Might I suggest you folks get a hold of the Jan '09 edition of Harper's Monthly. Check out their Harper's Index on pages 11-13. Some notables are:
Factor by which an Iraqi in 2006 was more likely to die than in the last year of the Saddam regime: 3.6 Factor by which the cause of death was more likely to be violence: 120 Chance that an Iraqi has fled his or her home since the beginning of the war: 1 in 6 Percentage of Baghdad residents in 2007 who had a family member or friend wounded or killed since 2003: 3/4 Percentage change since 2000 in US emigration to Canada: +79 Average percentage of Americans who approved of the job Bush was doing during his second term: 37 Percentage of Russians today who approve of the direction their country too under Stalin: 37
Factor by which an Iraqi in 2006 was more likely to die than in the last year of the Saddam regime: 3.6
Factor by which the cause of death was more likely to be violence: 120
Chance that an Iraqi has fled his or her home since the beginning of the war: 1 in 6
Percentage of Baghdad residents in 2007 who had a family member or friend wounded or killed since 2003: 3/4
Percentage change since 2000 in US emigration to Canada: +79
Average percentage of Americans who approved of the job Bush was doing during his second term: 37
Percentage of Russians today who approve of the direction their country too under Stalin: 37