Listening to the radio today, I encountered "The Last Straw."

What exactly is it about the word "billion" that forces every broadcaster in the English language to hesitate a half-moment and then explosively with the "B" sound say, "Billions"? I’ll take the time later to find a link for the unimaginative, but here is an example in context

"Today, President George W. Bush announced a four-hundred [pause] Billion dollar tax break to huge corporations . . ."

It is as if we, mere mortals, are supposed to cringe and gnash our teeth, rending our clothes at the mention of the word "billion." As if Americans have not been running a multi-trillion dollar deficit for decades now, we are supposed to be dazed, frightened, or sufficiently awed by the use of the word "billion."

Well, sorry . . . Fezboy! is not. I say fuck their explosive B’s and pandering pronunciations. I refuse to be impressed by Billions of anything. For all Fezboy! cares, they can Bite me, lick my Balls, or Bury their heads up their arses!

and good riddance I say