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Re: Will McCain Die in Office? -- Political Wire

jackofallthumbs — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:42:00 -0000

And of course we're not mentioning three other things:

- taking on the most stressful job in the world (or at least the most weighty)
- having a history of metastatic melanoma, still one of the most problematic cancers out there (and what IS up with the side of his face?)
- the long term impact of five years of abuse, injury and malnutrition

Anyone want to pay out on McCain's whole life policy?

Re: Will McCain Die in Office? -- Political Wire

aaronhussein — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:11:37 -0000

Pretty good odds for shaggin'

Re: Will McCain Die in Office? -- Political Wire

Keith_Hopper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:50:46 -0000

Actuarial Tables have data on height, weight, smoking history, marital status, and exercise - all publicly available data on McCain. For example, McCain admits to have been a two-pack a day smoker for 25 years.

MetLife's Life Expectancy Calculator uses this data and puts his chance at dying while in office at 50/50, NOT 1 in 3. Check for yourself:
http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/W...

-Keith

Re: Peak Oil… Meet Public Media: Engaging the Community

toddmundt — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:19:01 -0000

Thanks, Keith - great listing!

Re: Peak Oil… Meet Public Media: Engaging the Community

Keith_Hopper — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:14:32 -0000

Great post, Todd. Here are many good public broadcaster-initiated community conversations around oil, gas prices, etc. from shows "NPR's Car Talk", "PRI's The World", and stations WOSU, KQED, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUER, etc. here: http://is.gd/USE