{"id":2960,"date":"2008-10-07T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2008-10-07T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T18:20:53","slug":"700-billion-man-lex-luther","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2960","title":{"rendered":"$700 Billion Man (Lex Luthor)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/luther.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2961\" title=\"$700 Billion Man.\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/luther.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does anyone else find it just a little bit odd that the one man\u00a0solely\u00a0responsible for spending $700 Billion is a dead ringer for <a title=\"Wikipedia:  Lex Luther.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lex_Luthor\">Lex Luthor<\/a>? \u00a0<a title=\"US Treasury:  Neel Kashkari.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.treas.gov\/organization\/bios\/kashkari-e.html\">Neel Kashkari<\/a>, the Treasury&#8217;s assistant secretary for international affairs has been <a title=\"Washington Post:  Paulson picks interim head for rescue effort.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/06\/AR2008100600767.html\">chosen<\/a>\u00a0to lead the $700 Billion economic rescue effort. \u00a0Now I&#8217;m not questioning Kashkari&#8217;s (Lex Luther) age, though it is a mere 35 years, I am question his striking resemblance to a diabolic\u00a0megalomaniac\u00a0hell bent on world domination.<\/p>\n<p>Another minus in my book is the fact that he worked with <a title=\"www.nasa.gov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gove\">NASA<\/a> on the\u00a0<a title=\"NASA:  James Webb Space Telescope.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jwst.nasa.gov\/about.html\">James Webb Space Telescope<\/a>. \u00a0Now putting aside the fact that I despise NASA, this guy actually helped develop something that looks a hell of a lot like a space laser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/jwst_new1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2962\" title=\"James Webb Space Telescope\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/jwst_new1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Actual sketch from NASA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To recap:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Free reign over $700 Billion<\/li>\n<li>35 years old<\/li>\n<li>Looks like Lex Luthor<\/li>\n<li>Worked for NASA<\/li>\n<li>Has experience building Space Telescope that just so happens to look like a giant Laser.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;m just saying&#8230; this seems like a bad idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does anyone else find it just a little bit odd that the one man\u00a0solely\u00a0responsible for spending $700 Billion is a dead ringer for Lex Luthor? 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