October 21, 2005

  • Speaking of Russian drama kings: Russian MP Calls Bird Flu "American Provocation"

    A deputy of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic faction of the
    Russian State Duma, Aleksei Mitrofanov, has said in a parliamentary
    speech that bird flu was invented by Americans who wanted to dominate
    the world’s poultry markets.



    “There is no such thing as bird
    flu, just as there is no AIDS, tulip or mad cow disease,” Mitrofanov
    was quoted as saying by the Rosbalt news agency.



    “It is a
    provocation by Americans. They want to eliminate all chickens in Europe
    so that we have to import ’Bush’s legs’,” he said. “Bush’s legs” is a
    Russian saying for deep frozen chicken thighs massively imported from
    the U.S. under President George Bush Sr.

    Dang!  He's onto us.