The following text was taken from the press . .
"The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about it.
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 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 the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate that the US government is spending it."
Last edited by L-38; 27th Jun 2008 at 17:36.