George W. Bush has just ordered the bombing of the Canary Islands

To quote this item at the Tallahassee Democrat:

"In an attempt to thwart the spread of bird flu, George W. Bush has just ordered the bombing of the Canary Islands."

I assumed this comment on their anonymous forum was a joke, albeit with equal good taste and tact to a Danish cartoon and Erika Peterman, Associate Editor of Tallahassee.com assures me that "The writer definitely was being sarcastic!"

Meanwhile, as local politicos are trying to convince us that there is no bird flu risk as the islands are "not a stopping off place for migrating birds." (and they're failing miserably, as far as I am concerned), of course we do know the islands are a stopping off place for not so secret CIA flights and that particular cat was released from its bag by Tenerife spotters. Disconcerting, no?

Normally, I'd rate GWB's chances of finding the Canary Islands roughly on a par with his ability to find WMD, however, perhaps George Bush DOES read Scribbles from Tenerife, after all?

Tags: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Canarias, Bush, Avian flu, Bird Flu