1.0 link 190342 <![CDATA[The Tortured Logic of the Torture Superfans]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-tortured-logic-of-pro_b_190342.html On average, the same number of Americans who were killed on September 11 will die from cancer over the next two days. 40,000 people this month. More than half a million throughout the course of the year.

Your chances of being killed at the hands of a terrorist, on the other hand, are comparatively remote. Some estimates show the odds at one in 9.3 million.

Why, then, are Republicans -- from the very serious moderates to the buggy-eyed Glenn Beck spasmodics...

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