[Amps] "I gotta tell this"

[R at contesting.com]

On Mar 29, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Jim Kearman wrote:

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> From: R at contesting.com;Measures <r at somis.org>
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>> It seems to me that this nation over reacted to the 2900 being killed
>> on 9-11 because nobody seems to freak out at the 2900 people who are
>> killed every 6-weeks in this country by drunk drivers.
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> According to MADD, the 2004 number worked out to 1926 people every six 
> weeks.

As I understand it, c, 40% of the traffic deaths in the U. S. are 
caused by alcohol impaired drivers,
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> <http://www.madd.org/stats/1112>
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> Drunk driving and attacks by foreign nationals on U.S. soil are 
> completely different issues,

The common denominator is death from controllable sources.

> however, and it serves neither to lump them together.

They are already lumped by their common denominator.
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> ...

Rich Measures, 805.386.3734, AG6K, www.somis.org