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	Name:	UncleSam -
	Subject:	Ivan's challenge
	Date:	3/3/2008 3:09:26 PM

I find a few things troubling about your post, and the conservative nature of the website is not one of them. However, I do wonder about a website that is often blocked by organizations that I (and, I gather, you) find honorable and reputable, such as the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. They are charged with defending freedom with their lives if necessary, and I consider the media as a freedom; when they decide that a certain media outlet is more worthy of blocking than defending, I have to question the worthiness of that media outlet.

I also don't like the way this line: "Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT" (emphasis mine) is tossed out there, then ignored. A news story should not be written and treated as fact when it has to admit that the data is unproven, maybe flawed, and quite possibly false. The entire story, based on that paragraph, is speculation at best, yet you have to read carefully to notice their disclaimer.

Along those lines, we find this part of the story: "
A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license. In California, another study showed that those who have never held a valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers.

Statistically, that makes them an even greater danger on the road than drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked ? and nearly as dangerous as drunk drivers."

These statistics only matter to this story if those people who "lack a valid license," "never held a valid license" and "whose licenses have been suspended or revoked" are ALL illegal aliens! The odds of that being true are tiny at best. Yet once again, the reporter does nothing to point that out; that's an indication that the reporter has a conclusion that he wants the story to reach and is manipulating things to reach that end; to me that speaks volumes about the validity of this story.