Bush Sells Louisiana Back to France!

[darthrider]

(Image of Chirac & Dubya)
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 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.

“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.

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

[FGanger]

The shame of it is that it does make sense. Even if we just "gave it back" without any money, we make money.

The only flaw in the plan, I don't think even the French are that easy.

But, certainly worth a try.

Frank

[wncbmw]

Maybe Canada will throw in Quebec to sweeten the deal!

[FGanger]

[boxermania]

And what about me and the other BMW riders in LA, I thought you guys were my friends.

[darthrider]

Hey Al -
How's your French?

[Shaman]

And what about me and the other BMW riders in LA, I thought you guys were my friends.

I thought everyone was beinng 'relocated' to California with one way air fare and $2k prepaid credit cards.

[JToole]

Yeah, California! No natural disasters there!

[BMWChef]

JToole,
Compare the numbers of people who have died in earthquakes to those that have died from freezing to death in Ohio in the last 20 years...you might be a little surprised!

Aloha,
Chef