I generally confine my views to the Malaysian scene and will return to it shortly after some additional research. However, it's always good to take note of hypocrisy when it happens on a large scale. And surely nothing can be grander than committing a blatant act of hypocrisy on the Olympic stage. At this point, you're probably thinking about the idiotic games officials who invoked the gods of Milli Vanilli (did I even spell his name right?) when they allowed a little girl to be impersonated during the Opening Ceremonies. But I'm thinking more of Putin and his cronies (yes, they have cronies in super powers too): Send a contingent to Beijing to profess unity, fraternity, human excellence, etc., etc., etc., while launching an attack on Georgia AT THE SAME TIME! Wow! Now THAT'S what I call hypocrisy! It doesn't quite rank up there with Nazi Germany hosting the games, but it's close.

And always in the background is the Grand Master of Hypocrisy. For those of you that are blinded by the razzle dazzle of Hollywood, pay attention to the small print which points to the acts of the US in fomenting discord all around the world. As it relates to the theme of this post, American reporters were sent to Sichuan Province just as the games started to casually question victims of the earthquake whether they resented the Chinese government for spending billions on the Olympics instead of rehabilitating cities and villages ravaged by the quake. To their dismay, they encountered national pride and faith. By some lucky quirk of editorialism, the interviews were allowed to be broadcast, including an off the cuff admission by the reporter that Americans are whiners when compared to the bravery and confidence expressed by true victims. Ain't it amazing how the Games brings out the best?