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Government Approves Scrooge & Marley Bailout

November 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

While Americans are forced to use cheap ballpoint pens, Scrooge & Marley executives use bailout money for fancy-schmancy feather quills. 
Officials from the Bush administration and members of president-elect Barack Obama’s economic team are finishing up a proposal to bail out the world’s biggest counting house, Scrooge & Marley.
Once a financial powerhouse with a sterling balance sheet, the firm has reportedly fallen […]

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Tags: Christmas · Culture · History

Grinch Turns Attention to Gas Tax Holiday

July 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

The Grinch nixes another holiday. What’s next? Roast beast tax? 
Everyone down in Whoville liked tax holidays A LOT. But, the Grinch, who lived north of D.C., the Grinch he DID NOT!
The Grinch hated tax breaks. Don’t ask the reason. It took money from the quote-unquote ”poor”… and cut cash for his sleazing.
So the Grinch growled, his fingers nervously drumming. I […]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Christmas · Nancy Pelosi · Oil · Taxes