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To: pickrell
Bah. Jefferson got ripped off. Louisiana swampland? Puh-leeze.

And don't even start me on that guy Seward. We paid the Russkis how much for a bunch of icebergs? Sheesh...

18 posted on 03/12/2006 8:43:01 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
"...Bah. Jefferson got ripped off. Louisiana swampland? Puh-leeze. And don't even start me on that guy Seward. We paid the Russkis how much for a bunch of icebergs? Sheesh..."

LOL. The word is that we rejected the first Russian offer. They proposed that for an extra $ 5 million, they would also haul away Massachusetts for us. We held out to pay no more than $4 mil, and look what we're stuck with now...

:-)

20 posted on 03/12/2006 8:48:10 PM PST by pickrell (Old dog, new trick...sort of)
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