{"id":13262,"date":"2009-02-04T17:57:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/02\/04\/change-i-could-believe-in.html"},"modified":"2009-02-04T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:57:42","slug":"change_i_could_believe_in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/02\/04\/change_i_could_believe_in.html","title":{"rendered":"Change I could believe in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh, I’d be there …<\/p>\n

Cheney Dunk Tank Raises $800 Billion For Nation | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source<\/a> <\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON\u2014Organizers reported Sunday that the 44th White House Carnival was a rousing success, raising a record $800,000,066,845 for the federal government\u2014$800 billion of which came from a dunk tank featuring former vice president Dick Cheney.<\/p>\n

According to Secretary of the Treasury and carnival volunteer Timothy Geithner, the 5-foot-deep tank has provided a much-needed boost to the nation’s flagging economy.<\/p>\n

“We expected a big turn out, but this is unbelievable,” said Geithner, adding that it’s tradition for the outgoing vice president to work the dunk tank. “More than half the country has already gone, and there’s still about 20 million people stretching all the way to Maryland waiting for their chance to sink Cheney. We’ll be leaving this booth open for as long as it takes for everyone to get a turn.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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RTWT<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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