The Olympic Shield

One gets the impression that certain events have been timed to coincide with the Olympics in the hopes that the world's attention will be distracted.

The timing of the terrible war between Russia and Georgia is quite curious. John Edwards' televised admission of infidelity was aired in competition with the opening ceremony. Perhaps the Olympics influenced the moment of Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi's decision to sack four top military men; maybe the military was emboldened to overthrow the democratically elected president with the Olympics on the horizon. I'm thankful that the Olympics are happening now because the games should divert international attention from the fact that my finger is stuck in my penis hole.