Transparency of the Mind

According to CNN, that trusted, dear old mouthpiece of bad information and incompetence, Alan Greenspan doesn't think it's possible for Social Security benefits to remain at their present levels for more than three years or so. Yikes!
Yikes, that is, if Alan Greenspan actually knew anything about Social Security. The last time I checked, Greenspan was the chairman of the federal reserve, not the head of the GAO or of the Social Security Administration, nor is he a member of Congress, the body that passes the budget. So what, exactly, does he do? Apparently, he lives in some sort of preservative brine, in a large plexiglass vat, and he is fished out, dried off, and trotted out to mumble nonsense whenever the president needs a "reputable" face to sell his disastrous policies. Or, I suppose, whenever NBC news zombie Andrea Mitchell, Greenspan's wife (don't hear too much from NBC about that, do you?) needs a partner to forage for fresh brains.
If Greenspan is an "expert" on Social Security, a complex financial program he doesn't actually know anything about (as opposed to, say, the General Accounting Office, which knows quite a bit and says the program is just fine), then who else should speak up on policy matters? I suggest that the White House tap Karen Hughes for the State Department; Ken Lay for the Energy Task Force; John Negroponte for intelligence czar; Condolleeezzaaa Rice to Secretary of State; and some asshole who hates the UN to be ambassador to the UN! Shit, why not make Katherine Harris a congresswoman while you're at it! Ha ha ha ha ha ! HAAAaaaaa! Jesus, I'm killing myself here! Ha ha ha ha ha haaa!!
What? Oh. no. No fucking way...

We are so screwed.