How about, after the bailout, when everything is back to normal and the crisis has passed, we all chip in and give Henry Paulson twenty billion dollars, as a thank-you gift? Just a way of saying, “We appreciate all you did to avert the crisis and for coming up with such a great bailout plan.”

We could present him with a gigantic oversized check.

LOL, what if, once the bailout plan goes through, they literally stage a ceremony on the White House lawn where Bush hands Paulson a big, fake check for “ONE TRILLION DOLLARS.”

You may LOL, but that would definitely be on the front page of every newspaper in the world the next morning:

“DOUCHEBAG PRESENTS LARGE CHECK TO BALD GUY”
– The London Times

“FAT BAILOUT GOIN’ DOWN ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN”
– The Frankfurt Daily Zeitmensch

“CHECKMATE! LOL, AMERICA ON THE EDGE”
– Osama bin Laden Podcast