How to make a Depression Cake

[crimsonblue]

1 New Depression Cake
(destroys 1 global economy)
(note: please follow recipe exactly. It took decades to perfect)

Ingredients
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1 butterfly ballot design
4 different types of chads
5 Supreme Court Justices
4 airplanes

Mix these ingredients and set aside. They will be necessary for the parts to come

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1 Transnational Energy Company
2 sets of rolling blackouts
1 fudge induced Accounting Corporation

combine using the media spin setting on a mixer. Use to prop up the price of oil

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0 WMDS
1 CIA covert agent
1 Former best friend turned EvilDoer
22 nation member of the "Coalition of the Willing"

Mix by hand, and sprinkle in "Mission Accomplished" banners to reach desired taste

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10 million dollars worth of Swift-Boating
1 AWOL President
0 WMDs
16 days without a response

Put over low heat and let come to a boil, before reducing heat and simmering.

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CORRECTION: put back under HIGH heat, and surge the mixture back up again.
Reduce heat 2 degrees, which is still an escalation from original temperature

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2 Regained houses of Congress
1 standard Impeachment
Investment Bank Bailouts (to taste)

remove impeachment, as it won't be used.

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Baking Instructions
1. Combine all ingredient mixes.
2. Set Economy to -$400 billion/yr profit
3. De-regulate the mixes, let them sort themselves out
4. Bake for 8 years
5. Take out of oven


Cake will be level at beginning, then fall, then regain, then fall again, then regain to below original level, then crash.

Warning: Cake may taste bitter and leave a sense of longing for the past in one's mouth

[yourout]

1. It's in the oven and almost done.

[cliffordu]

2. DuZy!!!!

:rofl:

[crimsonblue]

3. Garnish with a dollop of Katrina frosting

Warning: Katrina frosting tends to be watery and may overwhelm the cake. DO NOt, Repeat DO NOT, act in a timely manner. The frosting must be allowed to partially ruin the cake, as it helps build character, and destroys the bad parts of the cake (the burnt areas).

[JimDandy]

4. My 90+ grandmother says we're in a depression

and we just can't see it, yet. The Bush government IS going to tremendous lengths to prob up failing banks and financial institutions that are tanking at incredible rates. I think we're close, but not there, and that his administration is doing way more than we'll ever know to stave off the crash until after his term has ended.

[sarcasmo]

8. Your 90 year old grandmother is a smart cookie.

[MorningGlow]

11. My mom is 83 and says the same thing

She said it more than a year ago, in fact. And I trust these seniors' opinions--after all, they lived through the first Depression--they oughta know what one looks like, no?

[fujiyama]

5. It has the lovely aroma of bullshit!

[orleans]

6. and that is why i can't stand to cook (or bake!) n/t

[roguevalley]

7. crimsonblue, you are a clever boots! LOL!

[ThatsMyBarack]

9. How painfully unappetizing!

:puke:

K&R anyways! :hi:

[TahitiNut]

10. So THAT'S how they made this cake?

[defendandprotect]

12. Boils down to political corruption - GOP style ... including 9/11 --

[susu369]

13. Have smores recipe

take two Gramm crackers with puff nothingness and hold over a fire.....