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When you're watching the Super Bowl, you'll see all those football players in their uniforms shuffling about on the sideline, about 100 of them in this spectacle that has evolved into more than the game itself.

When you're watching the game, listen to the announcers talk about the warriors on the field, tout the courage the great athletes are showing out there on the playing field, praising the heroics of the players for the hard hits and the extra yards gained, for getting up after being tackled.

And then remember these 100 soldiers listed below, real warriors, who died so far this year in a foreign land fighting for the dreams of a group of men, Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, and others, wise men who never faced a black hole at the end of a rocket launcher that spews death and destruction, never worry about a homemade bomb exploding on the side of the road, and never sent their sons or daughters into battle, not knowing whether they would return in an unseen and unspoken of black body bag, and not knowing whether they would return only to be reminded of the service they so honorably gave to their country day in and day out by the permanent scars, seen and unseen, of a war that has lost all meaning, if it ever had any real meaning at all.

Call FOX when the announcers tell you about the courage of football players earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a game. Call David Hill, CEO, at 310-369-6000 or e-mail FOX at Feedback@foxsports.com.

Remind them of the 100 who cannot watch the game:

Spc. Jeff LeBrun, 21, from Buffalo, N.Y.:Lance Cpl. Brian P. Parrello, 19, of West Milford, N.J.:Sgt. Thomas E. Houser, 22, of Council Bluffs, Iowa:Unidentified, pending notification of next-of-kin:Pfc. Curtis L. Wooten III, 20, of Spanaway, Wash.:Spc. Jimmy D. Buie, 44, of Floral, Ark.:Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey, 28, of Mabelvale, Ark.:Spc. Joshua S. Marcum, 33, of Evening Shade, Ark.:Pvt. Cory R. Depew, 21, of Beech Grove, Ind.:Sgt. Bennie J. Washington, 25, of Atlanta, Ga.:Lance Cpl. Julio C. CisnerosAlvarez, 22, of Pharr, Texas:Pfc. Kenneth G. Vonronn, 20, of Bloomingburg, N.Y.: Sgt. 1st Class Kurt J. Comeaux, 34, of Raceland, La.:Sgt. Christopher J. Babin, 27, of Houma, La.:Spc. Bradley J. Bergeron, 25, of Houma, La.:Spc. Huey P. L. Fassbender, 24, of LaPlace, La.:Spc. Armand L. Frickey, 20, of Houma, La.:Spc. Warren A. Murphy, 29, of Marrero, La.:Sgt. Zachariah S. Davis, 25, of Twentynine Palms, Calif.:Pfc. Daniel F. Guastaferro, 27, of Las Vegas, Nev.:Cpl. Joseph E. Fite, 23, of Round Rock, Texas:Unidentified, pending notification of next-of-kin:Spc. Dwayne J. McFarlane Jr., 20, of Cass Lake, Minn.:Staff Sgt. William F. Manuel, 34, of Kinder, La.:Sgt. Robert W. Sweeney III, 22, of Pineville, La.:Spc. Michael J. Smith, 24, of Media, Penn.:Lance Cpl. Matthew W. Holloway, 21, of Fulton, Texas:Lance Cpl. Juan R. Rodriguez Velasco, 23, of El Cenizo, Texas:Pfc. Gunnar D. Becker, 19, of Forestburg, S.D.:Sgt. 1st Class Brian A. Mack, 36, of Phoenix, Ariz.:Cpl. Paul C. Holter III, 21, of Corpus Christi, Texas:Sgt. Jayton D. Patterson, 26, of Sedley, Va.:Sgt. Nathaniel T. Swindell, 24, of Bronx, N.Y.:Pfc. Francis C. Obaji, 21, of Queens Village, N.Y.:Spc. Alain L. Kamolvathin, 21, of Blairstown, N.J.:Staff Sgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano, 33, of New Haven, Conn.:Pfc. George R. Geer, 27, of Cortez, Colo.: Pfc. Jesus Fonseca, 19, of Marietta, Ga.:Capt. Christopher J. Sullivan, 29, of Princeton, Mass.: Sgt. Kyle W. Childress, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.:Capt. Joe F. Lusk II, 25, of Reedley, Calif.:1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, of Hawaii:Staff Sgt. Jose C. Rangel, 43, of Saratoga, Calif.:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Sgt. Brett D. Swank, of Northumberland, Pa.: Sgt. Leonard W. Adams, 42, of Mooresville, N.C.:Cpl. Jonathan W. Bowling, 23, of Patrick, Va.:Lance Cpl. Karl R. Linn, 20, of Chesterfield, Va.:Cpl. Christopher L. Weaver, 24, of Fredericksburg, Va.:Sgt. Jesse W. Strong, 24, of Irasburg, Vt.:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Capt. Paul C. Alaniz, 32, of Corpus Christi, Texas:Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Etterling, 22, of Wheelersburg, Ohio:Capt. Lyle L. Gordon, 30, of Midlothian, Texas:Lance Cpl. Brian C. Hopper, 21, of Wynne, Ark.:Lance Cpl. Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr., 24, of Fort Worth, Texas:Cpl. Sean P. Kelly, 23, of Gloucester, N.J.:Staff Sgt. Dexter S. Kimble, 30, of Houston, Texas:Lance Cpl. Allan Klein, 34, of Clinton Township, Mich.:Cpl. James L. Moore, 24, of Roseburg, Ore.:Lance Cpl. Mourad Ragimov, 20, of San Diego, Calif.:Lance Cpl. Rhonald D. Rairdan, 20, of San Antonio, Texas:Lance Cpl. Hector Ramos, 20, of Aurora, Ill.:Lance Cpl. Darrell J. Schumann, 25, of Hampton, Va.:1st Lt. Dustin M. Shumney, 30, of Vallejo, Calif:Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, 24, of West Valley, Utah:Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Spence, 24, of Scotts Valley, Calif: Staff Sgt. Brian D. Bland, 26, of Weston, Wyo.:Sgt. Michael W. Finke Jr., 28, of Huron, Ohio:1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller, 26, of Granville, Mass.:Cpl. Timothy M. Gibson, 23, of Hillsborough, N.H.:Cpl. Richard A. Gilbert Jr., 26, of Montgomery, Ohio:Cpl. Kyle J. Grimes, 21, of Northampton, Pa.:Lance Cpl. Tony L. Hernandez, 22, of Canyon Lake, Texas:Cpl. Nathaniel K. Moore, 22, of Champaign, Ill.:Lance Cpl. Gael Saintvil, 24, of Orange, Fla.:Cpl. Nathan A. Schubert, 22, of Cherokee, Iowa:Lance Cpl. Michael L. Starr Jr., 21, of Baltimore, Md.:Cpl. Stephen P. Johnson, 24, of Covina, Calif.:Lance Cpl. Fred L. Maciel, 20, of Spring, Texas:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Petty Officer 3rd Class John D. House, 28, of Ventura, Calif.:Spc. Taylor J. Burk, 21, of Amarillo, Texas: Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr., 27, of Hendersonville, N.C.:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Cpl. Jonathan S. Beatty, 22, of Streator, Ill.:Pfc. Kevin M. Luna, 26, of Oxnard, Calif.:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin:Unidentified pending notification of next-of-kin.

And then call 202-456-1414, and ask the Man how many more must die.

Posted by Bill at January 30, 2005 06:55 PM