Every single piece of communication and action taken as a result of this whole boondoggle reads like satire. If I read an account of these events on the Onion,

Every single piece of communication and action taken as a result of this whole boondoggle reads like satire. If I read an account of these events on the Onion, I'd think maybe they'd taken the satire too far; to the point of ridiculous that passes suspension of disbelief.