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Politics : Sioux Nation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (49078)	11/17/2005 12:09:55 AM
From: manalagi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361428

Malaysia recently built a space shuttle that goes to the moon. The President asked volunteers to man the ship. There were three finalist: an Indian, a Malay and a Chinese. The President asked how much each candidate wants for the job. The Indian astronaut asked for $ 1,000,000 (just like Sioux). "Wow, that's too much," said the President. The Indian reasoned that just in case the space ship cannot return to earth that money would support his wife. OK, fair enough. Next, the Malay. He asked for $ 500,000. Well, that is better than the Indian, said the President. "Mr. President, $ 500,000 is for my wife in case I don't come back. And since I am a Moslem, I have 4 wives, so I need $ 2 million", said the Malay. The President then asked the Chinese. "Five million dollars Mr. President". "Get out of here. You are the most expensive". The Chinese walked out to the door and before he left he said: "Mr. President, you don't understand. I asked for $ 5 million because $ 2 million is for you, I keep $ 2 million, and the last million is for the Indian to go to the moon". Guess who won? And that, boys and girls, was how Halliburton got the Iraqi contract. And we are blaming Cheney for giving a no bid contract to Halliburton? Get real.