I found this to be an interesting read on BILLION -- you may or may not.

[Pete]

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) was 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??

Building Permit Tax         
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)

THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...         
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt.         
We had the largest middle class in the world.
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?         
Can you spell

'politicians’!

And I still have to  Press '1' for English.

What the heck has happened to our Country?

[RP#62]

One other stat related to New Orleans - I read somewhere yesterday that 1 in 7 New Orleans residents has an outstanding warrant.

-RP

[DirtyDan]

One other stat related to New Orleans - I read somewhere yesterday that 1 in 7 New Orleans residents has an outstanding warrant.

-RP

+1 I read the same headline

Dan

[Gryphon Rider]

"B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive."

I haven't checked all the facts presented, but have one small but crucial clarification:

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive, before his death and subsequent resurrection.  He's been alive ever since, although not walking on this planet.

 

[Gryphon Rider]

One other interesting fact:  A billion seconds ago, in the U.K., a billion was defined as a million million, or 1,000,000,000,000.  This officially changed in 1974, when the government adopted the short scale large number naming system, redefining a billion to mean a thousand million, or 1,000,000,000.

Most English-speaking countries now use the short scale billion, like the US does, while many non-English-speaking countries use the long scale system, which defines billion as a million million.

Wikipedia: Billion
Wikipedia: Long and short scales

[Moonshot_1]

One other stat related to New Orleans - I read somewhere yesterday that 1 in 7 New Orleans residents has an outstanding warrant.

-RP

They give you a warrant for being Outstanding? Do you win a prize?

[Pete]

One other stat related to New Orleans - I read somewhere yesterday that 1 in 7 New Orleans residents has an outstanding warrant.

-RP

They give you a warrant for being Outstanding? Do you win a prize?

yes, sometimes a free ride, a free nights lodging or more, and free slop.

[Big Rig]

One other stat related to New Orleans - I read somewhere yesterday that 1 in 7 New Orleans residents has an outstanding warrant.

-RP

Yes one for each politician...

[Cyclejohn]

       
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.

This first one had me wondering when this ad agency did it's release?

A billion seconds ago it would be 1987.

Wouldn't it take 2 billion seconds ago to be 1959?

I'm really not trying to be nit-picky here.

John

[Pete]

I did not verify the statistics, feel free to do so if you would like.

[The emperor has no clothes]

       
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.

This first one had me wondering when this ad agency did it's release?

A billion seconds ago it would be 1987.

Wouldn't it take 2 billion seconds ago to be 1959?

I'm really not trying to be nit-picky here.

John

It appears to be an old email chain. Hence the reference to the "recent" Hurricane Katrina.