Tennessee has my favorite story of the year.

A Kingsport woman told police she was counterfeiting money because she read online that President Barack Obama made a new law allowing her to print her own money, according to a police report.

Pamela Downs, 45, of Kingsport, Tennessee, tried to pass a counterfeit $5 bill at a local grocery.  The clerk got suspicious and called the police.  Downs claimed to have received the $5 bill at a gas station a few days before.

Downs was asked by the officer if her purse could be searched, to which she agreed. Inside her purse, the officer found a $100 which was also counterfeit, according to the report. The bill was printed in black and white and the backside of the bill was upside down.

A couple of receipts from Walmart were also found inside the purse, showing Downs had purchased copy paper and a printer.

Uh oh.  Red damn handed.

Downs was then placed in handcuffs. Downs then reportedly said, “I don’t give a ****, all these other bitches get to print money so I can too.”

Yeah, the other bitches.

She then told officers she read online that President Obama had made a new law that permitted her to print her own money because she is on a fixed income, the report stated.

Thanks, Obama.

Down then signed a consent to search waiver, which officers executed at her apartment. Inside they found several items consistent with being used to print counterfeit currency including paper, scissors, glue and a printer. All the items were seized and put into evidence.

Several more counterfeit bills, both cut and uncut, were located at the apartment. Officers estimated the total to be around $30,000 to $50,000.

I’m asking you: is that just not the perfect story?  I just flat love that story.

Thanks to MB for the heads up.