Thursday, June 21, 2012
BackwardsVill
I won't even try to come up with the statistic of how many American have been killed via terrorist acts since 9/11. That said, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) an estimated 11,773 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes. Drunk driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths last year, that is, on average someone is killed in an alcohol- impaired driving crash every 45 minutes in the U.S. So, really, I'm not trying to take away from the loss or how horrific 9/11 was.... but really, does it justify all the laws or money used to fight terrorism. Just on the number of people killed by drinking and driving. You put your life in far greater jeopardy by getting in a car than you do by any terrorist acts. America became great for 3 reasons; 1) People that came here wanting more 2) Almost unlimited Natural Resources 3) No bordering Enemies. We have no bordering enemies, so bring our troops home cause whether it's the 1800's, 1900's or 2000's we have a geographical barrier that set's us up for success. Why not use our military man/woman power to help rebuild our infrastructure and to train in case we needed to defend our country. Sooner, we get out of everyone else country, the sooner we remove target off our back, and apparently you have far greater target on your back jumping in your car.
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