AYEELE
12-28-2007, 10:31 AM
What is a 'billion'? P.S. NOT laughing, NOT chuckling, NOT even smiling!!!
This is too true to be very funny
The next time you hear a politician use theword 'billion' in a casual manner, think aboutwhether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,but one advertising agency did a good job ofputting that figure into some perspective inone 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 wereliving 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 theword 'billion' in a casual manner, think aboutwhether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,but one advertising agency did a good job ofputting that figure into some perspective inone 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 wereliving 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??