A humorous review of 2008
Even though not a U.S. American, this Year in Review is still quite funny.
The games themselves are dominated by swimmer Michael Phelps, who wins eight gold medals, thus putting himself on a sounder financial footing than the U.S. Treasury. China wins the gold-medal count, although critics charge that some of China’s 11-year-old female gymnasts are under the minimum age of 16. Chinese officials refute this charge by noting, correctly, that they have tanks.
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(h/t to the Barefoot Bum)
I reside in the US and I'm a US citizen but I've never been one of those "Yay USA!" types. It probably has something to do with growing up in not-America. It's actually kind of fascinating to watch the empire collapse from within. I wonder if this is what it was like for the Ostrogoths.