http://www.theglobalthermometer.com/averagehourlytemp5.png

Well that's the greatest outage and loss of climate data so far in this experiment

It took me two days to resolve the last time the USA went off at a tangent (Feb 2012) - now I understand why they performed the split

So they could shut down the USA on days like today

Dave i think things are better with this corrupt government shut down

probably but it would be better if you could handle it in the way of the Belgian's

They proved conclusively you don't need a Government to run a Country

You just need the Citizen support services to be in place and ticking over

And I have to say this includes an inclusive Health Service

As an outsider looking in I cannot understand why providing one for your people is such a terrible thing. So much so that it is used as a pawn in a political standoff that has halted a Country and temporarily laid off, furloughed, 1/4 percent of the USA Population

and yet this is the Country with the highest Gross Domestic Product
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

If as a Nation you have a financial problem, you as a Nation are the very best equipped to get out of it.

But please do continue to bicker amongst yourselves and shut down your Nation. The rest of the World is watching...... what it thought was a Superpower.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysect...es-on-profit-sharing.html

IMHO, Geldof is barking mad.