A billion

[MomH]

My brother sent this tonight - gives one pause!

The next time you hear a politician casually use the
word "billion", think about whether you want that
politician 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
perspective in one of its releases.

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
two feet on earth.
A billion dollars ago was only 8
hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the government
spends.

[Pebbles]

DANG.. good points!

[yoda]

Wow... thanks MomH.

[Guest]

A billion [b]dollars ago was only 8
hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the government
spends.

[/b]
Those are all fascinating, but the one that stands out to me is

[The Big Dog]

It's actually faster than that, I think.

[kevin]

The American revolution was started over less insane things, and we accept it as if this was just.