OK, my blog is starting to see dead people, and that’s enough for today. You guys quit dyin’ out there already. Here’s a quote:

“It doesn’t matter if you yourself are among the medal winners, what matters is that you represent yourself and your sport and our great country with class and dignity, come what may.”

— Former U.S. President George Bush to American athletes getting ready for the Olympics in Athens.

What a crock, huh? Fire ’em up, George! America’s amoral collapse, at the hands of Junior, has made us the normative whipping boy of the planet. And losing medals to the Coalition of the Unwilling and Morally Superior won’t insprire them to show up for the ass-kicking in the middle east. We might as well continue our national arrogance in Athens. To do otherwise only protracts the Fall of the New Rome beyond what’s aesthetically tolerable. We just ain’t good entertainment anymore.

If this doesn’t draw a few comments, y’all must be sleepin’ through the blog.