Salon ran the following photo and asked readers to submit their captions. I’ve included a few of my favorite responses:

As Bono tells George W. Bush about the growing pandemic of AIDS in Africa, the president recalls that he “partied with some Africans once.” — William Wood

“Karl, I think the hairpiece and the glasses work. Just don’t speak to Judy Miller again.” — Mark Gorman

“I have you on my iPod. I like to listen to you while I am presidenting.” — Anonymous

President Bush invites Bono to sit behind the desk in the Oval Office, promises to be “right back.” — Bob Glickstein

“Hey, rock star, got any blow? I’m kidding! Totally kidding! Seriously, do you?” — Jeremy Resnick

Bono: “No, seriously, I don’t have any, haven’t done it since the ’80s.” Bush: “But you’d know where to get some, right?” — Stan Denski

Shortly after this photograph was taken, President Bush remarked to an aide that he was “surprised that the president of Ireland didn’t wear a tie.” — Dallas Hayes

“You’re shittin’ me — $35 for an eighth?” — Joe Francia

From Rhinocrisy:

Part of the project of overturning nationalism should involve moving away from ‘national histories’ told from the point of view of a single nation-state protagonist. Going from “this had nothing to do with us,” to “this was a tremendous tragedy for us” takes an important step: it broadens the meaning of us.

Brilliant.

In skewering the hapless George Will, Matthew Yglesias succinctly argues the emerging frame of strong government services as essential for the global competitiveness of US firms. This is a powerfully persuasive argument, and it has the added benefit of being completely right. Strong government services such as healthcare, unemployment insurance, and education have the effect of dynamic hedges against uncertainty in the shifting global marketplace, with benefits to both workers and firms. The Democrats would do well to begin picking up this frame and hammering it in while they have the chance.

New York Times:

The original map of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has disappeared. So the Senate had a new one drawn, in which ANWR is now arranged to more easily carve out large oil drilling plots. The intrigue begins:

Mr. Vandegraft said he had folded the map in half, cushioned within its foam-board backing, and put it behind the filing cabinet in the locked room for safekeeping. He said he was distraught when he learned of the loss. In its place in the original nook, he said, he found a new, folded piece of foam board similar to the old one - but with no map attached.

Some people have no shame.