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Posted on Sep 24, 2008
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s proposed bailout carries a price tag of $700 billion, a staggering figure that CNN has helpfully translated into terms that every American can understand by consulting the McDonald’s (apple) pie chart.

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By steve, September 25, 2008 at 11:28 am Link to this comment
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I’s still supportin George W bush.  Look at them Sunnis and them Shias.  They’s no longer a fussin and a feudin and them’s what aaaaam I’s call results.  I’s know we can start a fixin these stock markets too.

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By diamond, September 25, 2008 at 2:58 am Link to this comment

Not much I read on the internet can make me laugh at the moment but southparker’s image of poor old George being down to one brain cell made me laugh out loud. It’s just so damn true but that’s really pretty grim when you think about it!

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By Gesellschaft, September 24, 2008 at 6:49 pm Link to this comment
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AIG an’ an’ house uh’ cards an’ uh’ once one starts to go yuh see well it’s un-backed fiat currency an’ we need to have our private company the fed reserve print us more cards.. 700 billion new cards.. an an an start throwing them under the house before it falls.. it’s like those soudi teris’s.. uh’ an those so extreminidezed by our occupation of their land.. we sent a strong message by lobbing bombs at Iraq.. yu see and the more they multiply the more bombs we throw.. we respect the hard sacrifice countless thousands of innocent civilians face.. but their faces send a strong message to the enemy.. that they more bases we put, the more troops we send, the more they multiply.. those that would want to do us harm.. and so will we, multiply.. our bases an’ uh’ our bombs an civilian an our young troops.  We need more money, more bombs.. don’t mind that I found a way to block all 50 states from passing predatory lending laws to protect the consumer in 03’ you see.. this is all part of my advisers plans.. ..oh kay no more questions.

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By Rosemary Molloy, September 24, 2008 at 4:18 pm Link to this comment
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Being 71 years old and a lady and all, I was shocked and offended by southparker’s last sentence.  Then I realized—oh, yeah, we ARE fucked, aren’t we?

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By bogglesthemind, September 24, 2008 at 11:22 am Link to this comment
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Whoa! Was George channeling Palin?

If you were wondering what a Palin Vice/Presidency would look like - there you have it!

Obama.Biden ‘08

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By Frank, September 24, 2008 at 10:44 am Link to this comment

Want to test your willpower? Try to order just one McDonalds apple/cherry pie, for 99 cents, and then see if you can turn down that second pie for a penny more. 

They get me…every…time.

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By BobZ, September 24, 2008 at 10:09 am Link to this comment

What will Stewart, Colbert, Maher, Letterman, Leno, do when Bush leaves office? They must all be secretly hoping McCain and Palin win. That will give them four more years of jokes. if Obama wins, we will be subject to the mundane art of governance once again. It won’t be as much fun covering an administration that may actually want to govern instead of just play acting at it. The rest of the world must be wondering how we elected George W. Bush twice, or maybe we didn’t.

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By southparker, September 24, 2008 at 8:58 am Link to this comment
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What the hell is wrong with people?  One listen to this doofus we call president should alert all to the reality of what kind of government we’re living under.  Is it any wonder?  We’ve got keystone cops in government.  This is worse than a nightmare.  It is just inconceivable this guy was ever elected to any public office.  He has a master’s in business?  He’s down to one brain cell and it isn’t functioning very well.  We are fucked.

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