This week's headlines were dominated by news from the Faux-lympics. China, which had long been famous for churning out phony products, can now stake claim to fake promises, fake fireworks, fake singing, and fake passports. And now come reports of even more fakery. It appears that children from China's dominant Han population were used in a key part of the Olympics opening ceremony, not youngsters from all 56 Chinese ethnic groups as originally claimed.
In contrast, American athletes are showing themselves to be the real deal. Our female gymnasts went gold-silver in the all-around and Michael Phelps is tearing up the pool, with 6 gold medals on his way to a record eight. The U.S. currently leads the overall medal count over China-- 44 medals vs. 38.
Georgia On My Mind: Russia invaded Georgia this week, brutally laying waste to major cities and destroying roads and critical infrastructure. The incident exposed the Medvedev farce, however, as Putin was clearly shown to be making critical decisions during the invasions. Unfortunately, George Bush's foreign policy incompetence left the U.S. unable to take any meaningful action in response. For years, W has needlessly poking a stick in Russia's eye, most recently pushing the missile defense system-- a system which most experts says won't work anyway.
Enquiring Minds Want To Know: Hate to say it, but a tabloid finally broke the long-rumored story of John Edward's affair. As some have said, if his infidelity had been exposed earlier, Hillary might have won the nomination.
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