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Dear Friends,
I received the email below from a friend. Curious, I did a search on its
validity in Snopes. It's fairly accurate (check out Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/billions.asp ).
I think it's pretty interesting, especially when you consider that over eight
billion animals are raised, transported, and slaughtered under grossly inhumane
conditions every year ( please see http://www.earthsave.org/lifestyle/ff.htm ).
Peas,
R.
Subject: Fwd: How much is a billion
>We need to be reminded of this again. It is thrown around these days like
>>amillion use to be.
>
>What's in a Billion?
>Granted................ this is from the US!
>
>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 resi dents 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
>
>
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