The caption reads: "Lens flare caused by a spotlight forms a circle around U.S. President George W. Bush as he speaks at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky May 19, 2006. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" The lens flare is not a light bulb going off in Bush's brain. Personally I think it looks like a thought balloon yet to be filled with something. He's been insulated from new or alternative ideas all along, as the photo might also seem to illustrate. I know we didn't hear any new ideas in the NKU speech. The gist of the speech was that America needs to remain competitive in a changing global economy. Sounds good. Competitive at any cost? We are constantly reminding our global neighbors that preemptive military aggression is never off the table. Note that a good bit of the speech was dedicated to justifying our continued aggression in Iraq. I wish he would spend more time thinking about and talking about increased support for math and science education, which received less attention though billed as the thrust of the talk.

H/T to Pendagon

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