Underscoring the gravity of the situation, President Bush convened an early morning meeting.

"Well, what now?"

I thought to myself, 'What am I doing?'

"Why should we lie about it?"

Would anyone really care?

"Who wants to celebrate?"

And why not?

"The days of finger pointing and schadenfreude are over."

Sound familiar?

"No one is entitled to anything."

At one point he urged everyone to do the “jazz clap,” on the off beat.

By Friday, he was no longer even paying attention.

Monty Python clearly owes a lot to this team.