it’s inevitable that someone would spell it that way.

By: politicalpartypoop.com » Blog Archive » As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:15:21 +0000

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By: two or three . net

two or three . net — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:13:51 +0000

Dropping deaths is bad news for cemeteries…

The American Media: We can take any positive story and find the negative – as long as a Republican would receive credit for the good news….

By: On-my-soap-box

On-my-soap-box — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:42:19 +0000

Right-wing radio strikes again….

/sarc off

jdawg on October 17, 2007 at 11:22 AM

ROFL

By: gekkobear

gekkobear — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:27:14 +0000

All News boils down to economics. And all Economic news is bad news.

Not sure who gets that quote… I think I mangled it slightly, and it may have been George Will. In any case, this is definitely an Onion News quality story…

Will Onion News’ hitcounter suffer, seeing as their niche is already being filled by “real” News?

By: BadgerHawk

BadgerHawk — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:09:35 +0000

It’s Favre.

By: BillINDC

BillINDC — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:52:18 +0000

Meanwhile, for our military and/or embed readers, explain this to me. Diyala is still a “hot” area, is it not? Why start the surge drawdown there instead of in Anbar, where the locals are already shouldering more of the load?

The unit leaving Diyala is a Cav unit, which is smaller in structure than the Heavy Brigade Combat Team which is expanding responsibility to replace it. So instead of thinking of the drawdown beginning in Diyala as a removal of resources from Diyala, you need to understand that it’s certain resources being removed from Diyala while other resources with greater numbers & capability are shifted in to replace them.

From the Time article:

Donnelly said that even though the number of combat brigades in Iraq will drop by one with the departure of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry, the total number of soldiers in northern Iraq will remain almost constant.

You’re curious as to why resources are being shifted from a still-contested Diyala – in terms of combat power, they aren’t.

By: Bob Owens

Bob Owens — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:48:14 +0000

Diyala is still a “hot” area, is it not? Why start the surge drawdown there instead of in Anbar, where the locals are already shouldering more of the load?

AP, I think thye’re implementing the “New York, New York” test, i.e., if they can make it work there, they can make it work just about anywhere.

By: Zetterson

Zetterson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:47:54 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding me with this. Question: was this intended to be a negative article or a positive article? I seriously can’t tell. It seems like they may just point highlighting a measurement for success for a change. Perhaps we shouldn’t be so critical of them here?

By: The Autopsy

The Autopsy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:45:29 +0000

Killing the Jihadist Terrorists is Bad for Iraqi Economy…

Sounds funny, right? Sounds like a farce?
Oh, how I wish I was kidding:
A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al Salam cemetery here by at least one-third in the past six months, and that’s cut the pay of thousands of …

By: Nethicus

Nethicus — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:36:44 +0000

I saw this on Yahoo! nooz last night and nearly split a gut laughing. It seems that the MSM has now taken to wearing their brain on their sleeve as well.

By: MadisonConservative

MadisonConservative — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:31:35 +0000

Last night I told my fiancee this was an article in the Onion, and she laughed. Then I told her it was an actual news article, and she almost cried.

By: 12thman

12thman — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:25:52 +0000

What the heck is McClatchy? The militant wing of the Onion?

By: lan astaslem

lan astaslem — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:23:32 +0000

Records for Farve. Grave diggers starve.

(To much of a stretch???)

Editor on October 17, 2007 at 11:19 AM

umm….

By: jdawg

jdawg — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:22:12 +0000

Right-wing radio strikes again….

/sarc off

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:19:02 +0000

Records for Farve. Grave diggers starve.

(To much of a stretch???)

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:19:00 +0000

I blame Bush…and question the timing.

I also repeat my summary from LGF:

People used to be dying to Get in. Now business is completely dead.

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:17:13 +0000

Death toll drops, cemetary workers hardest hit.

Glad to see McClatchy focusing on the important issues.