So, the new study from John Hopkins came out a while ago, saying that over 600,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the beginning of the Iraq War. 600,000 civilians have died, it really blows my mind, I gave myself a minute to think about it and that's like the entire population of the city I live in x2. People who were just trying to scratch out a living, people essentially not too different from any of my neighbors save their location. I let my mind ramble longer and remembered an interesting rule of thumb of how for everyone 1 killed, 2 are left seriously wounded. I did the math and that's 1.2 million people whose lives are forever changed, that 1.2 million people might be missing arms or legs and in a country like Iraq that usually means that they won't be able to provide a living for themselves much less a family. Then more thinking and internet usage led me to find the estimated population of Iraq 28.8 million people, that's more than twenty million people living in fear everday for their lives, afraid that this day they won't come back home. Well we ousted Saddam, right? That's gotta be worth something. Well we're close to breaking even, Saddam has caused an estimated 500,000 Iraqi lives, now keep in mind this is only Iraqi lives, of course this number is only a rough estimate adding the ~100,000 Kurds that he killed and the ~375,000 Iraqis that died in the Iran-Iraq war. So, I felt I should just ask this board, was it worth it, and is it still worth it?

Ah, Emeril vs. Jesus, one of the typical match ups that as kids, were the staple of our imaginations. Oh, the confrontations in who would win between Jesus and Superman, and during the holidays Jesus  versus Santa was a classic.
I guess I need the poor otter to be tortured for me to enjoy his appearances