Statistics: Putting things in Context

I've updated the stats on the right-hand side of the blog and added a few:

• Bush's multi-trillion dollar deficit: $8,434,978,000,000+
  
• Number of American Soldiers killed in Iraq: 2500+
• Number of people killed in 9/11 attacks: 2,819
• Number of Iraqi citizens killed by US in Iraq War: 30,000 - 130,000
• Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion
  
• Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million
• Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million
  
• Minimum Dollar Cost of Iraq War: $301 billion
• Connections between Iraq and 9/11: 0
• Cost of American Voter Stupidity: Priceless

Primary resources for statistics: NY Magazine, ZFacts