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TheMatts
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BEIJING, CHINA – The games are winding down and it’s time to reflect not on the good of the games - there was plenty of that - but on the bad because, well, we are in the media (sort of) and therefore like to dwell on the negative.
We open, oddly enough, with the Opening Ceremonies. Why in Goldie Hawn's name did the production team feel it was necessary to digitally enhance the fireworks display? They had already blown our easily blown minds LIVE with the real McCoy and then again on tape! Did they have to stoop to the inorganic 'wow'??? This actually set a precedent for many other Sino Shenanigans (also the name of a Chinese/Irish bartender) that occurred throughout the Olympics.
Next, saluting the great tradition of Audrey Hepburn and Ashley Simpson [the girl has the looks but not the chops], high-ranking Chinese officials pulled little Yang Peiyi from the opening ceremony because she had a chubby face and crooked teeth and didn’t look like the ideal child to sing “Ode To The Motherland.” Instead, they used Peiyi’s voice and had pretty pixie Lin Miaoke lip-sync the anthem. Pathetic. They should rename their anthem "Ode To The Mothership," the alien freaks.
The most devastating event from the games was not the gymnastics scoring that cost our KGB prodigy/spy, Nastia Liukin, a gold. Nor was it the inability of our Gay guy to run. Indeed it was the tragic murder of our volleyball coach's father-in-law. His mother-in-law was seriously wounded. Sure, this type of thing could happen anywhere but this happened in Beijing, in broad daylight and with a zillion of their most zealous enforcers on hand.
Then there's the age thing. You need only a single functioning eye (remember Wesley Walker???) to see that the Chinese female gymnasts were blatantly under age. To argue that they were CLOSE to the age limit is like arguing that the silver medalist was CLOSE to Usain Bolt in the 200. Eyes and common sense notwithstanding, no amount of soy sauce could obscure the recently produced documents that pin He Kexin's age at a ripe old THIRTEEN!. "Does it really matter how old a competitor is, you ask?" It does when they are treated like high-prized cattle whose only purpose is to serve a regime intent on flashing their nationalistic abs - at the expense of kids. Some of these tykes only get to see their parents one day a year - think about that! And you thought Scooter Libby was a sacrificial lamb!
Changing gears, how about the ol' Start -n- Stop routine during Alicia ‘Johnny Sac” Sacramone’s balance beam exercise? This was like calling ten timeouts in a row to ice a field goal kicker with one tick on the clock to win the Super Bowl - and then having him re-kick. The US coaches claimed the Chinese repeatedly delayed her performance, calling her name and then halting the program before she could start. Really? No. Not the Chinese! Sac’s performance was thrown and she was too - off the beam - ensuring that we would not win gold. Later, after huddling with Justice Department Officials and Condoleezza Rice, US officials claimed the starts and stops were due to television broadcasting snafus. Right...
Finally, we want to know: Are the events sold out or not? If you listen to the Chinese Olympic Committee, the seats have been sold out for months, if not years. Yet, contradictory views of many of the matches show otherwise. Hmm... Huge sections of the arena and stadium were completely devoid of fans. We say it's all Hong Kong Fuey! Dare we suggest that the Chinese are - drum roll, please - image-obsessed? Nah!
Hey, there were/are legit reasons that so many people protested the running of the Olympic torch in their respective countries. The Games have given us a 30-second PSA re just some of those reasons. The Chinese façade stood up surprisingly well despite an underbelly that belies a continually secretive and repressive communist structure. (Matt will scold me for getting political). In fact, she [Chinese façade] performed so admirably under such pressure that the Kiwi and Aussie judges awarded her the gold - albeit through some iffy scoring... Oops, gotta go - our slo-mo May/Walsh highlights are ready. P.s... We really like the female javelin thrower from Paraguay! |
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Mke Dernan
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| The javelin thrower is Leryn Franco - and she's MINE! |
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Janet
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| Those girls were babies and it is a crime that they are treated like robots but we do the same. Did you see that poor girl break down crying after the diving? The ages should be moved up to 18. |
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Manny
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| Leryn Franco is hot... |
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Wisconsin Walt
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| Angry Ward - sorry for not getting on yesterday. GREAT piece. Matts, Janet is right when she says we do the same. We have maniacal parents that force their kids to be in sports. Todd Marinovich comes to mind. |
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Joe
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| there was an olympic effort last night that didnt get a gold - Mike Pelfrey threw nine! |
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