26 October 2006

The costliest pizza in history, whichever way you slice it.

David Remnick, in The New Yorker article about Bill Clinton has this observation about how history unfolded:

"...if Monica Lewinsky hadn’t been on pizza duty during the government shutdown of 1995 (and Clinton not so predisposed to share the snack) there might never have been a Bush Presidency at all, or a hyped case for war in Iraq, a botched occupation, a skyrocketing budget deficit, a morally and bureaucratically bungled reaction to Hurricane Katrina, and a loss of American prestige around the world. His kingdom for a slice!"

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