Department of Departments

I am one who religiously reads the WSJ' 'Best of the Web' by James Taranto for years now and think this is the first time I have shared his wit and wisdom on the pages of CP.

Mr. Taranto has the ability to make me LOL at some very serious subjects while making very valid points. Granted, this current administration and congressional liberals make his work fairly easy but no matter his target you get educated on the subject, the English language and all the while you get a laugh to boot, enjoy,,,

Department of Departments
(Excerpt of Best of the Web Today - James Taranto, WSJ 8-15-2011) 

President Obama's Gallup approval rating has dipped below 40%--or, as the White House prefers to put it, the president has saved or created 39 approval points. The New York Times reports that Obama and his advisers are plotting a comeback.


"It is their judgment that moderate voters want tangible results rather than speeches," the Times reports. We're not sure about that. Obama has delivered plenty of awful speeches, but his tangible results have been far, far worse.


"Administration officials . . . have increasingly concluded that the best thing Mr. Obama can do for the economy may be winning a second term," the Times reports without evident irony. How about not winning a second term?


Some administration officials think the way to go is to ape Jimmy Carter and create a new cabinet department:

The administration may . . . merge the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and some economic divisions at the State Department into a new agency, administration officials said. Possible names include the Department of Jobs or the Department of Competitiveness.

So let's see if we have this straight: There's already a Department of Labor, so we need a Department of Jobs? If we really need a new cabinet-level agency to deal with unemployment, why not at least have a little wit and call it the Department of Redundancy Department?-


An aside but related - All of this "focused like a laser beam" on jobs by this administration rekindled and repackaged of course for his on-going campaign for re-election reminded me that I know I had heard the same word's before?


And then it hit me,,,,,

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Sound familiar?