Liberals Proven Retarded Again (Again)

Well folks, I'm sure you've all had a run in with some Bush Derangement Syndrome sufferer spouting off the extreme high count of civilian casualties cited in the Lancet Report a few years ago. This "study" claimed 655,000 civilians killed since the invasion up until 2006. A normal person would think, "Hey, that's damn high! That CAN'T be right" Especially when most other estimates had it more like 20,000 to 50,000. But no. The liberal Corky clones among us ran with that and regurgitated it as often as possible.

From the Washington Post October 11, 2006:
“While acknowledging that the estimate is large, the researchers believe it is sound for numerous reasons. The recent survey got the same estimate for immediate post-invasion deaths as the early survey, which gives the researchers confidence in the methods. The great majority of deaths were also substantiated by death certificates.”

Ha ha!!! Now THERE'S some investigative journalism!

So just like all things liberal, you just need to wait it out and the facts come bubbling to the surface. Now the author of that study, Gilbert Burnham, is being taken out back and worked over for his refusal to provide his methodology in creating that "study".

From ABC News:
AAPOR's standards committee chair, Mary E. Losch, said the association, acting on a member's complaint, had formally requested from Burnham "basic information about his survey, including, for example, the wording of questions he used, instructions and explanations that were provided to respondents, and a summary of the outcomes for all households selected as potential participants in the survey."
Losch said Burnham gave some partial answers but "explicitly refused to provide complete information about the basic elements of his research."

Completely owned. But don't wait for the Michael Moore's of the world to apologize. And don't hold your breath for the Dirty Liberal Media to pummel him over it. Or point out the fact ugly freakazoid George Soros pumped millions into this "study"

OVER 500 INSURGENTS HAVE SURRENDERED IN IRAQ SINCE MAY 22

Add this number to the 1000 plus killed in the last three months and you can see major success on the ground there. Well, you could see if you weren't a member of the Dirty Liberal Media. Or a democract who already proclaimed the surge a failure.

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