DANCING WITH THE CZARS?

Boob Czar. Beer Czar. Transparency Czar. Stimulus Czars. Green Czar. "We were going to have 20+ people dance in front of the White House in costume .... We wanted to illustrate absurdity by using absurdity. Make a mockery of the czars."

Does anyone have ideas for more czars? Death czar? Too grim. Media czar? Too real. Teleprompter czar? Maybe.

NONDEDUCTABLE MEDICAL EXPENSE

A tax lawyer will continue to challenge rulings disallowing medical expense tax deductions for spending on prostitutes and pornography. "It's a holistic approach to medicine."

Perhaps he should try claiming a medical expense deduction for prosthetutes.

Via Instapundit (here and here).

TIMING IS EVERYTHING

The Obama administration’s decision to scrap the European missile shield may or may not have been wise, but the timing was atrocious.

[The] U.S. president’s cancellation last week of plans to place missile interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic ... came on Sept. 17, the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland.

The Poles were not amused.

JIMMY CARTER, PLEASE SHUT UP

Haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough already?

There's an old saying you might want to keep in mind: when you're in a deep hole, stop digging!

NEA: SUPPORT OBAMA’S AGENDA

”An official at the White House Office of Public Engagement encouraged a group of artists on a conference call with the National Endowment for the Arts to produce works that supported the Obama administration's agenda ...”

What I don’t understand is why the Obama administration felt the need to ask.

Details here.

AN EMPTY SUIT

Historical anecdotes describe the Rio Grande as "a mile wide and an inch deep." Ed Morrissey (and others) have used that phrase to describe President Obama.

I think they’re overestimating his depth.