[AGL] this is going around

[Michael Eisenstadt]

      Below, if you haven't seen it, is the already widely circulating 
"Nigeria" style email on the Bush Bailout, in which billions of dollars will 
be handed over to the Bush team to do with as they wish,  with zero 
accountability.  Sounds like the war on terror and the occupation of Iraq 
all over again. Already the head of the Fed and Dick Cheney have discovered 
that they have lost their credibility. The government of Georgia, a U.S. 
satellite hoping to involve the U.S. in a revived cold war with Russia, and 
the government of Pakistan, hoping  to initiate a nuclear war with India, 
have offered to "help out." Sarah Palin has said that these offers "sound 
really good, golly gee." John McCain says he can't remember where he placed 
his hat.

      Meanwhile, Bush has announced plans to address the nation on his 
latest disaster. Already panic is underway on Wall Street.

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                                       the  Nigerian  email - an offer for 
you - or else
                                                             anonymous
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      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 at 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

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