It has passed on, it has ceased to be, expired and gone to meet its maker. It is a stiff. Bereft of life it rests in peace. It has kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile. IT IS AN EX-PARROT!!
All of this by way of welcoming its former proprietor, Signor Ferrari, whose first post can be found directly below this one. Signor Ferrari asked me to convey this message on his behalf:
“My dear President Bush, when will you realize that in this world today isolationalism is no longer a practical policy?”