Okay, today we're living vicariously through a neighbor of mine who has better access to the Palace than I do.
First, there are no banks here. Well, there are, but there are no real checks, credit cards, or anything like that in use yet. This is a cash economy. So ... how do we actually pay to get things done? In cash. We're rebuilding this country ... in cash. $18.4B in reconstruction? The stuff bought locally, at least, is paid for in ... you got it -- in cash.
Where do you keep all that cash (as well as a bunch of tacky "valuables" laying around the palace when you took over)? In the vault, of course...
Is everyone as shocked as I am that they won't let me in?
"Security? Yeah, he won't come out. Right, we tried the tear gas. Uh-huh. Stun gun too. Yup. Look, he's crazy, he offered us each $100k to turn around for five minutes, and he keeps yelling that he'll pay a million dollars for a wheel barrow and an SUV..."
Posted by rick at January 29, 2005 06:36 AM