In Olympic news, a bobsledder inspired by the words of Ronald Reagan broke down the door that had him locked in his Olympic Village room. He got the Gold.
"Mr. Quinn...tear down that wall!"
Er, door. Reagan was getting senile in his second term. The Russians had X-number of years to prepare for these Olympics but in a lot of respects- like plumbing- it looks like they just started last month. There are toilets side by side for comrades going on the buddy system and lots of pictures of sinks without plumbing hardware. In some hotels the water isn't even up to West Virginia standards.
I suspect there were hundreds of millions of reasons to give Russia the Olympics just like there were hundreds of millions of reasons to hold the Super Bowl, outside, in New Jersey, in fucking February. OK, that worked out except for Denver and their fans. But, one snowstorm and it's a Snow Bowl and a disaster. Smart folks at the IOC could have granted Jersey this year's Olympics but they went for Sochi, a resort city with palm trees(!!!) on the Black Sea. There are mountains nearby which have snow but, it was taking a big chance at the high school dance. And there may not be hills in Jersey to ski but, there is Chris Christie.
I haven't watched any of it. I might end up seeing some since they just started but, aside from shoveling snow, winter sports aren't really my thing. Summer Olympic sports aren't either really. I admire the hard work that goes into being an Olympic athlete but, they aren't baseball players. The winter Olympics are a lot of figure skating too. Didn't Russia know how gay figure skating was when they decided to host? Or the 2 man luge? Canada had a very funny commercial about that.
Russia is giving our reichtards a serious run for their gay-hating money. In fact, Russia is giving our teatards a serious run for their regulations-hating money too. I don't think their are regulations in Russia regarding building, water, pollution, energy- or anything with a dollar sign attached to it. Only people's lives are regulated. It's a tea party dream. Well, no Second Amendment though. They actually know better than to let the people have guns.That AK47 that you may salivate and maybe even masturbate over was for export only all these years. But, that aside, Russia today might be the future of America under teapublican rule.
President Putin and his friends will make a lot of money on these Olympic games. His friends own Sochi and that's pretty much why it's the venue rather than anywhere else in Russia where snow is aplenty. I think the Russians invented "trickle down economics" by the way. They had it under Czarist rule and, despite propaganda to the contrary, they sure as hell had it after the revolution and all through the Soviet era. The peasants are always getting trickled down upon.
But, imagine an America where there is no regulation of business? You just imagined Russia, I imagine. I think our teabaggerz admire Putin for his treatment of gays and I think a lot of them might secretly relish a Putin/Palin ticket. Ya know, he can see her back porch from Russia. They'll just have to work with him on abortion and that lack of a 2A. America First! Then, ON TO RUSSIA!
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byline: Deer Whisperer/Luke
This is an astute point:
"I think the Russians invented "trickle down economics" by the way. They had it under Czarist rule and, despite propaganda to the contrary, they sure as hell had it after the revolution and all through the Soviet era. The peasants are always getting trickled down upon. "
Trickle as applied to that country seems like an overstatement.
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