STFU!

This blogger finds the announcers at the Vancouver Olympics (Bob Costas and crew) intensely annoying... and no more so than their coverage of the mens' skiing, and Bode Miller. A favorite in Torino (2006) Miller struck out and did not medal.

OK, no biggie! However, he apparently he committed the sin of not showing sufficient contrition for his "failure." So, although he was risking life and limb hurtling down the course while we (his U.S. fans) were sitting with our fat asses firmly ensconced in our Lazy-Boy's stuffing our faces with snacks, Miller did not apologize for 'letting us down.'

Costas and crew kept harping on this ad nauseum... What B.S! STFU!

Update

During the presidential campaign season in 2008 there was momentary speculation that (then) Senator Obama might pick Evan Bayh (D-IN) as a running mate... The July 7th, 2008 entry, 'Keep it safe... and gray!' remarked that Bayh would be a safe, although a very bland, choice. In the end Obama went for Biden.

Well now Bayh is fading out from the Senate... not seeking re-election, see 'Not His Father's Son' Choice quote: "Good riddance to Evan Bayh, who set out to be every Republican's favorite Democrat -- and mostly succeeded."

Random charts

Source: Obama’s Ratings Are Flat, Wall Street’s Are Abysmal.

Fail!

Musical chairs...

... or who gets stuck with the blame for the economic crisis! (a pictorial representation...) Greedy bankers!

Just in time...

Picture credit: armystrongstories.com

The July 12th, 2008 entry 'Lobbing (more than bombs)' cast a jaundiced eye on reporting on IRAM "lob" bombs... their "sophistication," their purported tie to Iran, etc. Now, as the issue of Iran's enrichment activities is heating up and leading to sanctions, as pressure is being ratcheted up, we get ... reports of IRAMs... "a rarely used weapon that U.S. intelligence officials say is connected to Iran."

Previous related blog entries:
"Sophistication" - Jan 17th, 2010
The pattern continues II - Dec 27th, 2009
Backward Iraqis - Apr 28th, 2008

Another view...

The April 10th, 2009 blog entry 'More disarmament' evaluated the good, the bad, and the 'ugly' of President Obama's Prague speech, and concluded: "... it remains to be seen how serious this effort really is, and how well it will be translated into concrete actions. The augurs in this regard may not be that good. As a speech, an 'A', otherwise mark this down as 'TBD.'"

Given his recent request for a large budget increase spending on nuclear weapons, some are asking how this squares with his call for nuclear disarmament.... The Obama disarmament paradox says: "... how is the president's budget compatible with his disarmament vision? The answer is simple: There is no evidence that Obama has, or ever had, any such vision. He said nothing to that effect in Prague. There, he merely spoke of his commitment "to seek . . . a world without nuclear weapons," a vague aspiration and hardly a novel one at that level of abstraction. He said that in the meantime the United States "will maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal to deter any adversary, and guarantee that defense to our allies..."

A little too severe, even for this skeptical blogger...