To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (61141 ) 2/15/2010 8:58:57 PM From: TobagoJack 3 Recommendations Respond to of 217593 just in and out e-mailsplayer 1: Subject: who wants to buy these beauties?auction.com player tj: i will hold out for when the white house is on auction block, starting bid zero, pre-requisite must be tax-free for eternity and capitol hill building is thrown in for free and the whole undertaking is secured by having the lincoln and g washington monuments along with the smithsonian museum set aside as political risk insurance guarantee to be moved lock, stock, and barrel to one stanley village in freedom hong kong all arranged by goldman sachs else suggest washington dc and immediate surroundings be turned into a neo-detroit and declared a national amusement park henceforth featuring wild-n-free-fire laser-tag gaming arena to be operated by disney land in cooperation with liberty hong kong ocean park interestingly, all the properties on the auction list, if all let go at the indicated minimum bid, can be paid for by leveraging up 1:1 just about any old 1250 sft but ocean view apartment in freedom hong kong or 3,000 panda coins which just means either and/or the hk real estate bubble is not yet big enough, gold is way too cheap, or the to-be auctioned real estate is not yet worthyplayer 1: are you talking about this "White House"?time.com Pompadour slicked perfectly into place, Huang Qiaoling gazes lovingly at his palatial home. Here, amid hectares of overgrown rice paddies in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Huang has built a display worthy of his splendid success: a $10 million replica of the White House. Huang, one of the richest men in China, wanders blissfully through a hall filled with portraits of America's Presidents, then strides into the most hallowed room of all—the Oval Office. Every detail has been immaculately reproduced, from the $60,000 baroque sofa to the U.S. presidential seal on the carpet—naturally, made in China. "Everything you see here is just like Washington," says Huang. "Only it's all mine." ... or this one?dailymail.co.uk The backyard White House with Oval Office and Lincoln Bedroom for a bargain $10m The other White House in DC has been sold long ago to the lobbyists.