Obama Starts Talks with Pirates

Today marks a truly historical day! President Obama initiated talks with pirates right in Washington DC. No one is sure how far talks have gotten but it is rumored that all they really wanted was a few barrels of rum, some booty and a furby. The Pirate Cap'n and The President elect spoke for about 4 hours today. On the way out both Pirate and Obama spoke briefly to our reporters.

LES: "President Obama, how do you feel talk went with the Pirate Cap'n today?"

OB: "Get out of my way foo, don't you know it's supa time!"

LES: "Sorry Mr. President, it's just we thought you might want to talk about how talks went."

OB: "No I don't! I want to get me some of dat fried chicken, you smell what Barack is cooking?"

LES: "Thank you Mr. President"

It was clear the President had other things on his mind, like the financial crisis. After our talk with the President we stopped the pirate Cap'n for a second.

LES: "Mr. Pirate Cap'n, how do you feel the talks went today with President Obama?"

PC: "Arghh, well matey"

LES: "Can you elaborate in any way?"

PC: "Avast ye can, It was a cool September evening and the ocean churned like a stomach after eating taco bell. Buckshot Bill was at the helm when we spotted it..."

LES: "Umm, Cap'n, it's June 1st, what are you talking about."

PC: "Arghh! That it is, that it is. Do ye have any rum?"

LES: "Umm, no sir. Tic Tac?"

After we were able to convince him that a Tic Tac wasn't something you shove up your nose or put in rum the conversation carried on.

LES: "Our talks between you and the President going to continue through the week?"

PC: "Arghh! Ye President and I have come to an agreement. I get ye three barrels of rum monthly, some healthy snacks called Pirate Booty and a nice Furby for me other shoulder, you know to complement the parrot and I don't attack any of ye ships no more."

LES: "Oh that's great, it seems no one has reason to fear the open sea anymore. So it would seem President Obama has managed to solve the pirate crisis. Hopefully he starts to fix the financial crisis soon."



**No I'm not a racist, I just have a sense of humor!