BLAIR TO SHED LEGACY AS BUSH’S POODLE

This week, Prime Minister Tony Blair witnessed a historic meeting between the two opposing parties whose conflict fueled decades of violence in Northern Ireland. The old enemies—Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the Rev. Ian Paisley—agreed to enter a power-sharing government that is set to begin on May 8. This landmark agreement is said to be the crowning achievement of Blair’s 10 years in office and the fulfillment of a crucial objective for his legacy. "I worked on this effin' agreement for the last six years so I wouldn't have to be Bush’s poodle anymore,” he told an aide. “Now I'm an Irish setter," he beamed.