The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The motion has been made and seconded that we stick our heads in the sand.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day
--What a Beautiful Mornin', from Oklahoma!

Where ignorance is bliss
‘Tis folly to be wise
--On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Thomas Gray

The Tallahassee Democrat (3/29/07, pg. 9A) ran a small sidebar column featuring the "latest news" from the AP out of Iraq. The two juxtaposing blurbs were:

[1] "Shiite militants and police went on an anti-Sunni shooting rampage, killing as many as 70 men execution-style."

[2] "U.S. Officials remained cautiously optimistic about the Baghdad security crackdown, now in its seventh week."

How will we know when things take a downturn? What do they call a "Bad Day"?

Does this strike anyone else as incautiously crazy?