“Perhaps their criticism is that we dare to do math.”

The invaluable Jake Tapper, ABC's White House correspondent, elicited the above quote from the inspector general for TARP, who the Treasury Department is trying to discredit after he estimated the government has pledged up to ... wait for it ... $24 trillion in bailout money.

That's about 22 months worth of all the production of the entire American economy.

H/T HotAir, which had this to say:

I seem to recall when Barack Obama promised the most open and transparent administration ever. Since his inauguration, Obama has fired one IG for daring to oppose a sweetheart settlement with a political ally, allowed another to get dumped by the agency she oversaw, and now have publicly feuded with Barofsky. Earlier, they tried to limit his authority by claiming that Barofsky didn’t work independently of Treasury, which got a stern letter from Senator Charles Grassley. It looks as though the White House has declared war on transparency, and especially the IGs who exist to provide it.

Welcome to Obama's America. Remember when these folks called themselves the reality-based community?

I simply do not know what to say. Or something.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

The best news of today ...

is that Mr. Tony is coming back to radio.

For those who don't know, Tony Kornheiser, formerly of the Washington Post and Monday Night Football, still of Pardon the Interruption on ESPN, hosts the best radio show ever. Since he's been hosting MNF, it's only been on from January through June, to allow for his travel. Now that he's done with that, he can return to the format where he's done arguably his best work (although this book of his WashPost sports and Style columns makes a compelling case otherwise).

Here are some highlights from the old show, which is basically a crabby, old, rich, famous, Jewish guy complaining about everything while listening to old music and asking for free stuff. And it's hilarious.

I'm so excited, y'all.

Settling in

I'm going to give Blogger a try. You can see a handful of posts on my old blog here.

Hello, world

You know the drill.