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Well, then you are wrong AGAIN. The reason why terrorism is significant is not due to its death toll, it's due to its impact on consumer confidence, which has a direct economic effect on the entire world.

The numbers you use don't even make sense. If you aggregate deaths from MVA, Heart Disease, AIDS, Cancer and your catchall "et cetera" category, well, with the exception of handgun deaths (I'm surprised, is your ideological broken record running too slow this morning?) you've basically aggregated ALL of the big causes of mortality, which makes any single component small by comparison.

And one more thing. I don't know where you were on September 11, 2001, but I was right here in NYC. I'm sure it's very well for you to say that Terrorism is insignificant compared to all other causes of mortality, but for the families of people whose loved ones were killed that day, it's highly significant in a way that goes far beyond the death toll.

Your entire "analysis" seems reminiscent of the aphorism attributed to Stalin: "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." Well, I realize that for purposes of opposing George W. Bush you may think it's acceptable to claim that Terrorism is statistically not as significant as other causes of death, but virtually nobody in EITHER party has publicly agreed with you.

Why don't you find another way to express your distaste for the administration?