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2010 Satire

	The Political Theater
Gold Medal Spending	Bad Weather
Re-Plumbing the Laws of Economics	Connecting the Dots

2009 Satire

The Yawning Deficit	All Due Respect
Too Much Debt?	No Shortage of Blame
Recalling the Facts	LaLa Land
Inconvenience Matters	The Washington Conflict
The Promise Gap	Milk of Amnesia
Cap and Trade	Freedom's Independence Day
Deep Concern	Summer Blahs
Ups and Downs	The Road to Recovery
Your Two Cents	Seeing the Big Picture
The Great State of Confusion	Where's Rock Bottom?
Lack of Clarity at The Horizon	Whole Lots of Nothing
Ponzi Schemes Unlimited	Liquidating The Economy

2008 Satire

Will Somebody Do Something?	Doom and Gloom
The Winds of Change	Cold Turkey
Riding The Market	Rescuing The Wall Street
Taken to The Cleaners	Branding Conformity
Allied Bombs	Magic Carpet Rides, Inc.
The Mattress Bank	Managing The Universe
Subprime Reasons	A Rock and A Hard Place
Exercising Ambition	Stock in The Future
Distraction, Inc.	Searching for the Fountain of Smart
Thinking Caps	Eating Your Lunch
Poll Call	Or Your Money Back
Subsidized Shivering	Anyone for President?

2007 Satire

A Plague of Joy	All Spies Want for Christmas
Homeowner Makes Timely Mortgage Payment	CEOs Earn From Mistakes
Straight Arrow Reports Honest Operations	Experience No Longer the Best Teacher
Fate of Silver Linings Up in the Air	Denials Unlimited
A New Branch on the Family Tree	Campaign Promises: Made in China
Eating Your Own Cooking	No More Happy Endings?
The Great American Money Fairy	Banning Birthdays
Rising Problems, Sinking Solutions	Smiley-Face for President
Don't Look Back	And That's The Way It Is
Raking in the Leaves	Sleeping Real Estate
Pushing the Cart	Dancing Around The Truth
Laughter, Limited	No Complaints About Complaining

2006 Satire

No More Naughty or Nice	Bias Boom
Miss Manners?	Pressimism
The Court of Public Opinion	Tell Me Why Again?
Say What?	Old News
The Trouble Magnet	Reading in the Car
Twosday	Got Personality?
Knock Knock	Buying Ethics
Fighting Reality	Creating a Crisis
Faster Than a Speeding Government	Star Warnings
A Worry A Day	Up On the Down Side
Hitting the Numbers	Hello?
Regulating Resolutions	Hot Air

2005 Satire

	Rudolph's Pay Under Scrutiny
Cluttering Up the Economy	One Potato, Two Potato
The Truth About Lying	Quiet Please
Declining Responsibility	Samson & Delilah, 2005
Propaganda, Inc.	Brain Check
They're Everywhere!	How Insulting!
The Magic Account	The Mule Rule
Retrodiction	In a Word
Snoozing Profits	Save Your Breath
The Answer Factory	The End of History?
Stressing Stress	Deficit Inc.
Tomorrow is Soon Enough	You're Fired

2004 Satire

Selling Santa	Rudolph on Steroids
Mad Spend Disease	It's the Spending, Stupid
A New Take on Taxes	Pushing Luck
Confusion Did It	Hero for Hire
Holes in the Financials	Gotta Be Bad to Do Good
Politics as Usual	Geeks United
A Bean Counter in the White House?	Jumping to Conclusions
Outrage, Inc.	Laughing Stock
Markets Move on Sneeze Factor	Bunny Chow
TaxPro	The Stock Jock
Taxation With Representation	The Cupid Caper
Who's Controlling the Thermostat?	At The Appointed Hour

2003 Satire

Wanted: Elves	The Christmas Safety Act of 2003
Accounting for Leftovers	Fun At Work On The Wane
Phantom Strike Gives Market Fright	The Cookie Crumb Conspiracy
If Money Could Talk	Millionaires Lament Lack of Respect
Accountants Likely Cause of Blackout	An Accountant for Governor?
Accountants Star in New Reality Show	Accountants Sued for Being Too Opinionated
Accountants Demand National Pencil Day	New Tax Law Ruins Memorial Day for Thousands of Accountants

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