And another thing... the Swiftboat Vets for Cheetos smear campaign against Kerry has succeeded in inserting "four months" into discussion of Kerry's service, as in, Kerry was only in Vietnam for four months (in itself a distortion since he was on a ship in the region for a year before that). And Shrub was only AWOL for six months. But can you imagine that wingnut outrage if someone were to say that a veteran of the war in Iraq was only in Iraq for four months, and say it in such a way as to dismiss their service? They wouldn't have it.

And speaking of Judo (which I wasn't), I caught some of the judo Olympic competition. I thought Judo involved kicking and punching. Apparently not. Seemed more akin to wrestling with the participants wearing bathrobes instead of the singlets. But there weren't any dancers.