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| 2007-06-14 |
| This thought occurred to me last night, on the way home. I did the rough math in my head, and confirmed my original hypothesis this morning: Illegal aliens in America kill more innocent men, women, and children in accidents than the Jihadis kill troops in Iraq. Here’s the math: Troops killed in four years: about 4,000 (a few hundred, more or less, will not matter for this comparison – you’ll see). Americans killed in automobile accidents in four years: About 160,000 (more or less, like above). It might be as few as 140,000; you can recompute, if you’d like. Number of illegal aliens assumed: 12 million, or four percent of the country. Yes, it could be higher, but I’m trying for the center of the range. Number of vehicular deaths attributed to illegal aliens in four years: four percent of 160,000 = 6,400. This is 1.6 times the number of troops killed in Iraq in four years. More or less. Hazard to the American way of life (Here’s the headline for the Washington Post): Illegal aliens are 1.6 times as deadly as the war in Iraq. True, there are more Americans in America than soldiers in Iraq. But soldiers are volunteers, while highway victims are not. If the number of aliens is closer to 20 million, the “kill ratio” of 1.6 increases to 2.67 – 9,333 killed on the highways by illegal aliens. Some will claim the number is higher, because illegal aliens don’t drive as well as the “average” American driver. I’m not so sure. One could also argue they drive more carefully, since they have more to lose if stopped for a ticket. In theory, anyway. So why can’t we have a daily report in the media on the number of innocent victims of illegal alien drivers? How many today, CBS? How many this year, New York Times? How many in LA, LA Times? Where's your perspective? No link. Analysis by Bobby |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #2 So why canÂ’t we have a daily report in the media on the number of innocent victims of illegal alien drivers? Erem ... Because their heads would explode? Just guessing here. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-14 23:38 |
| #1 And today is Flag Day! How appropriate! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-06-14 06:53 |