(Photo snatched from here.) Here's a pattern you can download to get your deflector/protectors ready before the State of the Republican Union address next week.

You probably could have used them this morning. I didn't, because the mute button provides all the protection I need, leaving me free to safely observe Bush's tik-y head and jaw thrusts, smirks and scowls. One wonders, though, could this inconvenient fact have anything to do with the press conference this morning? Or perhaps this?

You know, everytime Bush says "I didn't break the law," well, it brings back such fond memories...