
Welcome to my blog. Every so often I just like to comment on stuff both topical and personal. The more one writes, the better the opportunity for comedic bits come out and more importantly to see if others either agree or get riled up. Personally, I tend to go off on people who, whether they realize it or not, are stupid. Then again, they probably don't read either. Hey, when you hit 97, you'll be just as cranky as I am. Want to offer your opinion? I welcome the discourse or debate.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Beijing Olympics
Watching the 29th Olympian Games and man...would hate to have to be the PR person for China this week. Trying to convince the rest of the world that the pollution level in their air is not really pollution but more of a mist (according to their representatives) than actual smog is pretty humorous. Then there's the whole human rights issue which okay we're accused of the same thing but we don't sandbag our monks no. Worse than that we have lawyers who sue priests instead. Then there was the whole "Let's exchange one Chinese little girl who is cute than the other to be the 'face' of China." That's right. There she was on the big screen a cute little Chinese girl lip syncing their national anthem while the other, not-so-cute Chinese little girl remained unknown. Wow. How ludicrous is that? Oh yeah let's not forget that their gymnasts are also under age even though they won't even admit it. So they took home the gold but there will always be like slugger Barry Bonds. He may have the record for most home runs but there'll always be that asterisk next to his record.
Same with the Chinese here. It's unfortunate but true and if anyone from China disputes this then you know where to send your comments okay? I wouldn't mind seeing China just to make a phone call from that Great Wall of China. I could pretend it's the Wailing Wall and say a prayer or something. No? Oh well. On the bright side though I'm still stoked about Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice and USA's Michael Phelps who has already won more gold medals than any other Olympic athlete in history. Not bad and he still has several more events to go. I swear he's part aquatic. NBC must be a little ticked off knowing they spent millions for the rights to broadcast the summer games but because of all the time zone and tape delays as usual those of us on the west coast always get the shaft. Same on election day because the east coast loves to broadcast the results even while we on the west coast still have our polling booths open. Thank God for the Internet because we can get the results on all of the Olympic updates long before NBC shows it on TV out this way. Sorry Peacock.

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