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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>America is filing f=
or
Bankruptcy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:State w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><b
  style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;fon=
t-family:
  "Century Gothic"'>Washington</span></b></st1:place></st1:State><b
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-=
family:
"Century Gothic"'>-May, 29<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>On
Friday President Barack Obama announced that the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st=
1:country-region
 w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place> would be filing=
 for
chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court. Obama told White House p=
ress
reporters that, &#8220;a bankruptcy filing was necessary to prevent <st1:co=
untry-region
w:st=3D"on">China</st1:country-region> from foreclosing on <st1:State w:st=
=3D"on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:Stat=
e w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>
D.C. and Hillary Clinton&#8221;. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>The
president also announced a move to lay off congress and their staffs citing
insufficient funds to keep them on the payroll. Retail giant Wal-Mart has
expressed interest in the capitol buildings as a possible new Super Store.<=
o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>In
a prefatory ruling the court has asked for <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">=
<st1:place
 w:st=3D"on"><span class=3DGramE>Americas</span></st1:place></st1:country-r=
egion>
credit card to be cut up, shredded, burned and finally buried at the tomb of
the unknown creditor. <span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>Mr.
Obama&#8217;s last ditch effort to save the economy by turning every Americ=
an
upside down and shaking them failed miserably when his Internal Revenue Ser=
vice
realized they had already taken the last cent of every citizen. <span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>It
would now seem that <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">=
America</st1:place></st1:country-region>&#8217;s
future is in the hands of the federal bankruptcy courts. Some of the more
contentious issues before the court will be whether Venezuela or Cuba will =
get
custody of Obama, how many states will be remunerated to China, who will lay
claim to the White House china and who will accept conservatorship over Par=
is
Hilton. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>It
is expected that the federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy will allow Oba=
ma
to sell the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone national park, Alaska, Britney Spears,
the Statue of Liberty, the Marine Corps, the Olsen twins, the rights to the
Three Stooges, Glenn Beck, Snapple&reg;, NASA, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleade=
rs,
the Simpsons, the Golden gate bridge and Charmin&reg; to raise operating
capital to finance Michelle Obama&#8217;s wardrobe while the dissolution of
America winds its way through the courts. <span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>In
a related story; Obama has signed an executive order in preface of the chap=
ter
11 filing recalling all <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"=
on">United
  States</st1:place></st1:country-region> currency. Citizens are ordered to
burn their cash in an environmentally safe fashion. A recent poll suggests =
that
most Americans have already begun this practice, quite possibly just to stay
warm as Obama&#8217;s global warming initiative has made electricity too co=
stly
for the average family.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>The
President, in his weekly radio address asked of all Americans to remain calm
during this, &#8220;foreclosure&#8221; and attempting to allay national fea=
rs
he reminded the public that when you think about it, it&#8217;s really their
fault the country went to hell in a hand basket because; as the president p=
ut
it, &#8220;Hey, you wanted hope and change&#8221;. It should be noted that =
in
the same address Obama asked the American people for any loose change they
might be hoarding. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'line-height:200%'><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-w=
eight:
normal'><span style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Centu=
ry Gothic"'>It
is as yet unclear what <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">America</st1:country=
-region>
will look like after bankruptcy proceedings and time will tell if the <st1:=
country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-r=
egion>
chapter 11 filing will eventually avalanche into a full blown fire sale,
chapter 7. However; an ominous tenor has been forthcoming by the administra=
tion
in that Obama is now requiring Chinese to be taught in our public schools
instead of math. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
span></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><b style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'>Conservative <st1:p=
lace
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Springfield</st1:City></st1:place> Staff =
Writer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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style=3D'font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></=
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