White House Liaison to Hollywood?

If you haven't heard by now, Kal Penn, the actor who most notably played Kumar in the Harold and Kumar movies, is now on the government payroll as the White House Liaison to Hollywood. His official title in the Obama administration is "Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison" and will be responsible for outreach efforts to Hollywood, arts group, and the Asian-American Pacific Islander groups. Does anyone else think that this is a waste of taxpayer money? And even if there were even a remote need for a position like this, the Obama administration could not find another more qualified person for the job?

For starters, I don't see why Hollywood needs any additional representation in society and politics. Actors, directors, producers, and other players in the business have ties to enormously strong political lobbies, most of which are on the liberal spectrum. What more outreach is needed to this already hugely influential bloc of society? Then there's the question of the Asian-American Pacific Islander matter. How is it that a person who is responsible for outreach to arts groups also responsible for outreach to an ethnic group? I don't understand how the arts and Asian-Americans are related in any fashion.

For all I know, this may prove to be a great move by the Obama administration and Penn can do influential things during his tenure in the White House. But I have my huge doubts that this is yet another example of the Obama administration's growth of bureaucracy in the federal government and wasteful spending. Even if there were some good things to come out of this (I can't imagine what that may be...), I don't think the benefits outweigh the costs, especially when Pres. Obama is tackling a bajillion number of issues already.

But enough ranting about useless political banter. Baseball season is upon us, and school is three weeks away from being over. Let the good times roll.