On the menu this past week: Sore Throat, Running Nose and Hearty Coughing Fits... The best of states for lucid punditry you would agree.

When the little guy goes off the script
There we go again, first it was the naughty saddamites (about 12 0r 13 of them) who were repsonsible for the rather impolite reaction to american liberation. Then it was the arab/foreign fighters too hateful to stand the sight of peacfeul free irakis playing monopoly with all-american heroes. Then it was the sunni triangle of square-headed stubborn bitter irakis who hated to see the balance of power restored in favour of the shia majority.
And now for the next trick: The latest shia uprising is by a fanatic militia, followers of a demented clerik who is causing needless trouble and making life hard for his fellow american-loving citizens. The american press has gone wild over the need to "Defang" this heretic and the Pentagon doesn't do ambiguity: "This will not be tolerated".