According to the New York Times, Giuliani has gotten statistics about prostate cancer confused. Here is an excerpt from the New York Times:
“I had prostate cancer five, six years ago,” Mr. Giuliani, a Republican presidential candidate, said in a speech that has been turned into the radio commercial. “My chance of surviving prostate cancer — and, thank God, I was cured of it — in the United States? Eighty-two percent. My chance of surviving prostate cancer in England? Only 44 percent under socialized medicine.”
.....The Office for National Statistics in Britain says the five-year survival rate from prostate cancer there is 74.4 percent. And doctors also say it is unfair to compare prostate cancer statistics in Britain with those in the United States because in the United States the cancer is more likely to be diagnosed in its early stages.....
> I was watching the Ellen Degeneres show this week when she had Sen. Obama as a guest. Ellen has had 3 presidential candidates on her show and they've all been Democrats. Republican candidates have all refused her invitation to appear. Are they afraid of Ellen?
> Karen Hughes has resigned again from the State Department. Thank goodness.
> There are more allegations about Blackwater. MSNBC:
Federal agents are investigating allegations that the Blackwater USA security firm illegally exported dozens of firearms sound suppressors — commonly known as silencers — to Iraq and other countries for use by company operatives, sources close to the investigation tell NBC News.
Investigators from various federal agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the State Department and the Commerce Department, are digging into the allegations that the company exported the silencers without getting necessary export approval, according to law enforcement sources, who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity. The sources said the investigation is part of a broader examination of potential firearms and export violations.....
How is it that Blackwater has been allowed to operate with such recklessness?
