BuyMyShitpile.com is an interactive website inviting users to get in on the Bush administration's $700 mortgage bailout plan to rescue American banks. According to the blurb on the homepage, "We figured that instead of protesting this plan, we'd give regular Americans the same opportunity to sell their bad assets to the government."Official Site: Buy My Shitpile The site includes an eBay-style form with which users can post descriptions and photos of the items they wish the government to purchase, as well as enter the "Estimated Value of This Shit."Official Site: Buy My Shitpile
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Fact:
Features include "Post Your Shitpile," "Recent Shitpiles" and "Latest Shit via RSS"
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Combined value of all "shit" available on the site
$734,265,671,292.75 (as of September 26, 2008)
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Fact:
Posted items include a poster of actress Betty White ($32,767), rusted plumbing ($9,000,000) and "Seven Houses" ($0.10)Official Site: Buy My Shitpile
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