Let’s face it – you’ve got a 25% chance of getting it right without being a credentialed meteorologist.  And much like MTV giving up music videos in favor of programs like The Real World and The Hills, the Weather Channel gave up forecasting the weather in favor of reruns of 1998′s Storm of the Century as if one dude standing ankle deep in the surf during a hurricane looks different from one year to the next.

If only the major news organizations and auto companies could run the federal government the way they’ve run their businesses, we might finally have the kind of leadership that could layoff enough employees to fix the deficit and follow the Constitution:

The Weather Channel Federal Government , which NBC Universal bought in September, has laid off some of its staff. It is unclear how many people were cut or whether they are receiving a severance package.

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“The economic realities of recent months have created challenges for everyone in our business the federal government. In addition, when NBC Universal purchased the Weather Channel federal government earlier this year, we expected that there would be cost synergies as part of company reorganization.  While it is always difficult to lose valued employees, we are doing our best to minimize the impact, and remain committed to providing the highest quality content constitutionally limited programs that our viewers the taxpayers have come to expect from the Weather Channel Uncle Sam.”

There.  Fixed it.

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