Measure Twice

President Obama announced his clean-energy initiatives, at a Home Depot, that will help create more than 700,000 jobs and allow the U.S. to double its renewable-power generation in three years.

That's according to a memorandum from his Veep Joe Biden.

James Taranto found this in the footnotes...

All of the job estimates used in this document correspond to jobs that last for one year. Of course, some jobs could last longer--in this case the number of distinct jobs would be reduced proportionately. For example, a project that employs one person for two years would count as creating two jobs.

Howie Long appears in a commercial where he states...don't blame the carpenter, blame the tool.

In this case the carpenter, Biden, is the tool and the scientific community is united in that fact.