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THE BAILOUT SUBCOMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE REASON FOR YOUR BAILOUT REQUEST.

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I'M THE NATIONAL SOUL, SIR. I HATE TO COMPLAIN OR ASK FOR HELP, BUT I'M BANKRUPT. CAN'T AFFORD AN OYSTER SANDWICH!

OUR SOUL?!

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HOW DID THIS HAPPEN, MR. SOUL?

I MORTGAGED MY PLACE IN MONTICELLO ON THE STRENGTH OF OUR MORAL AUTHORITY , WHICH CRASHED WITH THE PATRIOT ACT AND TORTURE MEMO SIR.

NOW I CAN'T RAISE A DIME.

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YOU MADE A CHOICE--

FOR WHICH I WOULD GLADLY SLEEP ON THE FINE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA! BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHARACTER.

HE'S UNSTALBE, YOU KNOW.

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THE BANKS ARE TOO BIG TO FAIL, THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS TOO DUMB TO SURVIVE, BUT WE...