Jobs of the damned (part 2)...

''When Russia and the United States speak along the same lines, it tends to have an effect and therefore I appreciate the Russians' attitude in the United Nations,'' Bush said. ''We're close on recognizing that we got to work together to send a common message.'' ... Bush called the Russian leader's latest missile defense idea ''very sincere'' and ''very innovative." ... Earlier, Bush and the Russian leader piled into a powerful speedboat navigated by Bush's father -- former President George H.W. Bush. Under a bright morning sunshine, Putin and the Bushes roamed close to the shoreline around the Bush family's oceanfront estate for about an hour and a half.

A sincere missile defence idea, a boat, a rod, and thou Vlad. Did I dream this?

(Source: NYTimes, photo by Brian Snyder)