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Getting in the Olympic Spirit

ShadowMom	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 9:57 AM No one has yet mentioned the Olympics... too political? Too ... contrived? What? I saw a few hours of swimming and gymnastics, but skipped the opening ceremonies. Then I ran across this little item, and began to realize how fake the whole show is. Amateurs they are not. Why is it when government gets involved in things, they ultimately screw it up? This is one of the saddest statements on humanity, or lack thereof, that I've seen in a long time. Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face It would be funny if it didn't involve children so young. The girl who sang was only 7. The girl who just learned that looks are more important than talent is only 9. And if you could hear what I'm thinking right now....
Distilled1	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 12:29 PM Thats Outrages! I have been watching stuff off and on, some swimming , rowing a few times, the regular girls/womens volley ball, then the beach one a bit... My favorite was the 150 mile or K bike race up to the great wall I watched that to kinda see the sites in red china. I found the mountain roads beautiful, but when they started it was kinda sad to see how much pollution is still floating around Beijing.. and it was interesting to see the kind of hidden slums and such that you could see from the copters filming it I don't keep up to much watch when I am flipping, and oh something cool if you have tivo or Direct TV DVR on USA you can click this red button on the remote and see scores and medal counts etc. pretty neet like Real time interaction
Tattoomom	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 3:18 PM You have to remember they were trying to impress the WEST where looks ARE more important than talent.....
Opossum	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 4:08 PM I watched the opening ceremonies. All of them, and the parade of nations, or whatever it's called. Saw some bicyclists crash in the rain after peddling along for two hours. The level of pollution is unreal.
Opossum	Date: August 12, 2008 @ 4:11 PM I didn't know about that Milli Vanilli fiasco though. Thanks.
Israfel	Date: August 13, 2008 @ 1:11 AM Yup, there's a lot wrong with the Olympics, no matter where they are held. But there is a lot right with the Olympics too. Just never forget that as much as we would all love for the Olympics to really be the ideal gathering of nations where games replace guns and we all just see the humanity in each other, it is a show...for BIG money, both spent out by the host country and expected to be gained by them. So, in China, in Chicago (hopefully...eventually...) wherever, it all has a bottom line just like everything else in the world. The opening ceremonies were, btw, friggan' spectacular.
zedsalt	Date: August 13, 2008 @ 3:33 AM Regarding the whole East v. West Superficiality Contest, it's kind of hard to tell, isn't it? I mean, I think we can agree that less superficial equates to more sophisticated, but is it actually any worse in a "developing" country? Listening to kids talk now, there seems to be about the same proportions of superficial and substantive...the same percentages of "Well, how do I know if I like this band or not? I've never seen a picture of them" versus "Well, I figure if a musician is fat and ugly and I've heard of him or her (especially her), she must be really good". And I'm told that my parents' generation thinks pretty much the same thing about us.
Israfel	Date: August 14, 2008 @ 4:39 AM I think the Olympics should be more like this... http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1218600076/Monty_Python_Olympics