Comments on: Interesting statistic http://thebellsite.com/blog/2006/02/22/interesting-statistic/ From Texas to Taiwan . . . don't forget WHY we celebrate! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael Turton http://thebellsite.com/blog/2006/02/22/interesting-statistic/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Michael Turton Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:45:45 +0000 http://thebellsite.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/22/interesting-statistic/#comment-86 Unfortunately the troops in Iraq are not killed with firearms -- and we had a lot more troops in there early on -- which will lower that number in Iraq even further. Also, deaths in Washington DC, while deplorable, are not part of a series of bad decisions that are slowly destroying American democracy. Finally, like all urban legends, this one is plain wrong: <a href="http://www.safestreetsdc.com/subpages/murdercap.html" rel="nofollow">The murder rate is about 45 per 100K</a> Do people not have Google in that part of the internet, or what? Michael Unfortunately the troops in Iraq are not killed with firearms — and we had a lot more troops in there early on — which will lower that number in Iraq even further. Also, deaths in Washington DC, while deplorable, are not part of a series of bad decisions that are slowly destroying American democracy.

Finally, like all urban legends, this one is plain wrong: The murder rate is about 45 per 100K

Do people not have Google in that part of the internet, or what?

Michael

]]> By: Shannon http://thebellsite.com/blog/2006/02/22/interesting-statistic/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Shannon Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:19:19 +0000 http://thebellsite.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/22/interesting-statistic/#comment-85 Interesting stat. I think there are definitely some people that need to see this. Interesting stat. I think there are definitely some people that need to see this.

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