The Life You Take, Might Be Your Own

A few thoughts:

You’re more likely to be killed in a land accident than by suicide (from the IE link.) Watch out for drunk drivers.

{As an aside, the most dangerous pedestrian situation is on an Urban highway after dark, encountering a vehicle turning left after traveling above 40 mph. The driver has outdriven his lights, can’t see you, and doesn’t know he can’t see you. }

Suicide is a symptom of clinical depression. Simply put, people who are not seriously depressed do not kill themselves.

The assault graph is quite fascinating: dramatic decline during the Clinton administration, essentially flat since.

By almost every economic or social measure you can think of, the U.S has faired better with a Dem in the White House as compared to a Repug.

The Kennedy/Johnson admin is the leader in just about everything. Clinton is either second or a close third in just about everything. Mike Kimmel at Angry Bear has posted extensively on this, and his book PRESIMETRICS gives the detail.

Cheers!
JzB