As the sun sets on the current presidential administration, the United States has inadvertently slipped into an economic recession rivaled only by the Great Depression. In an effort to counteract the downward spiral, President Bush and the U.S. Congress began to enact a series of industry-affiliated bailouts.

The first of these was the ambiguously-defined “Wall Street Bailout”, which involved donating $700 Billion dollars to various financial institutions. A few months later, Congress voted to bailout a flailing, oil-driven U.S. Auto industry, with a $17.4 Billion dollar transfusion.

The most recent faction to request a dip into the government’s ever-dwindling coffers is the pornography industry, citing the need for a $5 billion boost to an industry the country “couldn’t live without.” No word from Congress yet.

Despite its infinite wisdom and traditional foresight, Congress has failed to anticipate the imminent financial woes of a somewhat obscure trade that, nevertheless, accounts for millions of dollars in revenue and, therefore, a significant number of jobs.  For the last 9 years, this industry has been dependent on the current presidential administration for a good portion of its affluence.

The oil cartels? Nope.

Comedians.

From stand-up to literature to television sitcoms, no topic has created the continuous flow of innovative material as ‘Dubya’s’ Administration. Without him, economic pundits in the know should be anticipating a considerable loss of profits.

With his goofy facial expressions, frequent verbal blunders, creative usage of the English language, and frequent eccentric executive decisions, President George W. Bush has graciously provided the entertainment industry and general merchandisers with unimaginable quantities of raw, unembellished comedy.

The general populace is probably not aware of the extent of Bush’s influence.  Aside from unintentional humor on legitimate 24-hour news networks, Bush has also extensively infiltrated comedy news shows.  “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” has featured Bush and his antics just about every new episode for the last 9 years, rhapsodizing about everything from his decisions to his new words.

The Daily Show’s spin-off, “The Colbert Report”, adopted similar Bush-related topics, only approached from a conservative angle while not-so-subtly ridiculing them. Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”, also discovered comedy gold in his roundtable-discussion-styled talk show, utilizing Bush’s antics as the basis of many of his discussion topics.

While it is traditional for talk shows to utilize humor to ridicule a President, it is not everyday that his actions spur the development of animated sitcoms. Comedy Central’s “Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States”, which featured Lil’ Bush, Lil’ Cheney, Lil’ Rummy, and Lil’ Condi in roles reminiscent of the “South Park” gang.

Bush also inspired Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of “South Park”) to create the sitcom,  “That’s My Bush”, written in the style of a classic sitcom and supposedly not deviating far from the truth. Author and filmmaker, Michael Moore, has made a mint from the royaltie