You've gotta love this comment by Eli Stephens:

And while we're on the subject of language, how many more times and from how many more people (both politicians and media dutifully following George Bush's orders to report the "good news") are we going to hear that re-opening schools and hospitals in Iraq and restoring electricity service to its pre-war levels is "progress"? To use an analogy I've used before, isn't this like sticking a knife in someone's back and then claiming that it's "progress" when you pull it out?