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As Obama and crew print and borrow more and more money, the U.S. dollar faces an uncertain future.

But three cheers for our Unmighty Dollars -- print as many as you like. They're already worth Nothing, so they can't go down in value.

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Counterfeiting Instructions:

Click on a denomination above, print the bills, cut them out, and stuff in an envelope. Send to your congressman or senator marked as a CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION. They'll get the message! For the address of your congressman, click here for senators and here for representatives.

A Google Quarter?

Washington. January 1, 2010. The Treasury Department is studying the idea of selling advertising space on new coins starting in 2010, according to Secretary Timothy Geithner.

"We are looking at various strategies to generate a positive revenue steam and lighten taxpayer burdens," Geithner said at a year-end news conference. "We believe in free-market solutions, especially those initiated by government," he added. Asked by one reporter if this wasn't a "wee bit of a contradiction," Geithner said that the Obama Administration had remained open to a "new collaboration" similar to the bailouts that had "saved the financial system."

Talks with several large corporations, including Google, had been ongoing at the White House for months, Geithner said, and designs for a new quarter had been floated in secret meetings with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Democratic leaders in Congress, and officials at the U.S. Mint.

Sources confirmed that some congressional Democrats had objected on the grounds that the government would be perceived as "being in bed with the corporations" and had proposed several alternatives. Some congressmen reportedly wanted to make the same offer to unions.

"If Google gets the quarter, then the Service Employees International Union should be able to advertise on the half dollar," said one congressional staffer.


Har, har! Just kidding folks; everybody knows Congress and the White House don't want to do anything that reflects poorly on their fiscal sanity or makes the world question the value of our currency. After all, what would be next? Printing money around the clock? Keeping sinking bankers and car companies afloat? Backing risky mortgages with little hope of repayment?

On second thought.... er, uh... never mind....