And so the 2008 Beijing Olympic begins

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Sighs.....

[Walkoff Balk]

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Did any of the athletes drop trou and cough because of the air pollution in China?

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Did any of the athletes drop trou and cough because of the air pollution in China?

No, but they're very brave to enter the "Bird's Nest" without a mask.

Yes, they called the stadium a "bird's nest."

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I'm watching an NBC interview of Yao Ming at the ceremony, and is it me or is he having a hard time breathing in-between sentences?

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OBTW, did China promised not to use lead for the casting of the Olympic medals? Hate to have the prizes poison the athletes, especially when they bite the gold.

[Walkoff Balk]

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No, but they're very brave to enter the "Bird's Nest" without a mask.

Yes, they called the stadium a "bird's nest."

I didn't know there are Mynah birds in China.

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I didn't know there are Mynah birds in China.

I didn't know there are any birds in China, considering the level of smog there.

[tutusue]

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Pollution aside, it was an absolutely magnificent production. Chicken skin kine!

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Chicken skin kine!

Nah. Never got chicken skin, except for when USA and Philippine athletes entered the stadium.

[mel]

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With all the fireworks they burst at the ending of the opening ceremonies, I am sure that added to their air quality problems... at least for tonight and maybe tomorrow. Still the opening was quite spectacular, and generally I don't watch the Olympics.

mel 8-8-08

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I still booed at Saudi Arabia for not allowing woman athlete to compete.

[Holonalu]

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My understanding is that they are no longer using 'waterboarding" as torture at Guantanamo Bay, they just make the prisoners watch the opening of the Olympic games in slow motion, time and time and time again. Evidently a few of them, the jihadists, have already cracked, and a few of the gaurds who were supervising the whole ordeal are undergoing psychaitric evaluation for over exposure to the opening procedures.....Yea, China, lead paint in kids toys, the whole deal with gluten and chemical additives in pet food, wonder how many people's pets died from that????? Another chemical they produced for a prescription drug, lots of people dead from that, K-Mart and Wal-Mart wouldn't exist without cheap Chinese made crap, none of the products made there are clearly labeled as being made in China, Communist China, but you can't buy a Havana cigar in the U.S., because they're communist........Am I missing something???? I'ld be willing to wager that these Olympics will be the worst ever, and something will go wrong......

Aloha, lucky you live Hawaii

[MyopicJoe]

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I give Russia an 8.7, for starting a war with Georgia while the world is distracted with the Olympics.

[buzz1941]

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My daughter, while watching the opening ceremonies, said — quite seriously — "I hope President Bush doesn't bite into his glowstick and get green goo in his mouth."

[buzz1941]

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And my favorite commentator comment, from the unflappable Bob Costas: "WHHOOOOAHH!"