WHAT I’VE NOTICED IS THAT THERE’S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE: After U.S. economy slows to crawl, analysts hope the reason is the season.

What IowaHawk has noticed is that the same people who are telling us that the economic slowdown is because of the extraordinarily cold winter are also telling us that this is the hottest year on record.

UPDATE: From the comments: “The Soviets blamed the weather for 75 consecutive poor wheat harvests; it seems churlish to deny this excuse to the Obama administration after just 7 years.” Fair point!