U.S American Debt Clock

[Cloxxki]

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Here's one for the oil spill.  I don't know how accurate it is, though.  Nobody may know for sure.

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=184196

--Lee
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Estimates I've seen, were a large power of magnitude greater than that. Swap gallon for barrels, and make that PER DAY in stead of total. The counter moves so slowly, it seems about to reverse :-)

The debt clock has been "accelerating" for a year or so. Look at the numbers for a minute, at the end note the total debt, and refresh the page. You'll see it was estimating increase of debt too slowly as it was scrolling the numbers impressively.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

[A author=the_big_m_in_ok link=topic=9090.msg244107#msg244107 date=1276025691]
Here's one for the oil spill.  I don't know how accurate it is, though.  Nobody may know for sure.

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=184196

--Lee

Estimates I've seen, were a large power of magnitude greater than that. Swap gallon for barrels, and make that PER DAY in stead of total. The counter moves so slowly, it seems about to reverse :-)

I tend to agree.  I've seen the high resolution video of the top of the blowout preventor, and at least one expert said the leak was a multiple of times worse without the riser pipe attached.  I'd say so.  It was coming out faster, by my memory than when I saw it first.  2,000,000-2,500,000 gallons/day seems closer to the truth.

The debt clock has been "accelerating" for a year or so. Look at the numbers for a minute, at the end note the total debt, and refresh the page. You'll see it was estimating increase of debt too slowly as it was scrolling the numbers impressively.

Indeed, I agree.  The Obama administration borrowed (literally?) a more(?) than a ton of one dollar bills to pay for a bigger bubble that will burst again.  Brilliant! 

--Lee