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Riff McClavin's avatar

Anyone catch the opening of the Olympics last night as presented by the mugs on NBC? While being told over and over how how it's an opportunity to "bring us together," when China made their entrance I was informed about their persecution of minorities and crackdown on pro-democracy protestors. Strange that no other country's internal political fau pas were mentioned.

One segment featured a rendition of Lennon's Imagine, but it's clear none of the presenters want anyone to take its words seriously; you know, the part about no countries, no possessions, no religion. What they've done is take a truly revolutionary song and turned it into a Che tee shirt sold at The Gap.

These things jumped out at me because of my wiring, but l wonder how many millions of viewers are unaware of what's being done to them, constantly, by whom, and why.

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"Every mistake I’ve ever made in this job was the result of listening to other people instead of trusting my gut and moving with my own intuition and inspiration. I'm too experienced at this point to ever let anyone cajole me into writing about their pet topic in their way."

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