Posted by
Tom L. on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:00:00 AM
Dear Mr. President:
Recently on this blog I asked that you send to me the shares of GM and other corporations which you bought with my tax dollars. While I am waiting for them, I have another request.
According to The (liberal) New York Times:
The United States has won an agreement to transfer up to 17 Chinese Muslims [Uighurs] from the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Palau…
The president of Palau, Johnson Toribiong, said his government had “agreed to accommodate the United States of America’s request” to “temporarily resettle” the detainees…
The United States has pledged $200 million in long-term development aid to Palau.
According to the Palau Visitors Authority website:
Palau enjoys a pleasantly warm climate all year round with an annual mean temperature of 82° F …Typhoons are rare as Palau is located outside the typhoon zone.
The official currency of the Republic is the U.S. Dollar. Visa, JCB, Master Card, and American Express cards are widely accepted at stores and visitor facilities. There are FDIC insured banks.
So, Mr. President, in addition to sending me all the stock you bought with my money, I am willing to “temporarily resettle” to Palau. Since the going rate for temporary resettlement seems to be about $12 million, I will agree to be temporarily resettled for only $10 million.
I am willing to agree to this bargain price since, unlike the Uighurs, I did not go to Afghanistan to train as a terrorist, and I am not trying to overthrow my government.
Thank you Mr. President.
P.S. For those who may not know, during World War II the battle for Peleliu (one of the islands of Palau) cost almost 10,000 Marine and Army casualties, and about 100 men are still listed as MIA.