Scary, I feel this is an eye opener!

>
> > This is too true to be 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 it's 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 Congress for
> > 250 BILLION DOLLARS
> > to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
> > what does it mean?
> >
> > A.
> > Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New
> > Orleans
> > (every man, woman, and 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?