Fwd: Bush Solves the Louisiana Dilemma

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MessagePresident Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French

President Bush and a giddy Jacques Chirac shake hands on the deal

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.

"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 Chirac, 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."

The money gained from 'T'he Louisiana Refund' is expected to be immediately
pumped into the rebuilding of Iraq.

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