Georgian President runs for cover

This is how intense the situation is.




Granted Georgia is a small, small country compared to Russia. But imagine if you were living in Memphis, Tennessee and your country is under attack and you turn on the television. On that tube you see President George Bush guarded by 50 heavily trained and armed guards.

Some foreign planes fly over head of the white house and George Bush scrambles for his motorcade to take him to the airport and hop on Air Force One. You hear screaming and shouting and automatic fire.

This is what it has to be like for the Georgians. Earlier, not on my blog, I made a joke that the Russians were after our peaches when this thing first broke out. (yes a very poor joke) But I pray for each Georgian. Not only for their lives but for their way of life.

You can call the Americans hypocritical for invading Iraq and setting up a Democracy, like they've done in Afghanistan, Germany, whatever. But that's completely different from what the Russians want to accomplish. Georgians will be assimilated back into the Russian populace and they wont have the freedom to elect like Iraq, Afghanistan, and those countries like them have. They will be met with death, hunger. They will become poorer and scared of their invaders.

Things in Iraq haven't gone the way they should have. War is not pretty. It never is, but the Russians will have no remorse and will rule with an iron hammer and sickle.

The YES Dance

just wow...






Let's do the fork in the garbage disposal! DING DING DING DING DING DING DING DING -- stop! I've lost my contact! rofl...

US Boxer out of the Olympics

Already a sad note for Team USA Boxing. Gary Russell Jr., expected to be a medal contender passed out earlier before weigh-ins.

Russell Jr. was attempting to weigh in at 119 lbs, when he's been fighting at 125 lbs. Coaches have noticed that he's been sweating less and his recent collapse is assumed to be due to dehydration. An Intravenous was inserted into the athlete and he is feeling much better. Although he's very depressed, he just wants to go home.

This comes as a big blow to Team USA Boxing since they're already bringing a team that is very small. A team which hasn't been this small since the 1948 London games.

Story: Sports Illustrated

Russia Invades Georgia

No... Not Georgia in the United States. But just wow. I know tensions are always tough between Russia and the countries who have broken apart from the former soviet union but I just didn't see this one coming. Probably do to my own blindness to the region.



Georgia's president said today that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict. The United States is calling for an immediate cease-fire.

I find it extremely hypocritical that the United States is calling for a cease fire. I mean, it's sweet and all but honestly, we invade two countries, one of which Russia invaded once before but now we have the right to tell another country that they should cease all military actions?

What a bummer note on an exciting day

Story: CNN

Is it really THAT bad?

Why yes, yes it is.

Yesterday my friend The Pajama Pundit brought up his point of view on the whole "apology" from cyclists who got off a plane when landing in China wearing smog masks.



The Chinese government was very offended and the cyclists were forced to give an apology for being concerned about their health which showed "great disrespect" to the Chinese government and all their hard work and years spent on cleaning up the pollution.

So I asked myself, since I don't live in Beijing, is it really that bad?

This brought me to a youtube clip after a few seconds of "intense" research. Although the clip here at CNN is much worse and only a few days ago, this video below shows you just how bad the pollution is in Beijing, China.

Should the cyclists have apologized? Not a chance in hell. But who knows, you should respect those who don't respect other humans, am I right?




And in a somewhat related story, an athlete had his visa revoked by the Chinese. It's the writer that makes this story worth while.

Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist Joey Cheek has had his visa revoked by the Chinese embassy, hours before the speedskating champion was set to fly to China. And he wasn't even planning on wearing a mask when he got there.

Goodyear

So how can you turn a bad year into a good one? Easy, go to Goodyear.

It's no secret to some that being a stay at home father means sacrificing some things. There is only one car, one parent working, one income. So money isn't always available when you need it the most.

It's been a very difficult year and at times things only look to get worse when your economy is getting as bad as it is. But sometimes there's just people out there that make a bad year into a good one.

My tire on my driver side was extremely bad and I've been limping it along to my wife's work and my kids school for the past couple of weeks. Thankfully my wife works about 2 miles from the house and the kids are about the same distance in the other direction.

Goodyear was kind enough to not only fill my tire with air over the past week but to give me a used "new" tire for no charge until we get paid on Saturday.

Here's the kicker to some. The entire facility is filled with Iranians. So for those who think that all Iranians are nothing but horrible people who are hell bent on the destruction of the world... you may want to look at the people a little closer.

Granted there are people who are in control of that country who are relatively dangerous for many of those around them, but so is this countries leaders.

So thank you to those nice men and woman at Goodyear.

When too many conspiracy theories rot your brain

This lady... just wow.