Archive for August 18, 2008

Road to excellence?

August 18, 2008

The Canadian Olympic Committee asking their federal government for $30 million a year through 2012 to help implement its Road to Excellence program, so Canada can win more gold medals in London:

Wouldn’t it be cheaper and more effective to offer $10 million a year to Michael Phelps to become a Canadian citizen?

Chad Johnson left a preseason game today with a possible injured shoulder.  If he’s out for any length of time will the Bengals receiver be known as “Oucho Cinco?”


President Bush called Michael Phelps after his record breaking wins.  The President was particularly impressed with that seventh gold.  He didn’t realize in a tight race you actually needed to finish first to win.

John McCain feels he had a good week while Barack Obama was somewhat out of the public eye on a week’s vacation in Hawaii.    But what McCain is really looking forward to is the next two weeks, when  President Bush will be on vacation in Texas.