3/30/2006

DO THE MATH: THIS AIN'T TOO BAD














OTBL Boxer Shorts Warrior Bill Danielson, who blogs from the comfort of his basement in Bloomington, Illinois, had this to say about casualties in Iraq:

"If you consider that there have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq. Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington."

I wonder how likely it is that Bill will be killed or maimed by a Improvised Explosive Device on his way to Wal-Mart tonight. Then again, that would only increase the kill rate by .001%. Not too bad - when you think of it that way.




























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3 comments:

JPN said...

With statistics and math loom big at OTBL, heart and soul are scarce commodities.

Anonymous said...

Only the Good Die Young!

Anonymous said...

Why don't these Chicken Hawk Cheerleaders enlist? Nobody will be taken your guns away in Iraq!