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The Olympics looks beautiful in HD on NBC, now if only the announcers would STFU. I was in Germany during the opening ceremony in Turin a few years ago. The coverage was great and the announcers said very little (well, it was in German, but it just seemed to be “next, Canada” and not a bunch of bullshit. It would also be cool if it was shown live. NBC has five or six HD channels on my cable system for the games. Could they not have shown some of this shit live? It is the 21st goddamn century. Sure I would have been at work but that’s what the DVR is for. Instead if I want to watch the games on my schedule I have to use bittorrent. The other benefit is I can skip the NBC blabfest. It is OK not to be constantly talking. Really.

Georgia on my mind. The US has the balls to say that Russia is using too much force in response to the situation in Georgia. If Montana shot down a US plane and wanted to join Canada, do you think the US wouldn’t do the same thing? Yes, the Russians are using too much force but the US lost its right to moral high ground long ago. I hope the loss of life is kept to a minimum (BBC is reporting there’s a ceasefire so that’s good).

Some may be shocked that John Edwards was cheating on his cancer-stricken wife. It doesn’t surprise me much. Even the nontypical politicians are typical politicians. The only thing that did surprise me was in his mea culpa interview he said he didn’t love the harlot he was fucking. Does that supposed to make it OK?

There are 85 days left until the Election. Although the popular vote doesn’t matter, it seems that Obama has lost whatever lead he may have had. With the red states staying red and the blue states staying blue it comes down to fuckup states like Ohio and Florida again. I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that McCain will win by an even narrower margin than Bush did. And McCain may lead us to look back fondly at the good old days of $5 gas and the dollar being worth 60 euro cents that Bush gave us. Even though Obama is the better candidate, America will probably elect McCain.

I want Obama to win. Although more of a traditional politician than his original “change” campaign indicated, he’d still turn this country around. Where I live, Obama will win in a landslide. Just like Kerry and Gore did. But I live in a state that will go McCain. I do feel that in a lot of places a lot of people are just a little too racist to vote for Obama. And the Republican machine that Karl Rove perfected will capitalize on that.

I really hope I’m wrong. I would love to wake up on November 5th knowing that after all the votes are in Obama won.

At least hostilities have ceased in the the cat wars. I need to thank Jimmy Carter for his hours of help in negotiating a settlement that both cats can live with.