To the Democrats and Mr. Giannoulias, Mr. Kirk is a liar, a reference to his admissions that he inflated parts of his record of military service in the Navy Reserve.
Some caterpillars have the ability to inflate parts of their heads to appear snake-like.
The former Navy Reserve officer apologized for inflating parts of his military record, including claims he came under enemy fire in Iraq, that he ran the Pentagon war room and that he was the Navy's intelligence officer of the year.
And one of the few seeming bright spots of the Bush-era economy, rising homeownership, is now revealed as the result of a bubble inflated in part by financial flim-flam, which deceived both borrowers and investors.
The only thing left is to find a new overly inflated body part to revere.
Enter Mr. Abe, who has been pressuring the Bank of Japan into seeking higher inflation — in effect, helping to inflate away part of the government's debt — and has also just announced a large new program of fiscal stimulus.
In Japan's case, you can think of what's happening as a growing belief on the part of investors that Japan will end up inflating away part of its debt.
It should go without saying, but if you do have a desire to inflate any part of your body remember to seek out a professional.
Britain is not like that: the north-south divide is in large part inflated and illusory – to a great extent, down to our broken voting system.
