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Here's a handy ranking of the various dangers confronting America, based on the number of mortalities in each category throughout the11-year period spanning 1995 through 2005 (extrapolated from best available data).

S E V E R E
Driving off the road: 254,419
Falling: 146,542
Accidental poisoning: 140,327

H I G H
Dying from work: 59,730
Walking down the street: 52,000.
Accidentally drowning: 38,302

E L E V A T E D
Killed by the flu: 19,415
Dying from a hernia: 16,742

G U A R D E D
Accidental firing of a gun: 8,536
Electrocution: 5,171

L O W
Being shot by law enforcement: 3,949
Terrorism: 3147
Carbon monoxide in products: 1,554

So I sort of attempted to kind of read Dude Where's My Country? last night, but it was highly depressing. I mean, yeah, some of it is outright made up, but all the 9-11/Afghanistan shit was just.. I mean, I knew it, but it's kind of different to have read articles over the past 4 years, and have them all together in a compendium. I'm cynical enough not to be shocked that the government and corporations are colluding, but idealistic enough to not want to see examples. Anyway, I read some Terry Pratchett afterwards and relaxed enough to fall asleep.

The dialysis bits were pretty funny though.

[disclaimer: i have not and probably won't see F911]