Sold

My mate Ken forwarded this to me:

President Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the FrenchPresident 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 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.

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.

This article submitted by BSNews contributor Ben Spierenburg 9/06/05 Headline by Reid Carrick


Which kind of reminded me of something that hopped into my mind while singing in the shower this morning (well, the shower radio needs new batteries). To be sung to the tune of American Pie:

"Well, it's bye bye to being high and dry,
Tried to plug the levee with my Chevy but the tide was too high,
And good ole' George was on TV in a tie,
Said please help us, Mr President, but he didn't even try..."

And please don't write in telling me I'm a sick puppy. For starters we all know that already and secondly I'm not having a go at the poor souls in New Orleans, but sometimes events are so bad you just need to be able to make the odd joke about them.