Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader is watching the Olympic Opening Cerimonies at his esteemed in-laws’ house. He is remembering that the Olympic Truce will be called. You all remember the Olympic Truce. The temporary peace that is called all wars around the world (or just among the Greek Polis in ancient times) to allow athletes to participate in the games.

Your Maximum Leader will make a polite (if somewhat self-interested) request in light of the Olympic games in Athens. How about over the next week this blog become a non-political forum? Your Maximum Leader and his ministers have interests outside of politics and argument. Perhaps these outside interests would make some good posts. The Minister of Agriculture could write a post or two about life on the farm. The Minister of Propaganda could relate a colourful anecdote about life in Hollywood. The Foreign Minister could talk about life as an American overseas. The AirMarshal could write more about sports, alcohol and parenting. The Poet Laureate might write a humour piece or a piece about interreligious dialouge. And your Maximum Leader will write something about Jennifer Love-Hewitt. (Or perhaps something else…)

Your Maximum Leader believes that a week of non-political writing will be our sort of internal Olympic Truce. Of course, this is a non-binding request, and if some hotbutton political event occurs during this week; by all means comment away. Think of this as an opportunity expose our readership (dwindling as it may be) to other interests of those bloggers here.

Carry on.