The Cold Facts of Terrorism and Fear.

Just the thing to whip out on that next friend or relative who suffers from chronic and pernicious apoplexy over terrorism. Suitable for Right-Wing, Dear-Leader-Loving Mouthbreathers of any stripe as well.
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The terrorist threat is just another <fnord>.... it's a political tool
used by the right to make you nervous enough to cede freedoms for a
little false security.

If live in the USA and you're worried about a terrorist attack, you're a
frickin' idiot. Period. There is no other explanation... your best course
of action, if you can't buy yourself at least one clue, is immediate
suicide... at least in that, you'll raise the aggregate intellect of the
country a small but measurable bit.

Your odds of dying, sometime in your life: 1 : 1
Odds of dying from:

Shark attack 1 : 300,000,000
Terrorist attack 1 : 9,300,000
Snake bite 1 : 628,000
Spider bite 1 : 593,000
Tsunami 1 : 500,000
Fireworks related 1 : 341,000
Asteroid impact 1 : 200,000
Changes in air pressure 1 : 162,000
Flood 1 : 144,000
Dog attack 1 : 140,000
War 1 : 135,000
Earthquake 1 : 117,000
Stuck by lightning 1 : 80,000
Cave-in related 1 : 76,000
Hot tap water related 1 : 69,700
Capital punishment 1 : 62,500
Tornado 1 : 60,000
Insect sting 1 : 57,000
Accident at work 1 : 43,500
Air travel 1 : 20,000
Hot weather related 1 : 13,700
Death by cop 1 : 12,100
Drowning in bath tub 1 : 11,000
Accidental electrocution 1 : 10,000
Road accident 1 : 9,300
Choking on vomit 1 : 8,500
Drowning in swimming pool 1 ; 6,700
Cold related 1 : 5,500
Microbes 1 : 5,400
Accidental gun related 1 : 5,100
Alcohol related 1 : 4,700
ANY natural disaster 1 : 3,357
Surgical complications 1 : 1,300
Accidental choking 1 : 1,250
Smoke/fire/flames 1 : 1060
ANY Drowning 1 : 1,008
Poor diet/exercise 1 : 1,000
Tobacco related 1 : 919
Falling 1 : 246
ANY assault 1 : 217
Poisioning/exposure 1 : 180
Suicide 1 : 116
ANY motor vehicle accident 1 : 100
Stroke 1 : 24
ANY injury 1 : 23
Cancer 1 : 7
Heart disease 1 : 5

So basically, if fear of terrorism is big with you, you're stupid.
Bigtime. You get to ride the short bus, and you should have a person
with at least an IQ of 70 review all of your decisions from now on. You
ARE what's wrong with this country, and if you weren't such a blithering
idiot, I'd try to explain this to you in longer words... but I'm sure
they have always confused you. Yes, you are a troglodyte, and clearly
will always be one, but you may advance to the head of the pack.

See, this country has given even the likes of you the right to vote (in
a country where every zoo had a half dozen monkeys who probably got
higher SAT scores than you did). Do yourself a favor, a personal favor,
and vote for Democrats this fall. That might be the only useful thing
you can every possible achieve in your life... don't waste the chance.

Looking at the list here, if you're actually afraid of dying for any
reason, your best defense isn't "fighting the terrorists", it's
realizing national healthcare. That's not even a remote question, there
are 6 orders of magnitude between the two. But hey, if you were afraid
of "the terrorists", you don't know what that means, and are incapable
of learning.

By Dave Haynie. Yes, THAT Dave Haynie, he of Amiga Computer Fame.

Who needs an army? The fear has been constant and one can only assume they are responsible for the attack and the lack of leadership.

On 911 and Katrina they abandoned us. That alone is reason for impeachment Congress. Yet they fail to do it so they are part of the problem.

FDR held the people together and fought fear. That's leadership not lies, plundering, etc.

Mexico is doing to the US what China has been doing to Tibet, etc. Their population is invading it to give them power and get rid of their booming over population and poverty. DA!

The number drops considerably, and THEN we have something to worry about. God forbid the Muslims use lightning shooting sharks to topple the Western Hemisphere!

Thanks for this, and emailing it right now!

You could be killed by a lightning shooting shark drive-by. The horror!

Thanks for these stats.

Kick.

But I am just the reporter, not the writer.