At a time when most Americans are looking for change, a departure from the status quo this November, Mitt Romney and John McCain are arguing over who will be better at being another Bush. What can’t be explained is that the majority, (those looking for change), plan on voting for four more years of the same.

We are an under-educated, sadistic country, and deserve the crap coming our way. But these men don’t!:

As many as 121 Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007, a jump of some 20 percent over the year before, officials said Thursday.

The rise comes despite numerous efforts to improve the mental health of a force stressed by a longer-than-expected war in Iraq and the most deadly year yet in the now six-year-old conflict in Afghanistan.
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With the Army stretched thin by years of fighting the two wars, the Pentagon last year extended normal tours of duty to 15 months from 12 and has sent some troops back to the wars several times. The Army has been hoping to reduce tour lengths this summer. But the prospect could depend heavily on what Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, recommends when he gives his assessment of security in Iraq and troop needs to Congress in April.