MICHAEL PHELPS' 8TH CROWNING OLYMPIC GOLD

HERE ARE SOME MORE PHOTOS OF MICHAEL PHELPS ON HIS JOURNEY TOWARDS HIS 8TH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN A SINGLE OLYMPIC GAMES.

PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

MICHAEL PHELPS' DIFFERENT STROKES

IN WHATEVER CATEGORY HE SWAM, IT WAS ALWAYS THE MASTERSTROKE FROM MICHAEL PHELPS!

PICTURES FROM NEW YORK TIMES.

LAUNCHING A WAR WHILE THE WORLD IS DISTRACTED WITH THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS

IT'S A DIRTY TRICK BUT THE RUSSIANS DID WHAT ANY MILITARY TACTICIAN WOULD PREDICTABLY DO -- WHILE THE WORLD WAS DISTRACTED BY THE IRRESISTIBLE PULL OF THE OLYMPICS GAMES, THE RUSKIES PULLED OFF AN ATTACK ON GEORGIA. IT IS A CASE OF TEXT-BOOK WAR TACTICS FOR THE MODERN MEDIA-SATURATED AGE. AND A VERY SAD DEVELOPMENT, CONSIDERING THE LOSS OF SO MANY LIVES.

VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS PULLED OFF A COUP AS A RUSSIAN, BUT WORLD LEADERS AND PUBLIC OPINION ARE AGAINST THE ATTACK ON GEORGIA. THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT AS THE WORLD FROWNS ON WHAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE DONE -- PUTIN'S FROWN OUTDOES THEM ALL! :-(