Thursday, April 4, 2013

Please Take Two


Take two minutes everyday
For freedom and liberty
For every man and woman who have GIVEN THEIR LIVES in these pursuits through the centuries and across the world
Remember in silence their deaths given, freely, but with such a hi high price

American Revolution War – 50,000+
French-American War – 556+
War of 1812 – 25,000+
American Civil War – 646,392+
Spanish-American War – 4,068+
World War I – 320,518+ [missing3,350+]
World War II – 1,076,245+ [30,314+]
Korean War – 128,650+ [4,756+]
Vietnam War – Cold war – 211,454+ [2,489]
War on Terror – 96,860+

1775-present death total of American fighters= 2,722,991*
[*including multiple Indian/Island/Expeditions/Other nations -/Wars 0f 1813-1848]

Take two minutes every day for the DEATHS of World Earthly Disaster
Indonesia Tsunami - 230,273–310,000
Haiti Earthquake - 316,000
Burma Cyclones - 138,366
Katrina – 1,836
…and so many more

Take two minutes every day for all those who DIE from Famine every day
Who starve to death, everyday
25,000 People Every Day
1 in 6 Americans

Take two minutes every day for all those who DIE from Aids every day
1.5 million Every year
At least 4110 every day
One Every 20 Seconds

Take two minutes every day for all those who DIE from Malaria every day
About 1 million every year
%90 of them in Africa

Take two minutes every day for all those who DIE from Poverty Every day
People Die of Disease and Hunger and
Could be fed
Saved
Cost 195 billion a year
That is a about $30 a month per person
A Dollar a day to
Feed, Medicate, Clothe, and Educate
All people who need it worldwide


Take two minutes every day for all those Modern Slaves every day
Worldwide
12 – 27 million Worldwide are slaves
Today
2.45 million people are being trafficked in the world at any given moment
half of those being trafficked are for commercial sex exploitation

Take two minutes every day for all those who DIE from Suicide Every day
About 300,000 worldwide
30,000 or so are within the US
750,000 or so Americans attempt suicide every year
About 82 a day complete that attempt

Take two minutes every day for all those who must DEAL with repercussions on Rape/Sexual Assault every day in the US
207,754 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year
That are report in the US
1 sexual assault every 152 seconds, or about 1 every 2 minutes.
2 minutes
That last for a lifetime

Take two minutes every day for all those who SUFFER from a Mental Illness, including Eating disorders
estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older, about one in four adults, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder a year
57.7 million People
In the US
1 in 17, suffer from a serious mental illness

Take at least 20 minutes everything to think about others
Give silence and respect for those who die and suffer
And ask yourself
Who am I and what am I doing?
Don’t compare
Just
REMEMBER

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