[AGELESS]

Don’t stop until you finish reading all of this …

Note: I didn't check the math on this one but I assume it is correct.



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.

1. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

2. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

3. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

4. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

5. 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 your mind, let's take a look at New Orleans - It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division. Louisiana Governor, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress of the United States for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.

Interesting number; what does it mean?

Well, there were 484,674 permanent residents of New Orleans prior to Katrina. That number, above, includes every man, woman, and child living in New Orleans.

If you were one of those 484,674 inhabitants, that $250 billion would provide $516,528.00 to each of you.

For a family of four, that would be a very nice $2,066,112.00 of our tax dollars.

Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your household gets $1,329,787.00

Dear Congress........................... Are all your frigging calculators broken???

[Rodja]

If they only gave enough to adequately house the residents of NO, then there would not be any money left for them to embezzle.

Sadly, this probably not that far from the truth.

[FitnFirm]

Hell ya !!!!!! You tell em ageless!!!!!!

[AGELESS]

Nice avatar...."DARLIN" you look PERFECT...WOW..How is that front comin along?

[FitnFirm]

Originally Posted by AGELESS

Nice avatar...."DARLIN" you look PERFECT...WOW..How is that front comin along?

FnF is blushing I just finished bulking when that pic was taken on the 10th of sept. Here are my latest pics below. Im 15 days into cutting right now, wow its hard work!


FnF's BRUTAL TORTURE CONTEST PREP w- ALRI & TRAINER

[AGELESS]

Damn..."DARLIN" I just looked at your pictures...I got goose bumps and chest pains... damn Im gettin old

[tsc]

Does the bill you reference actually state all of the $ is for rebuilding NEW ORLEANS? Most references to the bills that have passed or may soon all deal with louisiana at a whole. Many people focus too much on New Orleans and forget between Katrina and Rita pretty much the entire coastline suffered massive damage.

It makes for a nice show to divide the money up by the number of people and all, but where are the calculations for infrastructure, rebuilding schools, hospitals, and every other thing across the coast that has nothing to do with people's homes?

That said, there will be a huge amount of misused $. Anytime you get large amounts of federal $, and people involved scams will be done. Yes, much will be wasted, but this is unfortunately true anywhere in the US. In addition, the cost to rebuild anything in LA now is more expensive than it used to be due to the increased demand for construction etc but not enough people to do it. ie, prices go way up. In the first few months after the hurricanes, I knew construction workers and electricians etc that could easy charge 3X as much as before, and still have more business lined up than ever before.

Living in LA myself, I still think the amount of money going into New Orleans is way too much, as it trying to make it as big as before is useless. What happened can still easily happen again. A much smaller New Orleans makes more since, but too many people don't want to hear that.

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[jmh80]

TSC,
I'm also in LA.

I can only say the people running this state are some of the stupidest people period.

Don't give LA any money until we can PROVE that we can elect people that think with some form of logic and aren't corrupt.

I'm all for razzing the parts of NO that are below sea level and building it up above sea level.
As it stands now - in a few years, the city will be the same. And another big hurricane will come rumbling through and viola - deja vu.

I can't take the stupidity in this state much longer...

[tsc]

Originally Posted by jmh80

TSC,
I'm also in LA.

I can only say the people running this state are some of the stupidest people period.

Don't give LA any money until we can PROVE that we can elect people that think with some form of logic and aren't corrupt.

I'm all for razzing the parts of NO that are below sea level and building it up above sea level.
As it stands now - in a few years, the city will be the same. And another big hurricane will come rumbling through and viola - deja vu.

I can't take the stupidity in this state much longer...

as for the bolded part above, if that is the case... we'll be broke forever!! LA politicians are beyond unbelievable, and even worse is the fact that they get re-elected often!

I think it would be better to leave the low areas alone. There is the notion that once all of this is done, everyone will return. Why? Most people I know that moved out aren't moving back as they are established in their new cities/homes. Given our track record, I do imagine all of the trash that were looting and attacking rescuers will be given amnesty if they move back to the city (with some cash to do it too).

JMH80, your are in BR correct?

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[jmh80]

Yeah.

[tsc]

Originally Posted by jmh80

Yeah.

in that case you are a good 10 or 15 minutes away from me. SG, the jewel of LA

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[julius kelp]

how much did florida get in their last disaster?

[jmh80]

Probably not nearly as much - they are merely run by idiots who won't allow offshore oil drilling.

Not complete retards as in LA.

I'm not sure what SG is - I'll have to think on that (no need to reveal....).

[tsc]

Originally Posted by jmh80

Probably not nearly as much - they are merely run by idiots who won't allow offshore oil drilling.

Not complete retards as in LA.

I'm not sure what SG is - I'll have to think on that (no need to reveal....).

easy hint, head south on nicholson.

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[anabolicrhino]

I am no mathematician but,... 1 billion seconds or 60 x 60 x 23.95 x 364.325 = ~31.83(31+301days) years. Today 2006years,265 days - 31.301 days = ~1975 (around the time of the thrilla in manilla)

1 billion minutes would be 31.83years x 60(seconds in a minute) = ~1909. 8 years
2006-1909 = ~97 A.D. I am no theologian but, if its the same jesus I have read about I think he left around 33 A. D.

Just can't trust those advertizing companies, always count your loose change!!!

[jmh80]

Ahhhh.

Yeah - not far at all.
Unless I wanted to get shot or something...

(Got a manager at one of our contractors that lives in University Club right before the city - that's as far down as I've been.)

[bulls**t]

I spent a month volunteering in Buras LA this summer, and Ive got to agree with some of you guys, the amount of corruption and squandering is inconceivable.

And it goes farther than that. The government is essentially kissing southern Plaquemines Parish goodbye and not doing a damn thing down there. Not even runn