Real-Life Repercussions Of Snowden Leaks: Al Qaeda Changing Tactics, Making Plot Detection Harder

[Vinnie From Indy]

11. Speaking of matters of life and death,

it would seem quite obvious that the US government is highly selective about protecting the lives of Americans. If the safety of the citizens of this great country is the gold standard of concern among our leaders why do tens of thousands of us die every year from lack of medical care? Why do tens of thousands of us die every year from gun violence and why are so many thousands maimed or killed on the job because our employers cut corners on safety?

Contrast the above with estimated three TRILLION dollars these last two wars will cost the US and the hundreds of billions being spent to build a surveillance system that will someday be used for personal political ends of those that wield its power.

Saying that Snowden's actions may cost the lives of a few Americans when we are dying by the truckload from other threats is laughable.

• You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack

• You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack

• You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane

• You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack

• You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack

• You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack

• You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack

• You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack

• You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack

• You are 8 times MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER than by a terrorist

• You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack

• You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack

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