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I can see why Ted wanted all that money for Alaska. There are RESTAURANTS that SELL Alaskas! Did you know that? Pretty soon, the rest of the nation, or even the world, will walk all over that poor state! No wonder all that jet plane had to be recycled into a giant billboard!