By their fruits ye shall know them...

I was looking at this mess at Money.CNN.com and forcing myself to repeat the words "Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" in my head to see if I could get it to parse, but nope, it still sounds like gibberish.

Christopher Dodd and Barney Frank, a pair of career tax leeches on the cursus dishonorum, neither of whom has soiled their patrician hands with an honest day's work in their life, are going to bring sense to financial markets and look out for the well-being of the little guy? Yeah, right. Let's try some other equally likely-sounding pairings:

• Marx & Engels' Comprehensive Guide to Investment Planning


• The Gacy and Dahmer Show: Fun & Easy Cooking With Kids!


• The Jack T. Chick School of Molecular Biology

Oh, and another federal agency out of the bargain, just full of sinecures and pensions to secure, petty fiefdoms to expand and vigorously defend, and, no doubt, their very own SWAT team.