Yes, and if you, decked out with assault weapons and military gear, drive around DC in an armored vehicle while being accompanied by the U.S. military, your chances of being shot at are about 0%. But hey, don't let me stop you from going to see a Wizards game in Baghdad!

If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the last 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The firearms death rate in Washington D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are about 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq. Conclusion: We should immediately pull out of Washington D.C. http://www.dysan.net/weird/show/674.html

Amanda, this post was so great, I wrote a song for you: So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me a song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now
You've come along You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey,
I love You
Never again to be all alone You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song