Talking Heads

Two thoughts about the whole Saddam capture.

First of all, it's good. It's a great morale booster for the troops over there, but what it means beyond that remains to be seen. I have already begun tuning out all the analysis about what this will do to the region and the 2004 election. Time will tell. The only thing that interested me was someone saying that this is a golden opportunity for the Bush administration to get back the support of the UN and everyone else they pissed on over the past 18 months. But for the moment this isn't about Bush and the 2004 horse race. I'm just glad a bad guy got caught and will be brought to justice. Okay, one tyrant down, 234 to go.

Secondly, what ever happened to Dru Sjodin? On Saturday morning her disappearance was still the top, above-the-fold story in the Star Tribune. But now that Saddam is captured, it's like she never existed. It's things like this that makes it very easy to be cynical about the way news is packaged and sold.