Joe McCoy
August 27th, 2006, 01:58 PM
> What is a Billion - Interesting!
>
>
> The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in
> a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians"
> spending your tax money.
>
> A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
> agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective
> in one of its releases.
>
> a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
>
> b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
>
> c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
>
> d A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
>
> e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the
> rate our government is spending it.
>
>
> While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look
> at New Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple
> division . . Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently
> asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
> Interesting number, what does it mean?
>
> a. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every
> man. woman, child), you each get $516,528.
>
> b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your
> home gets $1 ,329,787.
>
> c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
>
> Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! . Are all your calculators broken??
>
> This is too true to be very funny
>
>
> The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in
> a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians"
> spending your tax money.
>
> A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising
> agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective
> in one of its releases.
>
> a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
>
> b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
>
> c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
>
> d A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
>
> e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the
> rate our government is spending it.
>
>
> While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look
> at New Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple
> division . . Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently
> asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
> Interesting number, what does it mean?
>
> a. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every
> man. woman, child), you each get $516,528.
>
> b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your
> home gets $1 ,329,787.
>
> c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
>
> Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! . Are all your calculators broken??
>
> This is too true to be very funny