My Evil Scheme to Conquer the World

So I've been kind of busy recently.

Now that the world financial markets are collapsing, and the two major party candidates for the U.S. presidency are both hopelessly inept, I figure it's time to take things into my own hands. I've decided to conquer the world and subject all of humanity to my iron will.

Of course the first step is to get the seed money for my evil scheme. Shouldn't be too much of a problem. I downloaded a grant application from the National Endowment for the Arts, requesting $4 million "to build a lethal space laser as part of an avant garde performance piece."

I'll let you know how it goes.

Update: Application granted!