Russia, Russia, Russia

I can't tell you how much I am enjoying the stories of how unprepared Sochi, Russia, is for the Winter Olympics. I love the horror stories of facilities not up to par and barely livable living conditions which by Russian standards are considered 'luxury. Why does everything this Russia touches turn to shit? Why can't they do ONE job right considering they have had 10 years to prepare for the Winter Olympics? I could give you a whole lot of geopolitical balloon juice about why this is happening, but the truth comes down to ONE fact. They are RUSSIANS. It's not in them to stage such an event. Not in the Russia of today. No one has done a good job since Fabrege made those fancy eggs for the Czars. Everything else that Russian makes or builds is junky, dangerous and unreliable.

 

So today stats their Olympics. I can only sit back and smile as the cavalcade of incompetence becomes THE story of the games. Hopefully such sloppy work does not filter down to the security forces. It would be terrible if some terrorist group was allowed to succeed. I don't have any faith that something like that won't happen. Though if the terrorists do attack, retreat to this bathroom and use the fire hose as a weapon - assuming of course the water to the fire hose is actually attached to the water source.

 

Now the rooms that met many of the athletes looked like the terrorists had already moved in and trashed the place. Those Death to America parties ruin more hotel rooms than any other kind of party.