As Leftists go, those native to the Peoples Republic of Boulder are well left of even Michael Moore or Ted Kennedy.  In fact the infamous Ward Churchill is conservative by local standards.

The City Fathers can’t figure out why the US still has soldiers in Iraq because they passed a resolution to bring them home. The local University even had a plan in place under its previous President to abolish all intercollegiate sports and replace them with club sports. Take your bike to work day is every day and the streets are populated with nearly as many bikes per capita as Beijing.

Nowhere is the counter of military losses in Iraq more a centerpiece of whining.

Every year the most faithful from the Republic answer the call to climb on their bikes and soak in nature, gravel and bugs in a ride sponsored by left of the New York Times, Denver Post across the Rocky Mountain half of the state of Colorado.

These last two seemingly disconnected thoughts once again confirm that Liberal Logic is an Oxymoron. You see liberals only see the world from the most obvious, superficial and wrong perspective.

Reach beyond the cold number of 2,500 we have lost in Iraq/Afghanistan and put it in perspective. In 40 months with 150,000 soldiers on the ground the mortality rate has been 492 per 100,000 per year.  While this compares favorably to the 1,162 per 100,000 mortality rate for a 60 year old like myself it remains higher than for 25 year olds state side.

Now lets look at the bike ride. In 21 years with 2,000 riders each year riding 5 days each year 210,000 biking days were accumulated.  Extrapolate the 3 fatalities on the ride over this period and you have a mortality rate of 520 per 100,000 per year.