January 2, 2009

IN TIME MAGAZINE, the Top Ten Outrageous Earmarks of 2009. Number Two is the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, funded by, er, Charles B. Rangel, in a fashion that gave rise to scandal. Extreme Mortman says this is evidence of why the U.S. Government needs a Department of Irony. Don’t give ‘em ideas; they’ll want to name it after themselves.