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theme park and casino based on Washington's actual home in Mount Vernon, Virginia. The main casino building and hotel, of course, is the big mansion and the smaller buildings, which are replicas of Washington's slave quarters, will serve as rooms for people who only play at the cheap slots."

"You're going to build a Southern slave plantation in Tanzania?" I choked.

"I sure am," Willard said proudly. "We are even going to plant some cotton and hire people to dress up like slaves and sing Spirituals while they pick it."

"But Tanzania is a Black African nation," I protested. "This is NOT going to go over well there."

"Are you sure?" Willard asked. "I thought it was part of what used to be the Soviet Union."

"No," I said. "You are confusing it with your other new casino in Kazakhstan."

"You're right," said Willard. "I guess I will have to switch names. The Kazakhstan casino will be called 'George Washington' and the Tanzania casino will be called 'Abraham Lincoln'. That should go over well. After all, Lincoln freed the slaves. We'll just announce that the mansion was Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in Illinois."

"That's not very accurate," I said. "Lincoln was born in a tiny log cabin."

"Imagine that!" said Willard in awe. "Lincoln's birthplace started as a tiny log cabin and worked its way up to become a giant mansion. It's success stories like that which make me really love America!"

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