An Enlightening View of One Billion...
Mingus Mountain and the City of Cottonwood
An Enlightening View of One Billion
With all the talk of bailout funds and economic stimulus, I thought this would be a good item to pass along…...
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion days ago no-one walked on earth on two feet.
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 A Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (Democrat), asked the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number….what does it mean?
Well, if you were one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you’d each get $516,528.
Or, if you had one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012…..