Tragicomedy

Sometimes even the biggest train wreck can make you chuckle for a second.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/art/123831/19

The President unveiled his big plan for helping home owners in trouble and his finger prints are all over it.

First, at the announcement he gave all those listening the wrong number to call for information if they qualify. Then again since almost no one does I guess he is just creating some extra aggrivation rather than extra disappointment for most of them (then again, I don't know if anyone not getting paid to do so actually listens to the President anymore).

The 'plan' itself is even more humorous. The reason the plan is voluntary is because it is so utterly stupid and hated by everyone that no one would agree to it.

I mean, at least if it was 'everyone with a subprime is a bad person, so we are going to take their house and make them keep paying back the mortgage and freeze all Federal dollars for homeless shelters' I would just assume his nephew got a vp job at goldman or a hedge fund and it would make sense.

Seriously, I cannot emphasize how utterly Solomonic - and sophomoric - his plan is.