The Georgian conflict is over, that's just thunder you hear

I know you're heartened by the alleged cease fire in the Russia/Georgia conflict. Even though Russia is still bombing the shit out of Georgia with no plans to leave. Hey, they carted the misses over there, this just saves on transit costs. I'm sure those tanks are just advancing to tell Georgian soldiers that there's a cease fire.

I wonder what America's been doing to mediate the conflict. We know Bush jawboned with Putin at the opening ceremonies, between mouthfuls of hot dog. "You know Vladdly, you should really stop...oh shit, look at what Tajikistan is wearing......because bombing is like bad and....I ordered relish on this...since when is there a French Guyana?"

There was that amusing exchange where America claimed opposition to regime change, preemptive war, and disproportionate response without a hint of self awareness. It was judged a 7.3 in difficulty and a 9.525 in execution, leaving America with an almost unbeatable score of 16.825 on the hypocrisy vault, before they move on to floor exercise.

Just know that our nation's top diplomat, Condoleeza Rice, is on it......right after her vacation.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also been noticeably absent on the diplomatic scene, having failed to interrupt her holidays to fly to Tbilisi in support of the Georgian government.

Instead senior State Department official, Matthew Bryza, who oversees the Caucasus region was sent, two days later than planned, to join a joint EU-US mediation effort to win a ceasefire.

You don't up and jet to Tbilisi when you've got the hot hand at the dice game over at Wynn Las Vegas. You only do that when the Russians invade Atlanta, Georgia. Clackety clackety clack.

Truthfully she was better off staying on vacation, it's hard to negotiate with no moral standing. I'm sure this will all end well.