Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Paw-litical Satire

From the Internets. Our guv-mint is a 419 scam!

> Dear American:
> I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business
> relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.
> I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America.
> My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large
> transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would
> assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to
> you.
> I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will
> be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As
> a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American
> banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin
> is 100% safe.
> This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check.
> We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly
> transfer these funds in the names of our close friends
> because we are constantly under surveillance. My family
> lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and
> trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the
> funds can be transferred.
> Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college
> fund account numbers and those of your children and
> grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we
> may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I
> receive that information, I will respond with detailed
> information about safeguards that will be used to protect
> the funds.
> Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson

2 comments:

Gus said...

You forgot to mention that no questions may be asked.

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Sophie Brador said...

This was one of the funniest moments of my day. My ape is still rolling on the floor. Really. She's rolling in agony, because you see, part of her income is in US dollars, so you guys need to patch things up quick, before her paycheck arrives and she has to convert to loonies. Of course, McCain suspending his campaign to deal with the problem should turn things around lickety split. Speaking of which, has your ape seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E&eurl=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/09/letterman-chide.html

xo
SB