The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced late last month that there had been 2,150 mass layoffs in the month of November alone, in which nearly a quarter of a million workers lost their jobs. Here in the responsibility era, Dubya's administration, deeply concerned, has announced swift, decisive action --- the BLS has been ordered to stop reporting on mass layoffs.

via Nathan Newman. And no, that's not satire, though as policy goes, you could certainly call it a joke...