General Discussion

kpete

(72,904 posts) Sat Jul 14, 2018, 06:54 PM Jul 2018

Dear America. We have your president. If you do not send us $30,000,000 in unmarked bills....

Link to tweet

9 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Dear America. We have your president. If you do not send us $30,000,000 in unmarked bills.... (Original Post) kpete Jul 2018 OP

K&R uponit7771 Jul 2018 #1

Give them the money. n/t Downtown Hound Jul 2018 #2

The Ransom of the Orange Chief? Gothmog Jul 2018 #3

Ah - but if you remember the O. Henry story, the kidnappers csziggy Jul 2018 #5

The Kidnappers made a mistake Gothmog Jul 2018 #6

They were just trying to survive! csziggy Jul 2018 #7

Where do I need to send the $$! Nt MANative Jul 2018 #4

NORMALLY we don't negotiate with terrorists..however, in this instance.... Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #8

That's a bargain, they short changed themselves KelleyKramer Jul 2018 #9

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 06:55 PM

Jul 2018

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)

2. Give them the money. n/t

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 06:59 PM

Jul 2018

Gothmog

(182,047 posts)

3. The Ransom of the Orange Chief?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 07:31 PM

Jul 2018

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

5. Ah - but if you remember the O. Henry story, the kidnappers

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 08:11 PM

Jul 2018

PAID to give Red Chief back!

https://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-ransom-of-red-chief

That and "Pigs is Pigs" are two of my favorite American short stories.

Gothmog

(182,047 posts)

6. The Kidnappers made a mistake

Reply to csziggy (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 08:12 PM

Jul 2018

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

7. They were just trying to survive!

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 08:17 PM

Jul 2018

Thinking about it though, if you consider the USA is now being held hostage by Trump and the GOP, we're sort of in the position of the kidnappers in the Red Chief story.

I would be happy to pay Putin to take Trump and his cohorts if he would promise to never allow them back in this country.

MANative

(4,188 posts)

4. Where do I need to send the $$! Nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 07:49 PM

Jul 2018

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

8. NORMALLY we don't negotiate with terrorists..however, in this instance....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2018, 08:36 PM

Jul 2018

consider it capping our losses.

KelleyKramer

(11,598 posts)

9. That's a bargain, they short changed themselves

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jul 15, 2018, 12:52 AM

Jul 2018

We would have easily paid a billion (or more!) to get rid of that shit stain from our country

Reply to this discussion

Kick in to the DU tip jar?

This week we're running a special pop-up mini fund drive. From Monday through Friday we're going ad-free for all registered members, and we're asking you to kick in to the DU tip jar to support the site and keep us financially healthy.

As a bonus, making a contribution will allow you to leave kudos for another DU member, and at the end of the week we'll recognize the DUers who you think make this community great.