Paul Krugman's op-ed piece about Chimpy's carrier landing photo-op in yesterdays New York Times should not be missed:

Mind you, it was funny. At first the White House claimed the dramatic tail-hook landing was necessary because the carrier was too far out to use a helicopter. In fact, the ship was so close to shore that, according to The Associated Press, administration officials "acknowledged positioning the massive ship to provide the best TV angle for Bush's speech, with the sea as his background instead of the San Diego coastline."

A U.S.-based British journalist told me that he and his colleagues had laughed through the whole scene. If Tony Blair had tried such a stunt, he said, the press would have demanded to know how many hospital beds could have been provided for the cost of the jet fuel.

Well, that's the press in England for ya. Here in this country the press cheers and enjoys the moment instead of asking a lot of dumb questions.