Whether you have personally experienced it or not, everyone pretty much gets the brother-in-law who keeps borrowing money with no intention of repaying it. Each time, though, there is a mighty excuse for why the last time did not work, but this time it definitely will. So you lend him the money, and everyone you know slaps their foreheads and says “Dude, seriously, he’s an idiot. You gotta stop believing this crap.”

The Czar says that hot on the heels of President Obama’s assurances that passing his health insurance reform act will boost the economy.

Just like the stimulus program will boost the economy. But that did not work because the Bush administration screwed it up.

Just like the financial regulations will improve the economy. But that failed because Wall Street greed cared little for Main Street.

Just like cap and trade would create thousands of jobs. But that stalled in Congress because of partisan politics.

Just like Cash for Clunkers would repair the economy. But that crippled the manufacturers for the next two years because Americans got greedy.

And now, for sure, passing a $900 billion dollar boondoggle—that the clear majority of Americans are opposed to—will kickstart the economy.

Dude. Seriously.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.