Stimulus watchdog Earl Devaney has taken to his blog to clear up some “misconceptions” about the stimulus bill— “misconceptions” that came to light, oh, about a year ago. No word on why he’s using a Pony Express time table to respond to criticism or how that might reflect on his ability to accurately chart where $900 billion dollars is flowing daily into nooks and crannies all over the country. I’ll leave that to your judgment for the moment.

I have no problem with the chairman clearing the air on what he thinks was misreading of bad data. The press and people learning to parse government data is as much of a learning process as the government learning to actually deliver accurate data, and Devaney’s more than welcome to offer guidance. Although, it’d probably be more helpful if he did it less than a year after the fact.