Cicadas drive BBC reporter insane

Matt Frei, a "so called " BBC Washington correspondent, has been driven insane by the emergence of cicadas during their 17 year life cycle. How else do we account for this incomprehensible rubbish from his most recent ramblings from the US.

From The BBC.

In his latest column for BBC News Online, Matt Frei talks about the invasion of the 17-year cicadas in Washington and the swarm of bad news for President Bush.

Frei devotes over half of this article to how his kids have reacted to the emergence of cicadas in Washington and tries to tie this "biblical plague" with Bush and Iraqi oil. These guys have far too much time on their hands, The BBC is paying them too much and they don't have a clue what they are talking about.

You want proof they have too much time on their hands?

I am still waiting for the day when the cicadas swarm around the windows of the Oval Office.

Now comes the "mating" of the cicada swarm with Bush. Sorry, I couldn't resist and had to join in the insanity.

This is just as well since it is dealing with its own swarm - of bad news.

Wow! A swarm you say? Wonder what "swarm of bad news" Frei is referring to?

Who would have thought a year ago that Iraq would turn to be the Achilles' heel of this administration, that the economy would be booming, but no one would notice, and that the biggest single gripe of the American people would be the rocketing prices at the gas pump.

While the nation may be split on the Iraq war, just as they are on the candidates, it is hardly an Achilles' heel.

Frei must be the only one in the US who hasn't noticed the economy booming. Jobs, spending and consumer confidence are up. source

If rising gas prices are the "biggest single gripe" of Americans then obviously Iraq cannot be an Achilles' heel.

Do you think Frei is being impartial here? Even he admits he is not impartial.

An irony as sweet as the Basra "sweet, light" crude!

Notice the exclamation point? See, insanity can make you giddy.

In my last article I chastised the BBC's "so called" reporters for not knowing what they are talking about. Frei obliges us with more ignorance.

This oil, essential, as it is for making petrol, is now not flowing in sufficient quantities through US refineries due to a number of clinically precise terror attacks on a very important pipeline in Iraq.

Really? Well I guess the folks at Bloomberg just don't know what the hell they are talking about then.

Iraqi Oil Exports Unaffected by Sabotage to Southern Pipeline

May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Iraqi oil exports are unaffected by an explosion on a pipeline caused by saboteurs in the south of the country, said Kifah Numan, deputy director-general of the South Oil Co., which operates oil production and exports in the area.

Saboteurs attacked a pipeline south of Basra, the country's second-largest city, causing a leak and fire, Numan said. The fire is now out, he said, without giving more details.

``Exports have not been affected,'' Numan said by telephone from Basra. ``There was an explosion, which caused a leak and a small fire, but the fire is out.''

That's it, that is the swarm of bad news? Get a grip Frei, the cicadas are swarming in your head mate.