Really, we're back at the Art Buchwald/Jeff Foxworthy dilemma: No matter how outlandish a joke they can think up, reality trumps them. It's a professional challenge. Buchwald created an entire lecture out of his quandry during the Nixon administration. Foxworthy just says laconically, 'Folks, I can't make this stuff up!'
OS heard this quote quickly in passing, and couldn't believe it either. He had to look it up, just to be certain. After all, who in that sort of position (with all those degrees) could be so stupid?
From WWL Radio, via Associated Press:
The Obama administration's environmental chief dipped a small cup into the oily mess at the mouth of the Mississippi and was surprised by what came out.
"Oh my God - it's so thick!" exclaimed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson who toured delicate coastal wetlands that have been invaded by the black and orange crude.
She was one of several top administration officials in the Gulf Coast this week as the White House is facing increasing questions about why the government can't assert more control over the handling a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which unfolded after a BP offshore drilling rig blew up April 20.
Really. She said that.
The Editor of the Harvard Law Review and Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize appointed her to the job.
The Commander-in-Chief. The One.
You can't make this stuff up.
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