In a recent press conference, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stood in a dignified-looking pose next to ranks of America flags in front of a portrait of one of America's founders and beside a Hollywood-size check that supposedly means that every America will receive "free of charge" over US$1800 of money. Excellent theater.
The reality? It is like a pick pocket's accomplice distracting you in the front while someone takes your wallet out of your back pocket.
Americans do on the whole seem to be so mesmerized by the historicity of Obama's presidency that they are not looking to their own wallets.
This piece of satire by Fred Thompson illustrates the absurdity of what the "stimulus" package that Obama and the Democrats are pushing represents.
