the Shackle Report

If the American people gave you $204.5 billion to spend furthering the cause of freedom and democracy, how would you spend it? Use the “Contact us” form in the “Pages” box at left. Answers that are amusing, brilliant, surprising and sensible will be posted, and while I’m not promising anything spectacular, I wouldn’t be surprised if we gave the three best entries a charming (if inexpensive) little gift.

HINT: Answers like “Education” are sensible but not amusing, brilliant or surprising. Answers like “Give everyone in the world a kitten” is amusing, brilliant and surprising, but not sensible, as it would result in a pathetic number of hungry people drowning or roasting their kittens, which is really not what we mean by “democracy”. The devil’s in the “and” of this contest.