How much is a billion?

Well, it looks like three Republicans caved to give Obama his Economic Stimulus Package. Whatever were they thinking? So they managed to carve a few billion dollars of pork from it. One hundred billion off that monster package is only 10%...I won't even buy hamburger that has 10% fat...give me extra lean anytime!

Do you realize that a billion seconds ago it was 1959, and you were two years old, just learning the fine art of self-reliance? I remember your awkward attempts to stand alone, without holding onto my outstretched fingers. Or your arrogant assurances, "I can dress myself, Mommy!" Sure, you fell a few times, even still carry a scar on your cheek from a run-in with a hardwood floor. And in some of your toddler pictures, you wouldn't win any best-dressed baby awards! But I was so proud of you for your efforts to stand on your own two feet, and now, nearly 50 years later, I'm still proud of the way you've always landed upright, no matter what problems life threw in your path.

Too bad our congress and president didn't learn that people are stronger and better when they have to fend for themselves occasionally, instead of waiting for government bailouts. We've become such wimps, I wonder if we could have survived Pearl Harbor and World War II as our greatest generation did? If we were attacked today, would we have the guts to get our act together and fight, or would we whimper off into the history books as a "former world power?"

To put all those billions into perspective, a billion minutes ago Jesus walked the earth. It was only a billion hours ago that our ancestors lived in the Stone Age. And a billion days ago, God hadn't yet created man. Yet when the Democrats spend our money, it takes only 8 hours and 20 minutes for them to dispense with a billion dollars!

Do  you think it's just a coincidence that tax paying day, April 15, is in the month that starts with April Fool's Day??