Beijing Olympics

[Disgruntled70sHab]

They claim to want to clean up amateur and professional sports, but they also know people want to see the sub-10, 100-metre and sub-20 (soon to be sub-19) 200-metre dashes.

They also know that fans of the games have now been spoiled to the point that anything over 10 or 20 seconds, respectively, is simply not worth their entertainment dollar/euro/what-have-you. Guys like Michael Phelps and Usain (Lightning) Bolt bring people to their feet.

They want to get rid of roids, but it's actually the roids that brings in the best performances, the best turnouts and the best cash.

Cheers.

[CentreHice]

Aug 20, 2008 20:49:30 GMT -5 Disgruntled70sHab said:

They want to get rid of roids, but it's actually the roids that brings in the best performances, the best turnouts and the best cash.

And the most home runs....and the most yardage....etc.....

[oldhabsfan]

The weather:

"Beijing residents discover blue skies, stars"
See
features.csmonitor.com/environment/blog-entry/

The government's pollution reduction efforts have been working with a little luck. The athletes must be grateful.

[jkr]

Aug 21, 2008 5:25:42 GMT -5 oldhabsfan said:

The weather:

"Beijing residents discover blue skies, stars"
See
features.csmonitor.com/environment/blog-entry/

The government's pollution reduction efforts have been working with a little luck. The athletes must be grateful.

I wonder if they will keep up the effort after the Olympics end.

[Habs_fan_in_LA]

In the spirit of political protest, we shouldn't allow Kovalev, Markov or the pair of Kostitsyns to play until Russia gets out of Georgia for good;..............NOT.

[MC Habber]

Aug 21, 2008 8:50:25 GMT -5 jkr said:

Aug 21, 2008 5:25:42 GMT -5 oldhabsfan said:

The weather:

"Beijing residents discover blue skies, stars"
See
features.csmonitor.com/environment/blog-entry/

The government's pollution reduction efforts have been working with a little luck. The athletes must be grateful.

I wonder if they will keep up the effort after the Olympics end.

I doubt it. The current measures are so strict that it would probably cripple their economy, and I imagine that Beijing residents are like the rest of us and will happily give up their starry nights for the right to drive their cars again.

But let's not get too high and mighty criticizing the Chinese. You can bet that during Vancouver's Olympics, every effort will be made to "clean up" the city, including using police and private security to illegally remove homeless people from public places. The only difference is that the international media for the most part will not use Vancouver's Olympics as an opportunity to jump all over the host nation for its social problems.

[Habs_fan_in_LA]

Aug 21, 2008 20:17:51 GMT -5 MC Habber said:

Aug 21, 2008 8:50:25 GMT -5 jkr said:

I wonder if they will keep up the effort after the Olympics end.

I doubt it. The current measures are so strict that it would probably cripple their economy, and I imagine that Beijing residents are like the rest of us and will happily give up their starry nights for the right to drive their cars again.

But let's not get too high and mighty criticizing the Chinese. You can bet that during Vancouver's Olympics, every effort will be made to "clean up" the city, including using police and private security to illegally remove homeless people from public places. The only difference is that the international media for the most part will not use Vancouver's Olympics as an opportunity to jump all over the host nation for its social problems.

Beijing and Vancouver? Is it politically incorrect to note that it is being held in two Chinese cities in a row?
Now Sundin won't go there fer sure!