I've found that I really need to step back from reading as much political stuff. So I'm feeling less informed but much less angry. Which oddly seems the exact opposite of the freaked-out wingnuts. It seems like the less they know, they angrier they get. Me? I've found that a little "ignorance is bliss" goes a long, long way. But I do dip my brain back into the swamps every now and again. And I gotta say I'm finding the level of glee at Chicago not getting the Olympics quite hilarious. I guess it's all rah-rah USA #1 until your guy ain't President. Look, I'm not saying I begrudge them hating the President. I've spent most of my adult life hating whoever was President. It's the hypocrisy that really grates. All these people that have been telling me how "it's the office, not the man."
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I know, I know... like we didn't all learn this back when Bill Clinton was President.
I'm very happy Chicago didn't get the Olympics, and if has nothing at all to do with Barack Obama, and everything to do with mayor Daley and the entire history of politics in the city of Chicago. An olympics there would have been a complete mess, first of all, not to mention they would have displaced huge numbers of people and bulldozed some really cool stuff. Yay Rio!!!