Funny? True? Weird?

I saw this and found it funny. Mom saw it and didn't find it funny. What do you guys think?

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This post on economist Greg Mankiw's blog caught my eye (as something trivial enough to be mentioned here). The story is that when the Bush Administration went looking for a new Treasury Secretary, journalist Daniel Gross claimed that ..ah forget it..just read it in his own words
And watch the video too..It looked suspicious to me..You?

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I spell check my posts and the spell checker doesn't identify the word blog. How weird is that?