<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><img src="cid:0466E550-E690-41D8-8B3B-E088A0F7989D" alt="image.jpeg" id="0466E550-E690-41D8-8B3B-E088A0F7989D" width="600" height="342" apple-original-width="600" apple-original-height="342"><br><br><div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Apr 20, 2012, at 12:53, Art Deco <<a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><h1 style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:30px;line-height:34px;color:#016aaa;font-weight:normal;margin:0 0 3px 0;padding:5px 0 0 0">
Hookers Downgrade US Credit Rating</h1>
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Shortchanging by Secret Service Draws Strong Rebuke</h2>
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NEW YORK (<strong><strong><a title="Borowitz Report" href="http://borowitzreport.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=49de3335c30245ecd0fa291aa&id=887acd72bf&e=8ba6febced" target="_blank">The Borowitz Report</a></strong></strong>)
– Days after Secret Service agents shortchanged a group of prostitutes
in Colombia, the international trade group representing hookers
downgraded the United States’ credit rating from AAA to B.<br>
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The strong rebuke from the International Alliance of Professional
Escorts came after a Secret Service agent reportedly paid one of its
members $30 for an $800 service, or only 4% of the stated price.<br>
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The statement from the International Alliance of Professional Escorts
said that in downgrading the United States’ credit rating it was sending
a clear message that its “members should be aware that doing business
with the government of the United States carries with it a significant
risk.”<br>
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“We are urging our members to avoid conducting transactions with the
United States and to focus on more reliable customers, like the
International Monetary Fund,” the statement added.<br>
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Just hours after the announcement from the escorts’ group, the U.S.
Congress passed the following resolution blasting the Secret Service for
its actions: “We strongly denounce the Secret Service for consorting
with prostitutes, which has traditionally been Congress's role.”<br>
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But it was not all bad news this week for the Secret Service, which today reported a 5000% jump in enlistment.<br>
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The agency said that enlistment offices across the country have been
packed with prospective agents, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
who abruptly dropped out of the Presidential race to join. <strong><strong><strong>Get a free subscription to the Borowitz Report <a title="Free subscription" href="http://borowitzreport.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=49de3335c30245ecd0fa291aa&id=0e3af024a5&e=8ba6febced" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></strong></strong></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank"><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a></a><br>
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