George W. Bush gave a speech today on TV to announce the opening attacks on Afghanistan. The footage has been repeated over and over again showing Bush sitting in front of a rather ordinary window with Washington in the background (didn't look very secure to me...)

After seeing this footage a number of times I began looking out the window, watching cars go by. Then I noticed a number of white objects twirling around in the air out there, and wondered what they were. At first, it looked like those twirly acrobatic kites being flown off in the distance. They seemed too flippy to be birds, but that was the next thing I thought. Then I thought maybe they were out-of-focus bugs attracted to the window by the TV lights. Then I thought maybe they were some odd reflections generated by the TV crew. I never quite figured them out. What do you think?*

*Other than that I should get a life...