The Swim to Vancouver

PHELPS WATCH #1: Sooooo.... since when is swimming an event at the Winter Olympics? Last I checked, it isn't, wasn't and won't ever be. Just don't tell Subway that. It's been a year or so since we last saw Phelps, but it wasn't the heaping breath of air you seem him taking here that he was inhaling, it was a celebratory bong rip. My issue is not with Phelps, or the fact that a world famous athlete occasionally smokes some weed after winning a record 8 gold medals. It's with the advertising these days, and who the "Official Sponsors of the Olympics" are in this country. I recently had to sit through a McDonald's commercial that was, simply put, disturbing. It featured no actual Olympians and suggested that the McNugget is not only a healthy choice, but is the only choice of Olympic athletes. Here's another commercial that boggles my mind. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER3r2D06ork) Although I'm happy that an underpaid and incredibly talented Olympian made a few bucks for doing it, it is another prime example that the most sacred and longest running sporting event in history has been sullied by mega corporations. The Super Bowl is littered with overpriced time slots for larger-than-life corporate "ultra-commercials". Come on America, can we leave it at that? I do know one thing, I'll be glued to the opening ceremonies regardless of the commercials. Enjoy the ceremonies and feel free to hate on the commercials with friends/family. I know I will.