While we were asleep...

All this events happened...

Russia invaded the nation of Georgia yesterday, attacking their capital of Tbilisi with their air force and army. All of this because of the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, and defending their troops staying there.

President Bush called for Russia to pull out of Georgia and to respect it's sovereignty. Right...like HE did on Iraq.



The Olympics started underway in Beijing, China. 15,000 dancers and actors participated...nice but...BORING!!!!

But...

An American tourist has been killed in Beijing in what appears to have been a random attack in the center of the city.

A Chinese man pounced on two US citizens and their Chinese guide as they visited the Drum Tower monument in downtown Beijing today.

One of the US tourists was killed. The second tourist and the Chinese guide, both women, were injured.

The attacker, Tang Yongming, 47, of the eastern city of Hangzhou, then killed himself by jumping off the second story of the monument.

It comes just a day after the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Drum Tower, a major tourist site in central Beijing, has been sealed off and uniformed police are standing guard.

Murder and sports...a fitting tradition.


And late word that comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from pneumonia in Chicago. He was 50 years old. He was well known from movies like "The Kings of Comedy" and the "Ocean's Eleven" trilogy of films and "The Bernie Mac Show" on TV.

A very funny man. He will be missed!