SamSaid!

TRILLION

In the Sunday newspaper, there was an article on one of the inside pages saying that Prez Bush had proposed a budget of 3.1 Trillion dollars. That is 3.1 TRILLION — which looks like this –
$3,100,000,000,000.00. That is a lot of zeroes before the 3. I'm sure that most people have no real appreciation of the magnitude of $3 Trillion. When you grow up thinking in terms of hundreds or thousands, the whole notion of a trillion goes off the chart.

How does one go about spending $3.1 trillion? And what about the variables introduced by 100 fractious Senators and 435 bickering House members — to say nothing of the Committees involved? I guess that when Trillions are involved, 2-3 Million dollars here and there looks like pocket change. A $5 Million overrun?? So what's the big deal? Peanuts.

Maybe our Congress folks have become numb to big numbers. Could that explain financial irresponsibility?

SUPER

The finale of the football season is the Super Bowl, which has become a National and International event. However, some Super Bowls are Super, and others are not. The 2008 SB was SUPER. Low scoring games are often boring, but this one wasn't. The audiences kept waiting for the explosion to occur, but it wasn't intil the 10 minute mark in the 4th Quarter until the fireworks really began.

While lots of folks wanted to see the NE Pats finish “perfect” at 19-0, most of the fans seemed to support the underdog NY Giants. And almost all fans wanted to see how Eli Manning would fare against Tom Brady, who is as close as you can get to being a legend in his time. Tom did OK, and brought his team back into the lead with 2 minutes to play. Manning had only the 2 minutes, but it was enough. That final drive will last in NFL highlights for decades to come.

Now the Manning brothers have both QBed a Super Bowl winner and been selected as the Most Vauable Player in their wins. And Archie Manning and his wife are now the proudest parents in the world. Sort of makes you feel good ==== or maybe, SUPER!