Is There a Ministry of Syntax?

A: "Didn't she tell you they have a department that handles syntax?  Probably an entire ministry."

B: "The Ministry of Getting Words Right?"

A: "Or it could be a branch of the Ministry of Making Things Up and Bamboozling People"



......none of these are worth investing adjectives on."

.....

That's what I admire about you politicians; figures at your fingertips, debates won at the drop of a made-up number."

From Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Collin Cotterill

"The politician's nightmare:  a requirement to give a straight answer."
From Imperium by Robert Harris

for the artist in you:
the cartoon is from worldpolicy.org, a tribute to Hocusai 's "Great Wave"

image from wikipedia