Commissions:

Obama erred when he called for a "national commission" to understand the causes of the BP mess. Clearly, a "blue ribbon commission" is what's needed here. Major Obama fail. ref:

There was a great episode of "The Simpsons" a few years ago, in which the city of Springfield was looking to local officials to address a crisis. Mayor Joe Quimby, anxious to give the appearance of action without actually doing anything, announced the creation of a "blue-ribbon commission." Lenny responds earnestly, "Did he say a blue-ribbon commission?" -- prompting Carl to say, "Well, you can't do any better than that!"

posted by Quiddity at 6/15/2010 09:30:00 PM