Our 'salmon’ moment

YOU could almost hear the coast-to-coast guffaws when, midway through the State of the Union address, President Obama poked fun at how convoluted and brain dead federal agencies can sometimes be. Deftly shifting to his standup-comedian-in-chief mode, Obama related his favorite crazy-government story: “The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while they’re in fresh water … but [laughter] the Commerce Department handles them when they’re in salt water. [Laughter] I hear it gets even more complicated once they’re smoked. [Laughter and applause]” I suspect the American salmon population is wondering what the heck is going on, too. Heh.