Jay Kersting's Blog: 27 August 2008 - While Denver put you to sleep.....

Russia is seeking to build support for their Georgia campaign. Uh, oh.

Dmitry Medvedev is meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao today in an attempt to get China to recognize the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

China making such a recognition would do a couple of things. For one, it gives Russia their Kosovo, which is what Mikhail Gorbachev was comparing things to. (Unlike that pinhead Barack Obama....moron that later.)

But it would also expose China as AGAIN being hypocrites. Tibet anyone?

India is also being looked at as a possible Russian ally in getting these regions recognized as independent. And by independent, I mean for a short period of time before they "decide" to become part of Russia.

This is about empire building. Nothing more.

Medvedev is Charlie McCarthy to Vladimir Putin as Edgar Bergen. Except I think Putin's lips don't move. His eyes do give you a look at his soul though. Just ask President Bush.

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Have you seen or heard from a lot of the protestors in Denver? They are getting more attention than the protestors in Beijing....because they actually exist and don't fear being killed. And that is a good thing.

But protestors are nuts for the most part. Now, I am not saying this based on what I see on TV. If I believed everything that I saw on TV, I'd live in a house made of, and drive a car made of, Mighty Putty. But that stuff is not really as good as Billy Mays wants you to believe. I know this, I bought that crap. ANYHOW, back to my point about protestors. My belief is based on what I experienced when I covered them in 2002-2004.

This morning I played one of the interviews that I conducted with a protestor back in the days after the war in Iraq began in 2003.

But this is a balance of those who are unbalanced. There are right-wing wing-nuts too. Trust me on this.

What happens inside the convention halls and stadia is BORING. What goes on outside is interesting. Disturbing, but interesting.

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Football season is among us. High School and College teams have been practicing and soon they get to hit other people. Alex had his first day of tryouts and practice yesterday at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Soon, he will learn what I have been warning him regarding his conditioning.

My Volunteers have their first game on Monday out at the Rose Bowl facing the fucla bruins. I know that Tennessee will be my older brother's second favorite team this weekend.

For all of you who have been basing things on the preseason polls, prepare to be disappointed. They are based on the voices in side the heads of those who vote in them. Look at the preseason polls of the last five years and compare them with the end of season results.

It is a fun time of year, but what I am most interested in is how my son does in his first season of full-contact tackle football.

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Have a great Wednesday.

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The South Ossetia and Abkhazia situations aren't as black and white as they seem. Both want independence from Georgia (the South Ossetia referendum passed at 99%) and the Russians are the only ones willing to help. They will certainly be part of a Russian sphere-of-influence, but I don't think they'll willingly give up independence to anyone.

Posted by: Topher | August 27, 2008 07:31 AM

Jay Kersting's Blog

27 August 2008 - While Denver put you to sleep.....

Russia is seeking to build support for their Georgia campaign. Uh, oh.

Dmitry Medvedev is meeting with Chinese leader Hu Jintao today in an attempt to get China to recognize the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

China making such a recognition would do a couple of things. For one, it gives Russia their Kosovo, which is what Mikhail Gorbachev was comparing things to. (Unlike that pinhead Barack Obama....moron that later.)

But it would also expose China as AGAIN being hypocrites. Tibet anyone?

India is also being looked at as a possible Russian ally in getting these regions recognized as independent. And by independent, I mean for a short period of time before they "decide" to become part of Russia.

This is about empire building. Nothing more.

Medvedev is Charlie McCarthy to Vladimir Putin as Edgar Bergen. Except I think Putin's lips don't move. His eyes do give you a look at his soul though. Just ask President Bush.

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Have you seen or heard from a lot of the protestors in Denver? They are getting more attention than the protestors in Beijing....because they actually exist and don't fear being killed. And that is a good thing.

This morning I played one of the interviews that I conducted with a protestor back in the days after the war in Iraq began in 2003.

But this is a balance of those who are unbalanced. There are right-wing wing-nuts too. Trust me on this.

What happens inside the convention halls and stadia is BORING. What goes on outside is interesting. Disturbing, but interesting.

---------------

Football season is among us. High School and College teams have been practicing and soon they get to hit other people. Alex had his first day of tryouts and practice yesterday at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Soon, he will learn what I have been warning him regarding his conditioning.

My Volunteers have their first game on Monday out at the Rose Bowl facing the fucla bruins. I know that Tennessee will be my older brother's second favorite team this weekend.

For all of you who have been basing things on the preseason polls, prepare to be disappointed. They are based on the voices in side the heads of those who vote in them. Look at the preseason polls of the last five years and compare them with the end of season results.

It is a fun time of year, but what I am most interested in is how my son does in his first season of full-contact tackle football.

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Have a great Wednesday.

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