Either J-hole Jindal or Fox News — or both, most likely — need a refresher on what happens after the President signs pieces of paper that are submitted to him by Congress. Because no one is ‘taking on the spending bill’ anymore, but one big bobble-headed blatherer in particular is talking smack about blocking access to federal funds to which citizens are entitled by law. That is — I hope — what the headline would be if it were Jennifer Granholm in Michigan. Can you imagine? No. You can’t, because that would be crazy talk for a Governor of a state with high unemployment, no industry, and lots of people needing housing assistance. Oh. Wait. Huh.

This, my friends, is the Bush legacy. Hyperbole, irrationality, and just plain idiocy. But you know this, man.

Here’s what I’m thinking: let’s sort out the questions of who defrauded whom of what before we start buying up worthless stocks willy nilly, shall we? The administration surely couldn’t want us to approve this enormous allocation of funds for liars and crooks. As several Senators posited yesterday, it’s not like the entire $700 billion-with-a-B is going to be spent in the next three months, right?

Unless folks are simply trying to enact a major public money grab ahead of official findings in criminal investigations and a handover of control of the government. That would be beyond the pale, though. You’d have to be a real crackhead to suspect something like that might be going on.