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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (72673)	4/19/2010 1:18:42 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Catching Wall Street off guard, The civil suit came as a shocker ====== Chinu, Do you know when GS was first alerted to the pending investigation?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (72673)	4/19/2010 4:09:18 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

From: zeus628 4/19/2010 3:11:15 PM 4 Recommendations of 244828 Congressman John Fleming (Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt). Real healthcare Reform! U on board? === From: zeus628 4/19/2010 3:11:15 PM 4 Recommendations of 244828 Congressman John Fleming (Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt). Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and Sign his petition (very simple - just email). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have just done just that at: fleming.house.gov I JUST CLICKED MY "YES" VOTE....HOPE YOU WILL DO THE SAME AND ALSO FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. Please urge as many people as you can to do the same! If Congress forces this on the American people, then Congress should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their families. To do otherwise is the height of hypocrisy! Please pass this on!!. Recommend \| Keep \| Reply \| Mark as Last Read \| Read Replies (1)

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (72673)	4/19/2010 10:05:45 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 149317

Report: China To Overtake U.S. As World's Biggest Asshole By 2020 WASHINGTON—According to a new report released Monday by a panel of top economists and social scientists, the People's Republic of China will overtake the United States as the world's dominant asshole by the year 2020. The findings, published in the most recent issue of Foreign Affairs, support recent speculation that America's unquestioned reign as the leading super-prick may soon be drawing to a close, leaving China as the foremost shithead among all developed nations. "We are seeing a changing of the asshole guard," said Andrew Freireich, noted economist and lead author of the article. "Although the U.S. will remain among the world's two or three biggest cocks through much of this century, we can now confidently project that China, with its soaring economic growth, ever-expanding cultural influence, and total disregard for basic human rights, will overtake America as King Prick Numero Uno within the next 10 years." Added Freireich, "It's the dawning of a new huge bastard era." According to the report, China has slowly emerged as a massive fucker over the past half century, a period of egotistical growth unseen since America's booming douche years following World War II. According to estimates, China already has a slight lead on the U.S. in not giving a fuck about climate change. Over that same time, China has seen a dramatic rise in both its GDP and Shithead Index, definite signs that the Asian nation is developing into a cocksucker of global proportions. "When you consider China's wanton pollution, rising militarism, and rampant overdevelopment, it's clear they'll soon be thoroughly out-dicking the U.S. in every measurable area," international affairs specialist Neil Farren said. "Not many Americans want to admit it, but as the yuan continues to get stronger, and millions upon millions are exploited as a result, more and more people worldwide will be looking to China, not America, and saying, 'Man, can you believe what an unbelievable sack of shit that country is?'" China's ascension to supreme asshole status is occurring at a much faster pace than experts originally predicted. In fact, many now believe that by as early as 2015 Chinese citizens will arrogantly strut across the globe disrespecting other cultures and shouting loudly while dressed in XXL "Speak Chinese or Go Home" T-shirts. Prominent scholars claim that America's gradual fall from the upper echelon of international supershits is merely part of an inevitable pattern seen time and again throughout world history. "All of the great asshole nations eventually watch their day in the sun slip away," historian Richard Merriam told reporters. "Don't forget that Great Britain was the world's dominant asshole for well over three centuries, and look at it now: a pussy-whipped shell of the insufferable, bullying jackass it used to be." Others have posited that China's ascension may be part of a larger reorganization of the global asshole hegemony that could see the United States losing even more ground in the century to come. "A country like Iran is obviously a pretty big dick, but ultimately it lacks the resources to be a truly world-class asshole," Farran said. "Same goes for Pakistan. But the list of abominable shit-heel countries competing for global prick dominance is a long one, and the U.S. is just going to have to get used to seeing countries like Russia and India mentioned in the same breath as itself." "Many Americans are going to be upset over the prospect of falling from that top spot, but that's the reality we face," Farrar continued. "Hopefully, the United States will find a way to grow and adjust to its evolving role on the world stage without acting like a complete and utter fuckhead about it." theonion.com