Let it snow,let it snow,let it snow

[arr&bee]

Abacus????i stopped smoking that stuff years ago[i think]just send cash and we'll win.

[Jerry Oz]

Will you take donations in bitcoin?

[westgrandboulevard]

Or recycled items?

[Jerry Oz]

I've got an Amazon.com gift card with $1.12 on it. Since I can't find anything on the site for that amount, I'll gladly donate it to the campaign if someone sends me a self-addressed stamped envelope. Just doing my part...

[westgrandboulevard]

You're doing a huge amount, compared to just about everybody else....

[Jerry Oz]

It's nothing. I found the gift card on the floor at the shopping mall and since the person who dropped it didn't notice, I took it home to check the balance.

[arr&bee]

Yes,send it and moe will pay for the postage[moe take it out of the tresury]power to the people.

[Jerry Oz]

Cool! Should I steal another one? I mean, should I try to find another one?

[westgrandboulevard]

This is beginnning to sound like 'Oliver Twist'.....

[Jerry Oz]

Can't you see arr&bee playing in 'Oliver Twist'?

"THANK YOU, SIR [OR MADAM WE CAN'T ALWAYS TELL THESE DAYS] MAY I HAVE ANOTHER ONE MILLION [OPPS - THAT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH] TEN MILLION DOLLARS? IT'LL GO FAR TO MAKE SURE MY HOOCH [AHEM] I MEAN 'CAMPAIGN' REACHES THE MASSES."

[arr&bee]

WOW JERRY YOU DO ME BETTER THAN I DO,GREAT,YOU WILL BE MY STANDIN AT THOSE FUNDRAISERS YEP YOU SAY THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE CASH WILL FLOW..[AND DON'T WORRY BY THE TIME THEY FIGURE OUT THAT YOU AIN'T ME I'LL BE LONG GONE..I MEAN TO SAY I'LL BE ON MY WAY TO HELP THE PEOPLE..[yeah that's it]...just smile a lot and keep your sunshades on...POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

[westgrandboulevard]

Where's 'Voice' when he's needed....

[144man]

When money is involved, "Voice" gets laryngitis

[westgrandboulevard]

Beware the silent man, and the dog that does not bark....

[Jerry Oz]

And don't trust a skinny chef...

[arr&bee]

A skinny chef???you talk funny jerry but as long as it gets my[opps-err-ahem-hehe]the people's money then keep talking.

[Jerry Oz]

Well, here's my idea:
My friend 'Pietro' works at a print shop that has a couple of Xerox copiers. If I got him drunk, I could sneak into his print shop and make copies of a $5 food stamp that I found on the floor at the welfare office. We - you and WGB and 144man, that is - can buy a bunch of frozen dinners and then sell them to lazy welfare moms for 10% off. [[We do this late in the month when their loot is running low, necessitating a cheap source of the unhealthy food that they crave.

We then take the money and buy stuff from the dollar store and then we can print up and switch out new labels from expensive stores. Then we can take those back to the expensive stores and swear that we lost the receipts and exchange them for other, costlier merchandise. We can sell that stuff on the streets and make it known to law enforcement that there's a bunch of people wearing designer clothes without proper receipts.

Then we can let the local news channel know as we tag along with the cops as they effect arrests. That way, we can be paid by the news and collect a reward from Crime Stoppers. We can also sell the video on the internet. After we all take our cuts, there should be plenty left over to finance your campaign.

Plus, when you're there for the arrests, you can position yourself as a law and order candidate. What's not to like about that plan? I'm free on Wednesday afternoon if you want to do it then.

[arr&bee]

Sounds good to me,american ideas at work...[of course i can't actually be anywhere near crime stoppers],but as my second in crime[opps-err-ahem-hehe]in command you can stand in my place and get my reward...i mean the people's reward.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'll be watching this screen, Wednesday afternoon.....

[Jerry Oz]

?? You can't make it?

I was hoping you would be available to help. My probation officer and my shrink are working together now and have been keeping tabs on me. I'm afraid I can't chance 'fund-raising' without potentially returning to Scary Place.

[westgrandboulevard]

The security is very tight here at West Grand Towers. There are armed guards, but they are always smiling, so I'm sure they know I wouldn't hurt a fly. This forum is my only portal to the world.

[144man]

I first need to know how to remove an electronic tag.

[arr&bee]

WELL FIRST YOU GET SOME BUTTER..UM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SUCH THINGS[whew]hehe...LOOK THE SOONER I GET THE CASH THE SOONER I CAN SPLIT[OPPS-ERR-AHEM-HEHE]SPLIT THE PROCEEDS[yeah that's it]TO HELP THE PEOPLE.

[westgrandboulevard]

It's already happening, and is commonly known as Lottery USA.

[Jerry Oz]

We have to call it off anyway. 'Pietro' was just visited by 30 gentlemen [[and three ladies) from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and it looks like the Xerox machine might be out of service for a couple of years. On the phone, he said something about coming back and "getting you, you rat bastard! Nobody knew about me until you started posting all over the internet!" Apparently there's an Interpol agent who has been looking for him as well.

So, we'll just have to wait until 'Pietro' finds the time to make it back to the States before we can create arr&bee's loot. Too bad, huh?

[westgrandboulevard]

Better that, than sleeping with the fishes.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm not doing that anymore. Luca Brasi snores and keeps me up all night.

[westgrandboulevard]

That, and the traffic noise from those huge shoals of fish. They have no sense of lane discipline.

[Jerry Oz]

Those fish should be in a school instead of hanging around in shoals.

[arr&bee]

YA KNOW THIS POLITICS THINGS IS KINDA ROUGH[NO CASH]I'M DROPPIN OUT AND ON TO MY NEW CAREER[now where to find my next batch of suckers]OPPS-ERR-AHEM=HEHE MY NEXT BATCH OF CITIZENS.

[westgrandboulevard]

I think you should set yourself up as 'An Expert'.

They are often quoted in the news, so that should give you a nice media profile.....

[Jerry Oz]

They're referred to as 'consultants' on this side. And if you want to earn a name, you'll find out the majority opinion and then publicize the most ridiculously hyperbolic claim to the contrary. Seems to work for many.

[westgrandboulevard]

I think you do have 'experts' there, too. I often read US literature which mentions 'media experts' or 'industry experts'...and think, "oh yes...?. Name names, and let me decide"

It only works when someone else feels that what 'they' are saying, has any merit.

And, of course, vice versa.....some will say of another "They're so patronising!", but we are patronised only if we feel ourselves to be...

[arr&bee]

I GOT A NICE PEICE OF BOTTOM LAND FOR SOME LUCKY SOUL REAL CHEAP[hehe]AND DON'T WORRY I SELL FLOOD INSURANCE TOO.

[westgrandboulevard]

If it's in the basement, it's near the water....

[144man]

What about sinkholes?

[westgrandboulevard]

I'd use a sinkplug.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm pretty sure 'sinkhole' describes his ambitions for any soul unfortunate enough to invest...

[westgrandboulevard]

..as in, bottomless pit. Give 'til it hurts. And it will....

A natural for working in government, it must be said....

[Jerry Oz]

One hand on the Bible and the other will be in your pocket. Games people play.

[westgrandboulevard]

Some have their hand out, some have their hand in....

[Jerry Oz]

Like leeches, sucking the life essence from their hosts. Once the money driees up, it's off to fresh, plumper hosts.

[westgrandboulevard]

"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people : those who do the work, and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition there" - Indira Gandhi

[Jerry Oz]

Reminiscent of the saw that "those who can play will play while those can't will coach". Many more coaches in the world than players in my opinion.

[westgrandboulevard]

Most of those coaches were once players, a very long time ago...or aspired to be, but never made it...?

[arr&bee]

WHO NEEDS A LITTLE LAND,HEY JERRY I GOT A NICE LITTLE VACATION SPOT FOR YOU MY FRIEND NOW IT GETS A LITTLE WARM IN THE SUMMER..[WELL ACTUALLY ALL YEAR ROUND] BUT DON'T WORRY I'M THROWING IN A NICE ELECTRIC FAN FOR ONLY A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND A ROADMAP CAUSE IT'S KINDA AROUND IN BACK OF DEATH VALLEY,BUT REAL QUIET AND IT'S GOT A NICE OASIS A REAL STEAL...[I otta know]GET BACK TO ME BUT HURRY IT WON'T LAST LONG.

[westgrandboulevard]

...due to subsidence?

[arr&bee]

Where is jerry he's gonna lose out these plots are going like hotcakes.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm here, Cowboy. I just closed a deal on a bridge in Brooklyn that I understand might be a cash cow. I have a hundred dollars now, but I'll trade my bridge for your land. Have your guy call my guy if that's acceptable.

[144man]

R&B, how do you think your suckers, er clients, are going to react when they find out that the land you sold them when under the influence of hooch is on the Moon?