Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

.....when during her visit, according to news reports, the sister of the new Iraqi vice-president was slain in a hail of bullets (his brother slain a month earlier), a civilian was killed by a roadside bomb near Kirkuk,  a bomb on a Baghdad bus killed four and injured 21, 2 people were killed and 4 injured in a roadside bombing on the outskirts of Baghdad, 15 executed Iraqi bodies were found dumped on a Baghdad street, a roadside bomb exploded in the Shiite village of Kharnabat, killing 3 and injuring 10, and 6 telephone company workers were executed in the town of Nakhib. Plus 2 Italian and 1 Romanian soldier were killed and over the past few days eight more U.S. troops were killed bringing the total U.S. dead to 2,390. Ah yes, Madam Secretary, we're having a grand old time in Iraq.