Rediscover Communication

While the clip was pretty funny, it didn't provide much in the way of solid information, and exhibited yet another vivid example of a logical fallacy - the Straw Man. By putting an obviously mentally deficient man with a stereotypically strong southern accent who happened to be a Bush supporter on the air, and blasting him to shreds, Mike Malloy drew the conclusion that this man was archetypal for all conservatives, and that, instead of engaging him (or any conservatives) in meaningful discussion, he "sweeps [them] to the curb... [he] lets the trucks run over [then]".
I have said it before... despite assertions to the contrary, very few (almost nobody) on any side of any issue wants discussion or dissent for its own sake. They are looking for consensus.

However, it did prompt me to investigate the commonly proffered claim that there have been 100,000 iraqi deaths. Check out this and this.
While the nice, round 100,000 number does well in the way of shock value, I think that the methods used to reach it are inconclusive and warrant more study before any claims are made.
Personally, looking at the combination of The Lancet and Press sources, it seems that the real number is in the 30 - 40,000 range, with a large fraction of that being actual troops and insurgents.
Not to minimize that number (any number is horrible), but I think it is a far cry from the 100+ thousand that is commonly circulated.