For the Record

As plenty of others have noted, the revelation that Bush and Blair lied to start the Iraq war is no great surprise--neither is especially the United States's media blindness to the memo in question, which you can read for yourself right here.

But, stories about Laura Bush's ghostwritten jokes sense of humor and timing and/or brides getting cold feet are about the speed of our media these days...while lying about wars that kill thousands are off the radar screen.