Two things virtually guarantee a short life in America:

1. Being an effective investigative journalist who gets too close to the truth about the Bush family. You're very likely to die by "suicide" like Gary Webb, J.H. Hatfield, Danny Casalaro, and Mark Lombardi.

2. Being an independent Democrat whose electoral victory might weaken the Republican party's goal of total domination. You might die in an aviation "accident" like John F. Kennedy, Jr, Mel Carnahan, and Paul Wellstone.

Here's a a detailed examination of how Senator Paul Wellstone's plane conveniently crashed just a few weeks before his 2002 re-election. Had he lived, there would have been a very vocal opponent of the Iraq invasion in the Senate and the Democrats would have retained control of that legislative body.