I was reminded once again that the olympics are upon us. I have more than a couple friends who are very excited about this.
I find myself yawning and hoping it ends quickly without me having to notice.
It is party because I do no understand the capacity in people to sit and watch sports. In this round it is compounded by my cool feelings towards China. Yeah international politics are complicated, but a society that traffics in the organs of prisoners is a bit much for me.
If you are reading this for the first time please do not think I give my nation a ‘pass’!! There are indeed no victims, only continual victimizers.
I am not a nativist, nor a xenophobe, simply victim of the importation of inexpensive Asain labor for our grad schools coming back to haunt us.
So yeah, let’s just be thankful the olympics are smack in the middle of beachtime!!!
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The Olympic theme does not excite you?
Dum, dum, dah, dum, dum, dum…
Looking at hot bodies does not do it?
OK, while building sports venues is typically a waste of money, large events fall into what I call the “full employment society” – work for many people.
Even if you do not like sports or politics, both types of events create a lot of jobs and revue of many companies.
In my old journalism career, newspapers and especially TV stations would salivate when the “double header” of an election year and Olympics came around.
I still remember the great time we had covering the 1988 political season – starting in New Hampshire, passing through Atlanta for the Democratic Convention, and ending in New Orleans for the Republican Convention.