Ted Rall for April 06, 2009
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Obama: Our $14 trillion 400-gigawatt plan will jump-start the economy, save the environment, and revive the moribund "electroclash" music genre. It involves the metric system. Seer: It's an enigma wrapped in a lockbox tied up with a Gordian knot. It's so classified that no one has ever seen it. Aid: Details can go wrong. This is a legislative blackhole. It is detail-free. It is perfect. Aid: Can we read it? Obama: Your heads would explode! I don't need your brain stains on our carpets. Obama unveils his latest utterly incomprehensible plan. The most gifted seers and mystics can make neither head nor tail of its mysterious inner workings. Obama's sages say opacity is the source of its awesome powers. Bernie Madoff is reportedly in awe.