True, but maybe not so funny

Honest, Geoff and James, this is not political

DEAR AMERICAN:

I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A
TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF GREAT MAGNITUDE.

I AM MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA. MY COUNTRY HAS HAD
CRISIS THAT HAS CAUSED THE NEED FOR LARGE TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF 700 BILLION DOLLARS US. IF YOU WOULD ASSIST ME IN THIS TRANSFER, IT WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE TO YOU.

I AM WORKING WITH MR. PHIL GRAM, LOBBYIST FOR UBS, WHO WILL BE MY
REPLACEMENT AS MINISTRY OF THE TREASURY IN JANUARY. AS A SENATOR, YOU MAY
KNOW HIM AS THE LEADER OF THE AMERICAN BANKING DEREGULATION MOVEMENT IN THE 1990S. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY. WE NEED A BLANK CHECK. WE NEED THE FUNDS
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE CANNOT DIRECTLY TRANSFER THESE FUNDS IN THE NAMES
OF OUR CLOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER SURVEILLANCE. MY FAMILY LAWYER ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD LOOK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON WHO WILL ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN SO THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED.

PLEASE REPLY WITH ALL OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, IRA AND COLLEGE FUND ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND THOSE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO WALLSTREETBAILOUT@
THIS TRANSACTION. AFTER I RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, I WILL RESPOND WITH
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDS THAT WILL BE USED TO PROTECT THE FUNDS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MINISTER OF TREASURY PAULSON

I'm 56 and my wife is 55, so its up to most of you [strike]suckers[/strike] taxpayers to foot the bill cause I WILL BE LONG DEAD  when it comes time to collect.  BTW, this sort of fecal matter splatters you every two decades or so, because the average person has an IQ of 100, which means that half are worse off than that.

it's times like these when i'm glad that we have half brained idiots running our country and here i am with an IQ of 157 and i sell movies at a store in the mall *sigh*  what is this world coming to?

"We have met the enemy and it is us" Walt Kelly in Pogo. 

I'm 56 and my wife is 55, so its up to most of you [strike]suckers[/strike] taxpayers to foot the bill cause I WILL BE LONG DEAD  when it comes time to collect.  BTW, this sort of fecal matter splatters you every two decades or so, because the average person has an IQ of 100, which means that half are worse off than that.

So it's up to us to clean up the mess those who about 2 decades earlier let this occur and didn't bother trying to fix it.  :-X

We're not allowed to talk politics here, Paul

Politicians, however, will eat at the trough (hell, they'll eat the trough itself) so long as you let them.  Ever try to unseat an incumbant? 

Talk to a state regulator?  I have, and its easier for a woman to piss up a rope than to get results.  Adams was right - we need a revolution every generation or so.  I at least saw the writing on the wall and got Jake's tuition into short term notes.  Its my older friends who have taken huge hits.  My father, 84, does not as he puts it "buy green bananas" OK, but this is a real ankle grabber, folks.  I've been through recessions, two bad ones, and this one is a real ankle grabber.

This may not yet be a recession, but it is a huge crises.  I could think of lots of things to use 700 billion for, but hey, what do I know?

Wow, this thread you swore "wasnt political"  sure turned into a political debate/ government trashing thread pretty quickly.


-andy