The Beeb lets us know that the UN have chosen their Tsunami Relief envoy–Bill Clinton. Call me cynical (“Hi, Cynical!”) but don’t you get the immediate, gut reaction that had this been the Russian Far East tsunami disaster instead of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster with sun and sand at every photo op, he might have passed?

I like Bill better than our current President, but you always wonder about the frat-boy angle to everything when you hear him in the news. That’s why I miss him–he did more to undermine the idea that politics should be an important part of life than any libertarian could ever dream.