I’m combining all sorts of things here. From the mess that the OMB chief wants to whitewash, to Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sebelius’ comment that the money for healthcare is already there, only “misdirected” to overpaying for ham.

I did this one quickly. The original cartoon for Tuesday was a tribute to the moon landing with a gag by Ken Culotta. But I had a lot of trouble getting the art to work with the gag. As these stories converged, I made the decision to construct this and hoped it encompassed it all well.

Here’s the cartoon on Glenn Beck’s website.

After hearing Obama talk about the elderly making difficult choices and questioning whether a 105 year old should have medicine, and having a Science Czar who believe in Social Engineering, it seems we may not be far from this path.