Satire: Economic Downturn Scratch-offs


	Satire: Economic Downturn Scratch-offs

DrCat2013

7-9-2008 2:21 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e470b1ef-8d29-45d0-bc8d-9d8c1284ffd7/69ECCC64-2897-4F08-9204-C67C8AD557D1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php" href="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.236.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><H1>
WIN BIG with the new Economic Downturn scratch-offs!</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><P>You know you've got a gas crisis when the lotto takes notice.  The Florida state lottery has begun offering <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/us/08prize.html?ref=todayspaper">"free gas for life"</A> as second prize in its Summer Cash lottery game.  Considering the price of gas, many of Florida's casual gambling community think free gas beats out the grand prize of a quarter million dollars.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><P>That's real nice, but what about the food crisis?  And the mortgage crisis?  When do <EM>they </EM>get their lotto games?  Here's a little sampling of the kind of scratch-offs you'll soon be able to stand around all afternoon and waste your money on at a dilapidated corner grocery near you!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><EM>Mortgage mess got you down?  Well here's a pick-me-up!</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.236.com/img/46D88E9E-DD86-4930-859A-A0481ACFA43C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><EM>For everyone hoping to live it up this winter:</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.236.com/img/7132D5AE-FEDE-427A-8692-5F5363A7B7E3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><P><STRONG><EM>And here's one for those families feeling the pinch at the supermarket:</EM></STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.236.com/img/2A8BC861-A275-497A-B8DA-4041361E9245" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/69ECCC64-2897-4F08-9204-C67C8AD557D1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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