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An e-mail going around here.....

President Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French
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>President Bush and a giddy Jacques Chirac shake hands on the deal.
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>BATON ROUGE, LA. - 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.
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>"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 unity with French
>Prime Minister Jack Sharaq, who was so kind to accept my offer of Louisiana
>in exchange for 25 million dollars cash."
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>The state, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, will cost hundreds of billions of
>dollars to rebuild.
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>"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."
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>The move has been met with incredulity from the beleaguered residents of
>Louisiana.
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>"Shuba-pie!" said New Orleans resident Willis Babineaux. "Frafer-perly yum
>kom drabby sham!"
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>However, President Bush's decision has been widely lauded by Republicans.
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>"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."
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>"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
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>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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>The money gained from 'T'he Louisiana Refund' is expected to be immediately
>pumped into the rebuilding of Iraq.
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