Why are the olympics rubbing me the wrong way...

Hey all,

So everything was cool this morning...you know...doing the usual...waking up, gettin' ready for work and so on.......I turn on the TV and lo and behold....the beijing olympics opening ceremony on all its glory blazing on my screen.....

I gotta admit that i had my moment of thinkin' like a brainwashed dude: "oh how lovely....there IS hope for the world....everybody is together...we can all enjoy the olympics as a little gateway were sports are the only means thru which humans interact with each other...."

It all sort of came crashing down when i changed the channel to CNN...

Somebody at the Kremlin (Putin is in China you see...THE OLYMPICS!!) thought it was a great idea to invade a separatist province....and no..we're not talking about Chechnya....that's old school.....we're talkin' South Ossetia....in GEORGIA....which is, for all you people who are rusty in Geography (BIG HOLLA TO MS. BETTY!), a COUNTRY on its own right......which happens to be near Russia....

Gotta give it to the russians...when they say they'll provide support to their peacekeepers....they don't fuck around....they send a whole bloody tank division....

ok, ok....so let's put sarcasm aside for a second.....what's wrong with watching athletes that might or might not be doped with high tech/high performance substances? that ever since the Marion Jones fiasco....i can't help but think that somebody on the track, in the pool, on the field....is seriously doin' some heavy stuff...and the innocence and complete honesty of what the competition at the olympics meant has died.....medallas o cuello!!

I'd also like to point out that....in my humble opinion, if the chinese were so thorough in organizing what many call the "perfect" olympic games....couldn't we all as humans...fight for a "perfect" world? or plainly put, can't we all just get along?