Here's something thought provoking -<br /><br />The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual<br />manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax<br />money.<br /><br />A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising<br />agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in<br />one of its<br />releases:<br /><br />a.. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.<br /><br />b.. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.<br /><br />c.. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.<br /><br />d.. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.<br /><br />e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate<br />our government is spending it.<br /><br />While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New<br />Orleans - It's amazing what you can learn with some simple<br />division.........Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently<br />asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.<br /><br />Interesting number, what does it mean?<br /><br />Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,<br />woman, child), you each get $516,528.<br /><br />Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets<br />$1,329,787<br /><br />Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.<br /><br /><br />Washington, D.C. !!!...........Are all your calculators broken????<br /><br />Maybe everyone should just flood their houses, then we can all be on the<br />"big easy" street
<br /><br />As an aside I always have a rye smile when I see the way US politicians are described with either (R) or (D) behind their names: in the UK (D) means Deceased 
