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Mister K Donating Member (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:10 AM
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Bush Works out Hurricane Katrina Solution
Edited on Wed Sep-21-05 10:13 AM by Mister K
SEPTEMBER 16, 2005, BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) - The White House announced today that President Bush has successfully sold the state of Louisiana back to the French at more than double its original selling price of $11,250,000.

"This is a bold step forward for America," said Bush. "And America will be stronger and better as a result. I stand here today in unitywith French Prime Minister Jack Sharaq, who was so kind to accept my offer of Louisiana in exchange for 25 million dollars cash."

The state, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild.

"Jack understands full well that this one's a 'fixer upper,'" said Bush. "He and the French people are quite prepared to pump out all that water and make Louisiana a decent place to live again. And they've got a lot of work to do. But Jack's assured me, if it's not right, they're going to fix it."

The move has been met with incredulity from the beleaguered residents of Louisiana.

"Shuba-pie!" said New Orleans resident Willis Babineaux. "Frafer-perly
yum kom drabby sham!"

However, President Bush's decision has been widely lauded by Republicans.

"This is an unexpected but brilliant move by the President," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. "Instead of spending billions and billions, and billions of dollars rebuilding the state of Louisiana, we've just made 25 million dollars in pure profit."

"This is indeed a smart move," commented Fox News analyst Brit Hume.
"Not only have we stopped the flooding in our own budget, we've made
money on the deal. Plus, when the god-awful French are done fixing it
up, we can easily invade and take it back again."
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:10 AM
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1. The Onion, I presume?
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:11 AM
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2. I thought his solution was handing out sponges...
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:13 AM
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3. They'd better sell Texas to Mexico before Rita hits as well
It may be the wisest choice...
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:26 AM
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4. It should be the entire Louisiana Purchase.
Remove those "red" states from the union and we would be in much better shape.

And we should also unload Texas. Just think of all the border problems that would disappear.

Out of absurdity sometimes comes brilliance.
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pepperlove Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:27 AM
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5. And why not?
* was able to sell himself to 52 percent of this country! Jerk off.
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