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?

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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?”

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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.

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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.