[Thebaddog]

I found this on the Chicagoist site. I'm not sure its real or not, but I wanted to put it to the FR jury for reality testing.

[catnipman]

As difficult as it is to imagine, this grant is no joke:

http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=2903&AwardType=Grants

BTW, I'm sure that most of you here remember that in "1984", machines were used to churn out "novels", "art", and other "creative" products for the masses. Almost 30 years late, but the Obammunists are going to give it a shot (using your credit card of course).