Weekly Commentary

In just a week Lou Dobbs managed to flush his journalistic reputation down the toilet by continuing to cover the non-story that is the birthers. Actually the real story would be about the people behind these types of conspiracy theories. Or what about the GOP senators and representatives who are pandering to the fringe base with their bill concerning the birth certificates being or not being (check the video at Huffingtonpost to see what kind of weirdos are making your laws).

Picked up my new passport from the US Embassy in Berlin. I have to say that I went in there completely prejudiced against Embassy security, having dealt with angry and irritated little jerks in Riga. These guys were completely friendly and even wanted to talk about books I was reading. My respect goes to those guys. Except for the Marine with his war face in the second office, staring everyone down who walks through his diplomatic halls.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now playing for FC Barcelona. First congratulations to him: everyone wants to go, but few are given the opportunity. I hope he makes the most of it and does two things: wins the Ballon D´Or and Champions League next year.

On the football note it seems Sweden will not be playing at the next world cup in South Africa which means that I will be supporting the German national team. The only good thing to come out of this is hopefully that Sweden realizes they need a new strategy to reach some new footballing heights.