Alas now on a less topical note, I was all ready to unleash a sniggering line or two upon hearing news that the Bush adminsitration “announced a $7.1 billion strategy yesterday to cope with a possible influenza pandemic” (NYT, 2nd November 2005). Perhaps my tickling of the world’s funny bone would take the form of
How do you spell HALLIBURTON?
A-v-i-a-n-b-i-r-d-f-l-u.
But reality is so much more unfunny than we gave it credit for. Dick’s done, don’t you see? It’s Donald’s turn. Rumsfeld’s growing stake in Tamiflu
