[dominic7]

Exactly I guess that the name comes from Jonathan Swift who wrote A Modest Proposal and Gulliver's Travels.

http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/contents.html


Swift is considered by some to be the father of modern satire.

[ravingnutter]

From a search:

The Swift Report

"News and Views -- Before You Need Them," from satirist Deanna Swift.

About Search Results, Political Humor

[ravingnutter]

I also found the story in the following link on their website...

White House Exploring 'Rapture' Contingency Plans

Now that story is hilarious!

And since we still have folks commenting on the original story posted here...I guess we better yell a little louder...

IT'S SATIRE Y'ALL!!!!