Of course, shortly after I post computer trouble grips the office and I go into overdrive. (Fortunately, we should be upgrading our systems shortly and instances like this won't happen anymore.) So with the little time I have, all the newsy stuff I could come up with is this: the metro closing later. Still, the idea is great. How many times have friends said, "I'd stay later but the Metro's closing now..." This would remove that burden, or at least push it back another hour, which in my mind is a good thing. In addition, it would hopefully cut down on drunk drivers who're inspired to risk everything for a party. Back to the final hour...

Yes, occasionally, even I don't find the time to post some stuff. It happens, rarely. But then I find some great news and I try to be more diligent. That means more insightful commentary, more political thoughts and more raw numbers. Of course, the real reason I didn't have much time yesterday was that work was taking up a great deal of energy. But I'm a lunch now, and armed with caffeine and a roast beef sandwich, I'm going to scour the net for appropriate news.

And yes, I'm disappointed in the lack of district snow. I was hoping for more. The fact that it covered up the last round of dirty snow was a good thing, though.

Yes, the snow has struck again. Hopefully we could get up to 8 inches of the fluffy white stuff. I'll hold my breath...but it would be great if it continued to fall at this rate throughout the evening as temperatures fell. I've got some decent gossip to discuss, as well as the state of my worn-out body (I got slaughtered at an indoor soccer game last night)...but I'm running late as it is so it'll have to wait until I'm home this evening. Until then, enjoy the flakes!

Dana strikes again! This juicy article not only serves up the morsel that Karl Rove may have perjured himself, but expands on my post from yesterday about the Blue-Chip Economists who didn't appreciate Bush lying about them. Best part:

On Thursday, Bush implied that the private economists who participate in the "Blue Chip" forecast had based their estimates on his tax plan, saying his proposal "makes sense when analyzed by the economists behind the Blue Chip forecasts."

The survey's editor, Randell Moore, called the White House to complain that Bush "made it sound as if Blue Chip economic forecasters had endorsed his plan." The economists had assumed only that some generic stimulus would pass.

Newsday ran a headline shouting, "Editor: Bush Cited Report That Doesn't Exist." Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) said Bush is "making up imaginary supporters."

Yesterday, Bush softened his claim. "These economists predicted in the Blue Chip forecast that the economy would grow at 3.3 percent if Congress responded to a stimulative package," he said.

Moore proclaimed himself satisfied, adding: "Sometimes our president has a difficult time speaking."

You tell 'em Milbank.

On the This Must Be A Farce front, two quick links. The first is to a wake-up call to the administration: stop lying about things! When you say a group endorsed your proposal when they did no such thing, you risk turning people like Greenspan against you. Bad idea.

Second on the front is this terrific website which has been "Helping Americans prepare for fiery death" since a few days after the real ready.gov website went live. Since the real chance of dying is correlated strongly to panic, this humorous site could actually save lives. You've got to see it to believe it.

Good ole Stop and Stop fell down hard today. You'd think that companies would start to pay attention to their accounting practices. You'd think that the whole purpose of the business would be re-examined. Imagine if, in the wake of the death of the girl with the heart transplant, doctors at universities all over the country revealed that they never regularly checked blood type before doing a transplant operation. There'd be a cry from coast-to-coast to institute reforms of such a error-plagued system. (Fortunately, this isn't a problem.) Yet this is exactly what hasn't happened in accounting firms, or in the government designed to oversee these businesses. The result? Investors are basically gambling that companies aren't lying to them when they issue financial reports, or pulling out altogether. And, as one can tell, it's not just American companies, it's all over the world. Until someone steps in and cleans up this mess, the economy will continue to keep sliding down.