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- kgool, on 10/10/2007, -6/+155You expect me to believe President Bush wrote this email? Okay, maybe the ALL CAPS buys it some credibility.
- tehWyman, on 08/19/2009, -7/+94I was hoping I was going to start laughing at this.
I didn't. - ch3zyp00fs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+72Marked as Spam... :)
hehe. - crichton101, on 10/10/2007, -7/+45I gotta agree, it sounds far to intelligent to come from Bush himself. Then again, who in Nigeria knows how he talks.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30Don't misunderestimate Bush!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Who in the whole world understands how he talks?
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+27This dude is way better at this type of stuff: http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
- Ocelot13, on 10/10/2007, -5/+24everyone knows bush cant write words larger than 5 letters, even the Nigerians know this.
- craigob, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13That's the idea. No one would rationally do it voluntarily. Of course, there could be a few suckers. The 70 percent of Americans that initially backed the war in the beginning should feel foolish and cheated right about now.
- Nylonathetep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Yes, it is
- zizzy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8I wish I could say the same for yours.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8A little of both.
Bush never wrote the email, but the writer got all the plot points correct. Saddam was installed by US interests; the Reagan Admin had an agreement with him through the 1980s involving our interest in swiping Iran. Saddam broke the agreement with the invasion of Kuwait, and you know the rest.
Also, that 10-25% figure is supposed to be a play on income tax: ideally, since it's not a legal tax, if you have the resources to take the IRS to court over the matter, you can get away with not paying. I say that because the IRS has only ever won a single case involving the income tax. Doesn't stop them from going after income tax resistors, though; they seem to think they're not actually bound by Supreme Court decisions. - Splutterbug, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9Very funny, Anyone seen phonejacker?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ToPFtyOEY - shawnz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Being an ***** is what commenting on digg is about.
- tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This is actually about the IRS and income taxes, not about parodying Nigerian scams. It's in the format of a Nigerian scam, but the point is that our taxes and how they are spent is a scam.
- Trax91, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Playing it safe eh?
- DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Trust me there are idiots out there who are consumed by greed who will do just about anything, this includes falling for these types of scams.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Hence the strongarm tactics employed by the IRS (Don't you recognize that 10-25% figure?)
- emeliore, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You sir, are missing the point.
- mrbarker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Ironically accurate, especially the bit about 10-25% of your income being devoted to funding the war and it all being 100% legal.
- shoonya, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3i was going through the latest one on the 419 Eater site and though quite long, its damn funny...
A scammer getting scammed :D
Book 'Worm' - http://www.419eater.com/html/booked.htm - zizzy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3No, you're not missing anything. Except for a sense of humor.
(Hehe, I'm starting to like this "being an *****" thing) - Ireland, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Yeah, but if it's real it can't be spam.
- brad3378, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7I'm disappointed to Find a mediocre political satire like this on a Linux website
/sigh - fuzzmeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Are you serious?
- tugger, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Thats because it's digg, and not '4 x 4 monthly'....
- crapmatic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Well, Jeb Bush started filling it out before he realized it was his brother.
- zm634, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Buried as wrong topic. This was almost funny before it got all anti-bush.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3If I knew what country you were from, I would ask why it is so pathetic that it would produce someone who makes generalizations about entire continents without even knowing what the hell he's talking about (AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, not more than one AID).
Insulting someone over the internet is like the special olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded. - K3ITHK, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3BUT CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL TO COOL!
- CovardeAnonimo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2linux kernel itself contained at least one political joke at once. 'twas on the help page for an experimental RAID module in the 2.6 series. it said linus was not responsible for damages caused by the module, the list of possible damages included the "reapointment of george bush to the office" or something like this.
- irvin666, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's hilarious because it isn't hilarious?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Explains why you find larry the cable (inbred hick) guy funny
- HanSolo69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Where are all the misspellings?
and i mean that because it's Bush and not because it's supposed to be spam. - TygerrTygerr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Parody is not the easiest. Irreverence and non-sequiteurs (a la Family Guy) are the easiest. By a considerable margin. Parody is comparatively easy, but doing it very well is comparatively hard for exactly that reason. Ditto the previous two examples.
- smex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Why haven't I seen political spam? They could say stuff in spam that couldn't be said otherwise.
- macewan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2obviously fake as bush can't fathom numbers that high
- ihate2regist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1thats what i thought about
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Only a 4 year old magazine 'and finally' piece - otherwise, good.
- bongowaxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1words words words...
- headingeast, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1i just need your bank account details and cert code
the monies need to be steamed and pressed - Error601, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Wow that was lame. Parody is the easiest and most simple minded form of humor. It's for people that can't think of anything original.
- BeardDob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nope
- chrisutley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Was amusing for about two paragraphs. This guy needs to learn the art of getting "off stage" on a high note. Edit and resubmit, jokester.
- acceptab1euname, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Written by somebody who's clearly never been to Africa.
Pull your head out of your ass, open your eyes, ears, and mind; and go out and see the world. - enker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Shhhh!
Don't you ever dare to ask a politically incorrect question, the thought police may be displeased about it.
And after all, sugar coated lies and denial are way better than seeking the truth, don't you agree?
So shut your critical thinking off and just stick with the hive mentality, specially when the subject in question is Africa! - twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Bush 41 = George Herbert Walker Bush
Bush 43 = George Washington Bush
Every Nigerian knows that! - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Republicans dont.
- raindog469, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This was kinda funny when it was first posted.... in January, 2003.
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/03/Jan/urgent.html - Tanath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wouldn't want someone to be disappointed on digg. Here ya go:
http://www.forward-moving.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/38197-spam.jpg -
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