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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 04:45 PM
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Bush** wants to sell Hawai'i! (satire, unfortunately)
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/politics/61686

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In one of the most shocking moves of his presidency, George W. Bush is on the verge of selling Hawaii to Japan, a leading Washington insider has informed Weekly World News.

"Basically, the President sees this as a quick and easy way to generate a huge bundle of cash," stated the source, an upper-echelon State Department official with close ties to Bush's inner circle.

"As everyone knows, the U.S. is in debt up to its eyeballs -- to the tune of more than $7.5 trillion. And thanks to the gigantic tax cuts Bush keeps giving the super-wealthy and big corporations, the government effectively has no income whatsoever. Bush figures that by selling Hawaii, he'll be able to pay off a sizeable portion of the national debt while generating funding for continuing military operations in Iraq, and quite possibly, a full-scale invasion of Iran."


Can we please form a co-op and buy it from him? The sooner the better!

Or if the Japanese make a better offer, will the ABC Stores then display signs that read "We Accept Dollars"? :-)
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 04:49 PM
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1. We owe Japan over $700 billion dollars right now
Within a few more years, they may just end up repossessing Hawaii.

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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-05 07:24 AM
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2. Due to a poor economic out look, even if Hawaii was put on EBay
It would fetch only $5.67
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