>>President Bush Sells Louisiana Back to the French

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>>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.
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>>The money gained from 'T'he Louisiana Refund' is expected to be 
>>immediately pumped into the rebuilding of Iraq .
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