George Bush just finished his speech before the UN. Not bad, I guess, although he didn't exactly sound inspired (I'm listening on the radio). The hosts are now expressing their mystification at the large portion of the speech dedicated to the international sex trade industry.

It seems fairly obvious to me that, having laid out the case for the War on Terror, YET AGAIN, he was ready to move on to some new issue that everyone could get behind. I mean, how much more can be said about Iraq and Terror? Not much, and he hit all the main points anyway. The rest of the speech struck me as an attempt at conciliation with the UN Body. "OK, I know we don't all agree on that, but just to remind you that the US is not a one-issue nation, let's discuss these other important issues..." Subtext: Here's something you guys might actually be able to handle... Sort of like when you've been having an argument with someone and for the sake of the friendship you change the subject to something else you both can agree on. The UN just isn't good at dealing with guns and bombs. Now the sex-trade industry...that those UN diplomats know about.

Update: Cox & Forkum, of course: