Comments on: Random http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/ Digital strategist, Northwestern and Michigan grad, Pittsburgher in Chicago Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: slickdpdx http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-264 slickdpdx Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:05:13 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-264 Rowe is one of the best show hosts that ever hosted a show. In addition to getting down and dirty, he really brings out the quirky personalities of the folks who've invited him to do their jobs. And he gets off a lot of awesome deadpan one-liners. The new video service looks promising. I signed up! Rowe is one of the best show hosts that ever hosted a show. In addition to getting down and dirty, he really brings out the quirky personalities of the folks who’ve invited him to do their jobs. And he gets off a lot of awesome deadpan one-liners.

The new video service looks promising. I signed up!

]]> By: Pat http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-262 Pat Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:00:50 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-262 From a study by Johns Hopkins University (<a href="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/10/11/human.cost.of.war.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/10/11/human.cost.of.war.pdf</a>): "<strong>Key Findings</strong><br/> Death rates were 5.5/1000/year pre-invasion, and overall, 13.2/1000/year for the 40 months post-invasion. We estimate that through July 2006, there have been 654,965 “excess deaths”—fatalities above the pre-invasion death rate—in Iraq as a consequence of the war. Of post-invasion deaths, 601,027 were due to violent causes. Non-violent deaths rose above the pre-invasion level only in 2006. Since March 2003, an additional 2.5% of Iraq’s population have died above what would have occurred without conflict." That's a 140% increase in the death rate from the pre-invasion period to the 40 months post-invasion. From a study by Johns Hopkins University (http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/images/10/11/human.cost.of.war.pdf):

“Key Findings
Death rates were 5.5/1000/year pre-invasion, and overall, 13.2/1000/year for the 40 months post-invasion. We estimate that through July 2006, there have been 654,965 “excess deaths”—fatalities above the pre-invasion death rate—in Iraq as a consequence of the war. Of post-invasion deaths, 601,027 were due to violent causes. Non-violent deaths rose above the pre-invasion level only in 2006. Since March 2003, an additional 2.5% of Iraq’s population have died above what would have occurred without conflict.”

That’s a 140% increase in the death rate from the pre-invasion period to the 40 months post-invasion.

]]> By: Brice http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-261 Brice Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:54:45 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-261 Every day I go to work and talk to people who are happy with where our country is on Iraq. It's such a complete disconnect for me I can't even find a starting point for dialog. One point that I would like clarification on. One individual claims that there were just as many people dying in Iraq before we went in as today. Anybody got any idea where I might find numbers to prove/disprove this? Every day I go to work and talk to people who are happy with where our country is on Iraq. It’s such a complete disconnect for me I can’t even find a starting point for dialog. One point that I would like clarification on. One individual claims that there were just as many people dying in Iraq before we went in as today. Anybody got any idea where I might find numbers to prove/disprove this?

]]> By: Julie_Gong http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-260 Julie_Gong Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:16:51 +0000 http://patrickstack.com/2007/06/19/random/#comment-260 I too love Dirty Jobs. That show makes me appreciate my job. I too love Dirty Jobs. That show makes me appreciate my job.

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