Anyone listening to Brian Williams's insipid commentary...

[turbo_satan]

... as he co-narrates the Olympic games opening ceremony? He feels the need to opine on each nation's "status" as viewed through his cloudy ideological lens. It's getting annoying.

[henslee]

1. Yeah, like who is he taking orders from. That Iran rant was out of place,

don't you think?

[turbo_satan]

4. Iran rant was stupid, but not as stupid as his soliloquy...

about Romania. How fucking poetic. Anyone catch it?

Costas is fine, by the way.

[cynatnite]

6. I wish it was just Costas n/t

[henslee]

7. Years ago, after a team won an olympic swimming event that Costas

was covering... the winning coach jumped in the water to celebrate. He was not an attractive guy, especially with wet clothes sticking to his shapeless torso and his hair a mess... Costas remarks, "We've all learned a valuable Olympic lesson, when you look like that and you are on TV with a billion viewers, stay out of the pool. IT CRACKED ME UP. I like Bob. He is congenial, funny and very steady.

[CatholicEdHead]

8. That was probably the plan

to put Williams there as a "stern father" to the rest of the world that they had better toe the line or else.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I have chosen not to watch the opening ceremonies

Because of the insipid commentary.

I wish someone would broadcast it without, so I can watch and draw my own conclusions.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. I stopped flipping channels because of him

it is all SciFi right now (BSG), and Williams can stick it. Costas is still pretty even keeled.

[DoBotherMe]

5. Yes, it's awful

I turned off the sound. He was propagandizing and touting the coalition who are fighting the "Iraq war" with the U.S. How can he say that without sobbing? The coalition is occupying iraq, imprisoning the people, and killing its citizens. It's a purge, not a war.

[tonyraytx]

9. Now everybody

Do you all want Katie Couric back. I wish to have ABC back cover the games.

[KitchenWitch]

11. How about NO FUCKING COMMENTARY at all!

[LynneSin]

10. Seriously, it's like he's doing propaganda for the war

There are the Mongolians who should be so proud to be part of the Coalition of the Willing

Here's Iran and they're just so fricking evil we should fear their atheletes could be terrarists!

[tonyraytx]

12. I was thinking the same thing

Here Iran, run for your lives.

[tonyraytx]

13. Finally,

NBC want with another co-host.