say it aint so !!

[HAY MAKER]

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual
>>>> manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" 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 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), is presently asking the Congress
>>>> for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
>>>>
>>>> Interesting number, what does it mean?
>>>>
>>>> Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
>>>> woman, child), you each get $516, 528.
>>>>
>>>> Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
>>>> $1, 329,787
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
>>>>
>>>> Washington, D.C. !!!...........................Are all your calculators
>>>> broken????
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe everyone should just flood their houses, then we can all be on
>>>> the "big easy" street for the rest of our lives, and forget about
>>>> working, and paying taxes and all that useless stuff!

[Juan]

Good post Haymaker but what about the BLUE tractors?

[HAY MAKER]

Juan I would'nt trade a new New Holland tractor for a equal model John Deere straight up,the old John Deere's are a completely differnt story .............good luck
PS I get teased about my New Holland's regularly,but dollar for dollar they cant be beat.

[Mrs Jinglebob JR]

I cannot fathom wanting to move back after something like that. New Orleans wasn't my ideal place to live anyhow. But how much common sense does it take? It is below sea level, it flooded........it's probably going to do it again. So why do we spend our money trying to rebuild it? I can see building homes for these people someplace else, but not in the same place where there's a great chance of it happening again. I guess if I lived in a place that totally flooded out and I knew it was going to do it again $1,329,787 wouldn't be enough for me to just rebuild there. Rebuild somewhere else.................not you could definately pay me to do that...... There isn't enough money in the world to make it worth going through that all over again. Just seems like there should be something better we could do.....

[Jinglebob]

[Mrs Jinglebob JR]

Wouldn't be an all bad.............oh, was I talking out loud???

[Jinglebob]

Hey Mrs. JB Jr, ain't you supposed to be poking pigs?

[jigs]

[HAY MAKER]

That Genesis is a strong engine,and correct me if IM wrong but,New Holland had to give up the Genesis engine when they acquired Case IH,guess Deere thought they would have a monopoly...........good luck

[jigs]

gave up the whole tractor, except they kept the transmission and the super steer front end.

we are trading off an old 4840, tough call because the old man bleeds green, and the rest of us want blue......

[cowsense]

The good old Canadian built genesis tractors are still being built in Winnipeg, Man by Buhler/Versatile. They've updated them and they look like an excellent tractor. The best part is they were able to toss away that ugly blue paint! PS - You'd better buy fast before the Canuck exchange rate passes $1.00 US